Hindi Word Counter — Words, Characters & Reading Time

Count words, characters, sentences and paragraphs in Hindi text instantly. Shows WhatsApp, Instagram and Twitter character limits live.

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Why Use a Hindi Word Counter?

Standard word counters often miscount Hindi text because they don't recognise Devanagari Unicode correctly. This Hindi word counter is specifically built to handle conjunct consonants, matras (vowel signs), and the space-based word boundaries of Devanagari script — giving you accurate counts every time.

Use it for checking essay word limits, optimising Instagram captions, counting characters for WhatsApp status (139 limit), or making sure your Hindi blog posts hit their target word count.

Does this counter work for both Hindi and English?

Yes — it handles mixed Hindi-English text correctly, counting words and characters accurately regardless of script.

How does it count Hindi words?

Hindi words in Devanagari are separated by spaces, just like English. This counter splits on spaces and punctuation, handling conjuncts and matras as part of the same word unit.

What is the WhatsApp status character limit for Hindi?

WhatsApp's About line allows 139 characters. WhatsApp counts Unicode characters, so every Hindi vowel sign and halant counts separately — the character count shown here is the one to check.

How to use it

  1. Paste or type Hindi, English or mixed text.
  2. Words, characters, sentences and paragraphs update as you type.
  3. Check the platform limits panel before posting.
  4. Edit until the counts fit, then copy your text.

How Hindi is counted

Words are counted between spaces, so मेरा भारत महान है is 4 words. Sentences end at ।, a full stop, ? or !.

Characters are Unicode code points. A Hindi syllable can be several of them: नमस्ते looks like 4 letters but is 6 code points (न म स ् त े). Most apps — Instagram, WhatsApp, X — count code points too, so this is the number that matters for limits.

More questions

Why does my Hindi text show more characters than letters?

Vowel signs (ा ि ी…) and the halant (्) are separate characters even though they attach to a letter.

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Built and maintained by Akshay · Updated October 2026