Islam in West Bengal

Zohora Begum Mosque in Kolkata

Since the partition of India in 1947, the majority of the Bengali Muslims have lived in Bangladesh. Islam is the minority religion in West Bengal as of 2011. However, Islam is also the second largest and the fastest growing religion in the Indian state of West Bengal. According to 2011 Census of India, West Bengal has over 24.6 million Bengali Muslims, who form 27.1% of the state's population.[1] In West Bengal capital Kolkata Muslim's Population is 926,414 making up 20.6% of the city population as of 2011 census. Bengali Muslims are minority in all districts of Bengal except Uttar Dinajpur (49.92%), Maldah (51.27%) and Murshidabad (66.28%).

Population

Population by district

Muslims in West Bengal by district (2011)[1]
#DistrictTotal populationMuslim population%
1Murshidabad7,103,8074,707,57366.28%
2South 24 Parganas8,161,9612,903,07535.57%
3North 24 Parganas10,009,7812,584,68425.82%
4Malda3,988,8452,045,15151.27%
5Bardhaman7,717,5631,599,76420.73%
6Uttar Dinajpur3,007,1341,501,17049.92%
7Nadia5,167,6001,382,68226.76%
8Birbhum3,502,4041,298,05437.06%
9Howrah4,850,0291,270,64126.20%
10Kolkata4,496,694926,41420.60%
11Hooghly5,519,145870,20415.77%
12Purba Medinipur5,095,875743,43624.59%
13Cooch Behar2,819,086720,03325.54%
14Paschim Medinipur5,913,457620,55425.1%
15Jalpaiguri3,872,846445,81711.51%
16Dakshin Dinajpur1,676,276412,78824.63%
17Bankura3,596,674290,4508.08%
18Purulia2,930,115227,2497.76%
19Darjeeling1,846,823105,0865.69%
##West Bengal (Total)91,276,11524,654,82527.01%
Trends in Muslim population of West Bengal[2]
Census year % of total population Decadal growth
195119.85%NA
196120%36.48%
197120.46%29.76%
198121.51%29.55%
199123.61%36.89%
200125.25%25.91%
201127.01%21.80%

Educational Institutions

Notable Muslims

Kolkata

Other districts

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Population by religious community: West Bengal. 2011 Census of India.
  2. ↑ B.P. Syam Roy (28 September 2015). "Bengal's topsy-turvy population growth". The Statesman. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016.
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