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The Department Minority Affairs & Madrasah Education of West Bengal is a Bengal government ministry. [1] It is a ministry responsible for catering the aspirations of the Minorities of the State, specially in the field of Development and Welfare. [1]
WBMDFC was established in 1996 as a result of the West Bengal Act XVIII of 1995 with the purpose of providing economic welfare, scholarships, vocational training, mass awareness and career counseling for religious minority groups (e.g. Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, Parsees, etc.).
District wise Scheduled Tribes demographic map of West Bengal. More than half of the total ST population of the state is concentrated in Medinipur, Jalpaiguri, Purulia, and Bardhaman districts. Of the remaining districts, Bankura, Malda, Uttar Dinajpur, and Dakshin Dinajpur have sizable ST population. [3]
The West Bengal Board of Madrasah Education is the state government administered autonomous examining authority for affiliated and recognized madrasahs in West Bengal, India. [1] Perhaps among the oldest post-secondary boards in India, it is the only madrasah board that is recognized by the Government of India .
Just less than a third of all Bengalis are Hindus (predominantly, the Shaktas and Vaishnavists), [63] and as per as 2011 census report, they form a 70.54% majority in West Bengal, 50% plurality in Southern Assam's Barak Valley region, [161] 60% majority in the India's North Eastern state of Tripura, [162] 30% plurality in Andaman and Nicobar ...
North 24 Parganas district with 24.22% Muslims (in 2001) has been identified as a minority concentrated district by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. 11 districts in West Bengal has been identified as minority concentrated districts, all in Muslim minority category: Murshidabad, Malda, Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur, Birbhum, Nadia, Bardhaman, Howrah, North 24 Parganas ...
significant minority in: West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Northern Bihar and other Indian states [1] [2] Languages; ... where they form 1.9% of the population ...
Religion in West Bengal is composed of diversified beliefs and practices. As per the 2011 census, Hinduism is the largest and biggest religion practiced by Indian Bengalis in the state, followed by Islam which is the second largest and biggest minority religion in the state.