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The Indian state of West Bengal is home to an estimated 23-24 million Bengali Muslims as per 2021 estimation, rest 6-7 million Muslims are Urdu and Surjapuri speaking Muslims. [3] Two districts in West Bengal – Murshidabad and Maldah have a Muslim majority and North Dinajpur has a plurality. [ 113 ]
Zohora Begum Mosque in Kolkata. According to the 2011 census, West Bengal has over 24.6 million Muslims, making up 27% of the state's population. [6] The vast majority of Muslims in West Bengal are ethnic native Bengali Muslims, numbering around over 22 million and comprising 24.1% of the state population (mostly they reside in Rural areas).
Shershabadia, are a Bengali Muslim community found in the state of West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand in India. [2] They belong to Shaikh community and also form a significant part of the Shaikhs of West Bengal and Bihar. Common surnames used by the community include Shekh, Sekh, Haque, Islam, Mondal. [3]
The breakdown of Hindu-Muslim unity in India drove the Muslim League to adopt the Lahore Resolution in 1943, calling the creation of "independent states" in eastern and northwestern British India. The resolution paved the way for the Partition of British India based on the Radcliffe Line in 1947, despite attempts to form a United Bengal state ...
The Nashya Shaikh or Nashya Sekh is a Muslim community found in northern parts of the state of West Bengal in India. They are culturally and linguistically similar to both people of northern Bangladesh and Goalpara of Assam. A small number of the community are also found in the neighboring state of Bihar, where they are known as the Bengali ...
Bengali Muslims, Assamese Muslims, Mahimal The Miya people , alternatively identified as Na-Asamiya by themselves (ন অসমীয়া, lit. neo-Assamese), denote the progeny of Bangladeshi Bengali Muslim migrants originating from the contemporary Mymensingh , Rangpur , and Rajshahi Divisions. [ 3 ]
Islam is the second largest religion of West Bengal with about 27.01% people responded that they were Muslims during the 2011 Census of India. Out of a total of 91.3 million people in the state, the Muslim population is approximately 24.6 million.
Islam portal; India portal; Bangladesh portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. ... Bengali Muslim scholars of Islam (1 ...