Islam in West Bengal Bengal except Uttar Dinajpur (49.92%), Maldah (51.27%) and Murshidabad (66.28%). Islam in West Bengal 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. In West Bengal capital Kolkata Muslim's Population is 926,414 making up 20.6% of the city population as of
Music of West Bengal the highest anywhere in India (approximately nine hours of live music everyday). Raz Dee, A Canadian Bengali singer started signing RnB music in west Bengal. Now it is getting popular. Music of West Bengal The music of West Bengal includes multiple indigenous musical genres such as Baul, Bishnupuri Classical, Kirtan, Shyama Sangeet, Rabindra Sangeet, Nazrul Geeti, Atulprasadi, Dwijendrageeti, Kantageeti, Ganasangeet, Adhunik Gaan, Bengali rock etc. The city of Darjeeling, which has a large number of Nepali people, is a center for Nepali rock too. The Bishnupur Gharana is the sole Classical ("Drupad") "gharana" of Bengal. It originated in Bishnupur, Bankura