Islam in West Bengal 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 2011 census. Bengali Muslims are minority in all districts of
Tourism in West Bengal which is 13.38% of the state's geographical area, compared to the national average of 21.02%. Part of the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans, is located in southern West Bengal. The southern part of West Bengal can be divided into two regions: the Gangetic plain and the littoral mangrove forests of the Sundarbans. The coastal region of Purba Medinipur exhibits coastal vegetation. A notable tree from the Sundarbans is the ubiquitous "sundari" ("Heritiera fomes"), from which the forest gets its name. The distribution of vegetation in northern West Bengal is dictated by elevation and precipitation. For example, the foothills of