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Hinduism is the second largest religion in Bangladesh, as according to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, approximately 13.1 million people responded that they were Hindus, constituting 7.95% out of the total population of 165.15 million people. [ 4][ 5] In terms of population, Bangladesh is the third-largest Hindu populated country of the world ...
The largest religions practised in Bengal are Islam and Hinduism. [111] Among all Bengalis, more than two-thirds are Muslims. The vast majority follow the Sunni denomination though there are also a small minority of Shias. The Bengali Muslims form a 90.4% majority in Bangladesh, [112] and a 30% minority among the ethnic Bengalis in the entirety ...
An estimated 152 million Bengali Muslims live in Bangladesh as of 2021, where Islam is the state religion and commands the demographic majority. [109] 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]
Islam is the largest and the state religion of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. [ 1][ 2] According to the 2022 census, Bangladesh had a population of about 150 million Muslims, or 91.04% [ 3] of its total population of 165 million. [ 4] Muslims of Bangladesh are predominant native Bengali Muslims. The majority of Bangladeshis are Sunni, and ...
Following the partition of Bengal between the Hindu-majority West Bengal and the Muslim-majority East Bengal, there was an influx of Bengali Hindu/Bengali Muslim refugees from both sides. An estimation suggests that before the Partition, West Bengal had a population of 21.2 million, of whom 5.3 million or roughly 25 percent were Muslim minorities.
Religion in Bangladesh (2022 Census) [ 1] Islam (91.1%) Hinduism (7.95%) Buddhism (0.65%) Christianity (0.30%) Others (0.22%) The United Nations categorizes Bangladesh as a moderate democratic Muslim country. [ 2][ 3] Sunni Islam is the largest religion in the country and in all of its districts, except Rangamati. [ 4][ 5] The Constitution of ...
The elite Muslims identified themselves as ashraf (of foreign descent) and sought to copy North Indian Islamic culture and they saw themselves as the protectors of the true Islam in Bengal. To them, the Islam practised by the local peasants and craftsmen was contaminated by un-Islamic associations.
Hinduism, also called sanatana dharma (eternal dharma), is an Indian religion and a way of life primarily practiced in the Indian subcontinent. [ 32] Hinduism is an umbrella-term for the fusion of several Indian religions and traditions. Hinduism does not have a founder or a site-of-origin.