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] 28% plurality in Andaman and Nicobar ...

2019年5月21日 · India is home to over 97 million Bengalis with a large percentage of them living in West Bengal and Tripura. Over 86.2% of the residents of West Bengal were Bengali speakers (78,698,852). Other states with Bengalis include Tripura (2,414,774), Assam 9,024,324), and Jharkhand (3,213,423) among others.

Bengal was a regional power of the Indian subcontinent. The administrative jurisdiction of Bengal historically extended beyond the territory of Bengal proper. In the 9th century, the Pala Empire of Bengal ruled large parts of northern India. The Bengal Sultanate controlled Bengal, Assam, Arakan, Bihar and Orissa at different periods in history.

2025年1月22日 · Bengali, majority population of Bengal, the region of northeastern South Asia that generally corresponds to the country of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal. Bengali people speak dialects of Bangla—as they call the Bengali language—which belongs to the Indo-Aryan group of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language ...

2022年9月26日 · The Bengalis originated from the Bengal region of South Asia. For a large part of history, this was one unified region. However, after Britain’s partition of India in 1947, Bengal became divided into two parts: West Bengal in India and East Bengal in Pakistan.

The culture of Bengal defines the cultural heritage of the Bengali people native to eastern regions of the Indian subcontinent, mainly what is today Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura, where they form the dominant ethnolinguistic group and the Bengali language is the official and primary language.

The Bengali people are the main ethnic group in the region of Bengal (now divided between Bangladesh and the Republic of India) in South Asia. They speak Bengali (বাংলা Bangla), a language of the eastern branch of the Indo-Aryan languages.

There are just over 174 million Bengalis. Most live in Bangladesh (106 million). The remainder live in the Indian state of West Bengal (68 million). Large communities of Bengali-speaking peoples, totaling perhaps ten million or more, are distributed throughout other states in northeastern India.

West Bengal is home to a major chunk of Indian population. Go through this article and explore the major traits of Bengali people and their lifestyle. People with different racial, regional and cultural origins live in West Bengal. However, an impact of the Bengali culture is evidently visible on all the residents of the state.

Bengālīs in India are mainly Hindu, with beliefs and customs conforming to the orthodox forms of the religion. West Bengal, however, is also known for some unusual Hindu sects. Vaishnavas are followers of the Hindu god Vishnu. But Bengali Vaishnavas believe that Krishna is the supreme deity, rather than an incarnation of Vishnu.