Islam in Assam

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Muslims in Assam

Stone Inscription inside Poa Mecca, Hajo, Assam.
Total population
c. 10.68 million (2011 census) (34.22% of the state people)
Regions with significant populations
Majority -: South Salmara - 95.2%, Dhubri - 79.67%, Goalpara - 57.52%, Bongaigaon - 50.22%, Barpeta - 70.74%, Morigaon - 52.56%, Nagaon - 55.36%, Darrang - 64.34%, Hojai - 53.65%, Hailakandi - 60.31% and Karimganj - 56.36%. Significant -: Cachar - 37.71%, Nalbari - 35.96%, Kokrajhar - 28.44%, Chirang - 22.66% and Kamrup - 39.66%.
Languages
Bengali (including Rangpuri and Sylheti) - (10.49 million),[1] Assamese - (4 million) Urdu - (1.25 lakhs).

Islam is the second largest and fastest-growing religion in Assam. The Muslim population was approximately (2011 census) 10.68 million (more than 1 crore), constituting over 34.22% of the total population of the state as of the 2011 census, giving Assam, the second-largest Muslim percentage in the country after Jammu and Kashmir (state).^[2] After Jammu and Kashmir became Union Territory, Assam became the state with largest Muslim percentage in the country. Islam reached the region in the 13th century and Muslims are a majority in almost eleven districts of Assam and highly concentrated in four districts.^[3][4][5] In 2021, estimations have predicted that the Muslim population in the state has reached 40%, numbering 14 million (10 million present-day Bangladesh origin Bengali Muslims and 4 million Assamese Muslims), out of total population of 35 million.^[6][7][8]