Christianity in West Bengal

Later in the 19th and 20th centuries, many upper-class Bengalis converted to Christianity during the Bengali Renaissance under British rule, including Krishna Mohan Banerjee, Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Anil Kumar Gain, and Gnanendramohan Tagore.

Bengali Christians have the highest literacy rate, the lowest male-female sex ratio, along with better socio-economic status.

[2] Christian missionaries run major social institutions dealing with education and healthcare, such as those run by the Jesuit Catholics, and the dominant Protestant Church of North India (CNI), & some Christian Revival Church also serving.

The followers of Christianity mainly settled in Barddhmann, Bankura, Kolkata and Hooghly district of West Bengal.

St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata is the seat of the Anglican Diocese of Calcutta (1813) of the Church of North India.

St. Paul's Cathedral – seat of the Diocese of Calcutta, Church of North India
The Bandel Church , rebuilt in 1660 on the site of an older 1599 church.
St. Andrew's Church, Darjeeling. Built: 1843, Rebuilt: 1873
La Martinière Calcutta , one of India's most prestigious schools, is run by the Protestant Church of North India
St. Xavier's College, Kolkata , run by the catholic Jesuits , is one of India's best colleges