At present there are around 2.2 million Bengali Hindus in Tripura, making them the largest ethnic group in the state, constituting over 60% of the total population.
After Partition, the Brahmaputra valley Muslim migrants of East Bengali roots chose to report their language as Assamese.
The apprehension of being persecuted in the newly independent country made the migrants give up language and keep religion.
[17] There is also a significant number of Bengali Hindus residing in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, estimated approximately 100,000 comprising 26%–28% of the population.
Bengali is also the most widely spoken language in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, despite it lacking official status.
[18] There are large number of Bengali speaking population mainly centered around Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand.
[19] There is steady migration of Bengali speaking population from Assam and West Bengal towards southern state of Kerala as migrant labourers.