Secondary and higher secondary education of muslim girls in West Bengal, India

India is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-linguistic country. Muslims constitutes the largest minority group in this country. Muslim women contribute approximately 12.16% of total population in West Bengal which is not negligible. But their educational, social and economical status remains far below the normal. An effort has been made to investigate the trends of secondary and higher secondary education of Muslim girls in West Bengal, India. Comparatively lower percentages of Muslim girl children in West Bengal completed at secondary and higher secondary level of education before 2001 and a little progress of enrolment of Muslim girls in West Bengal at secondary and higher secondary level of education after 2001 have been observed.