. 7 5 %. ▁While ▁male ▁liter acy ▁was ▁ 7 3 . 5 2 %, ▁female ▁liter acy ▁was ▁ 5 5 . 0 9 %. ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁– ▁List ▁of ▁West ▁Beng al ▁districts ▁ranked ▁by ▁liter acy ▁rate ▁ ▁Language ▁and ▁religion ▁As ▁per ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁census , ▁Beng ali ▁is ▁the ▁mother ▁tongue ▁for ▁ 8 6 . 4 ▁% ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁of ▁the ▁district ▁followed ▁by ▁H indi ▁at ▁ 7 . 9 %. ▁Sant ali ▁at ▁ 2 . 6 % ▁and ▁Ur du ▁at ▁ 2 . 0 %, ▁are ▁the ▁two ▁other ▁major ▁languages ▁spoken ▁in ▁the ▁district . ▁The ▁population ▁who ▁reported ▁Beng ali ▁as ▁a ▁mother ▁tongue ▁has ▁decre ased ▁from ▁ 8 8 . 1 % ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁to ▁ 8 6 . 4 % ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁census ▁whereas ▁the ▁population ▁who ▁reported ▁H indi ▁as ▁mother ▁tongue ▁has ▁increased ▁from ▁ 5 . 8 % ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁to ▁ 7 . 9 % ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁census . ▁ ▁As ▁per ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁census , ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁of ▁the ▁district ▁belong ▁to ▁the ▁H indu ▁community ▁with ▁a ▁population ▁share ▁of ▁ 8 2 . 9 % ▁followed ▁by ▁Muslim s ▁at ▁ 1 5 . 8 %. ▁The ▁percentage ▁of ▁the ▁H indu ▁population ▁of ▁the ▁district ▁has ▁followed ▁a ▁decre asing ▁tr