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Line 18: †<small>Includes [[Sikh]]s, [[Buddhist]]s, [[Christians]], [[Jain]]s.<ref name="censusindia.gov.in">http://censusindia.gov.in/</ref></small> }} The population of Western Uttar Pradesh is composed of a varied set of communities and tribes, including [[Ahir]]s, [[Brahmins]], [[Dalit]]s, [[Gujjar]]s, [[Jat]]s, [[Kurmi]]s, [[Rohilla|Rohilla Pashtuns]], [[Chamar]]s . <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.patrika.com/meerut-news/brahmin-says-will-not-vote-for-bjp-up-election-2017-news-in-hindi-1490467/|title=भाजपा को बड़ा झटका: यूपी का सबसे बड़ा वोट बैंक भाजपा के खिलाफ करेगा मतदान|website=www.patrika.com|language=hindi|access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref> As per 2011 Census, the total population of Western Uttar Pradesh is 71,217,132, out of which 72.29% is [[Hindu]] and 26.21% is [[Muslim]].<ref name="censusindia.gov.in"/> Although [[Hindu]]s are in a large majority, the percentage of [[Muslim]]s in Western Uttar Pradesh (~26%) is higher than in Uttar Pradesh as a whole (where it is 19.3%).<ref name="toi2006tak">{{Citation | title=Minister's demand for Muslim Pradesh condemned | newspaper=Times of India | date=2006-07-19 | accessdate = 2009-07-24 | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-07-19/lucknow/27821622_1_harit-pradesh-azam-khan-muslim-intellectuals | quote="... demand is neither feasible nor proper," said Manzoor Ahmad, former vice-chancellor of Dr B R Ambedkar University, Agra ... Muslim population which is not more than 25% in Western UP. ...}}</ref><ref name="thehindu2002kds">{{Citation | title= Ajit Singh struggling to retain Muslim vote | newspaper=The Hindu | date=2002-02-12 | accessdate = 2009-07-24 | url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2002/02/13/stories/2002021301391000.htm | quote=... the Muslim presence in western U.P. is said to be about 34 per cent ... | location=Chennai, India}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Out of 77 assembly seats in this region, Muslim candidates won 26 seats in the 2012 assembly elections.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mishra |first=Mayank |title=Why the Jat-Muslim coalition has fallen apart in UP |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/why-the-jat-muslim-coalition-has-fallen-apart-in-up-113091900028_1.html |date=19 September 2013 |newspaper=[[Business Standard]] |access-date=24 July 2018}}</ref> "Several communities are bi-religious, with both Hindu and Muslim components, e.g. the [[Tyagi]]s who have a [[Muslim Tyagi]] subcommunity although they are largely Hindu.<ref name="ReferenceA">A Glossary of the Tribes & Castes of Punjab by H. A Rose</ref> | |||