A focused population profile of Indian Bengalis, their eastern Indian background, closest modern genetic matches, ancestry model, and World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Indian Bengalis are Bengali-speaking communities primarily associated with West Bengal and other Indian parts of the Bengal cultural region.
Bengali is the main language, with regional forms shaped by Kolkata, western Bengal, borderland districts, and links to neighboring Odisha, Assam, Jharkhand, Bihar, and Bangladesh.
As a genetic reference, Bengali India is useful for comparison with Chenchu, Bengali Bangladesh, Indo-Guyanese, Kapu, Relli, Bengali, Odia Khandayat, Indian South, Bengali Bangladesh Brahmanbaria, and Bengali Bangladesh Southeast.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, the closest non-self match for Bengali India is Chenchu. Other nearby references include Bundeli Manjhi Madhya Pradesh, Bengali Bangladesh, Relli Andhra Pradesh, and Telugu Kapu Andhra Pradesh. This gives the Bengali India profile its nearest modern genetic context inside the current reference database.
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The ancestry breakdown gives deeper component proportions, while closest matches show modern similarity. Indian Bengali ancestry is best interpreted in the eastern Indian and Bengali context, with broader South Asian references appearing alongside Bengali Bangladesh and Bengali regional references.
The heatmap should emphasize West Bengal, eastern India, Bangladesh, the Bengal cultural region, Odisha-adjacent areas, and broader South Asian comparison zones.
The closest non-self match in this World Genetics comparison is Chenchu. Other nearby references include Bundeli Manjhi Madhya Pradesh, Bengali Bangladesh, Relli Andhra Pradesh, and Telugu Kapu Andhra Pradesh.
In the current modern G25 reference set, Chenchu is the closest listed match to the Bengali India average after removing Bengali India itself from the table.
The heatmap shows where modern reference populations are closer or farther from the Bengali India G25 average, giving the closest-match results a geographic view.
