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Bhotia, Buddhist of India

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Map source: Omid / Joshua Project / Global Mapping Intl

Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
99,000	Sherpa	Buddhism	1.22 %	Unknown	Not available		1.1

Bhotia, Buddhist of India

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31 (, 1 = highest persecution ranking)

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Population in Country:

99,000

Largest States:

Sikkim (85,000)	West Bengal (13,000)
Arunachal Pradesh (200)	Karnataka (30)
Maharashtra (20)	Gujarat (Unknown)

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Bhotia, Buddhist

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Bhotia of Sikkim	Danyouka
Lhopa	Lhori
Sikkim Bhotia

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16450

Yes

Population in Country:

99,000

Population all Countries:

Yes

Unengaged or Unknown

Ethnicity

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MSY50r

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Language

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Primary Language:

(70,000 Speakers)

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Secondary Languages:

Nepali (18,000)	Tibetan, Central (5,700)
Lepcha (2,000)	Kagate (1,100)
Hindi (600)	Limbu (60)
English (60)	Kodava (40)
Dimasa (20)	Telugu (10)
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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	93.52 %
Christianity	1.22 %	(Evangelical: Data not available)
Ethnic Religions	0.00 %
Hinduism	5.10 %
Islam	0.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.15 %

Progress Indicators ^[5]

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1.1

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Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

1975

New Testament:

None Reported

Complete Bible:

None Reported

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Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Global Recordings
Film / Video	Gods Story
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Sherpa
Film / Video	World Christian Videos

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