India, Sikkim state people groups

Country:	India
Province / State:	Sikkim
District:	All

Number of People Groups

Unreached People Groups

Total Population

704,000

Buddhist

27.9 %

Christian

10.0 %

Hindu

57.8 %

Muslim

1.4 %

Sikh

0.3 %

Other Religions

2.7 %

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
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= Frontier peoples
People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Anglo	400	English	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	100	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arora (Sikh traditions)	30	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	400	Bengali	0 ☀	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baha'i	400	Hindi	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Baiga	80	Hindi	1 ●	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bangali Muslim Moghal	100	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	300	Hindi	0 ☀	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90
Bania Mahesri	100	Hindi	0 ☀	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	3,000	Hindi	0 ☀	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Bauri	100	Bengali	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhotia Sikkim	83,000	Sikkimese	1 ●	1,700	100	78,000	2,300	20	200
Bhuiya unspecified	200	Hindi	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bengali	500	Bengali	0 ☀	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	2,200	Hindi	0 ☀	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Jijhotia	100	Hindi	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	1,900	Bengali	0 ☀	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	52,000	Hindi	0 ☀	51,000	-1 -	200	500	-1 -	50
Chhetri	4,700	Nepali	1 ●	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	6,100	Hindi	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	6,100	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	11,000	Nepali	1 ●	10,000	-1 -	300	700	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0 ☀	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	700	Dzongkha	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	5,100	Bengali	1 ●	4,500	-1 -	80	500	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	3,600	Nepali	2 ●	900	-1 -	1,600	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	1,300	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	700	Bengali	0 ☀	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kagate	2,100	Syuba	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	2,000	70	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	1,200	Bengali	0 ☀	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0 ☀	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	500	Hindi	0 ☀	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	23,000	Nepali	1 ●	21,000	-1 -	500	1,900	-1 -	-1 -
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	20	Kashmiri	0 ☀	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	900	Hindi	0 ☀	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khambu	122,000	Bengali	1 ●	93,000	-1 -	12,000	16,000	-1 -	700
Khas	74,000	Nepali	2 ●	58,000	-1 -	7,900	6,900	-1 -	700
Khatri (Sikh traditions)	60	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -
Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Gujarati	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0 ☀	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	600	Hindi	0 ☀	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	33,000	Nepali	2 ●	27,000	-1 -	1,700	4,300	-1 -	100
Mahishya	1,100	Bengali	1 ●	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Majhi	400	Hindi	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	3,900	Hindi	1 ●	3,500	-1 -	70	300	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	50	Malayalam	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	20	Tamil	0 ☀	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	20	Malayalam	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	600	Bengali	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	27,000	Nepali	1 ●	25,000	-1 -	1,300	1,300	-1 -	-1 -
Pardhan	80	Pardhan	1 ●	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Parsee	40	Gujarati	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Pashtun, Pathan	100	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pod	500	Bengali	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	17,000	Nepali	2 ●	8,500	-1 -	500	5,600	-1 -	2,000
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Bengali	1 ●	1,900	-1 -	40	300	-1 -	90
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	900	Hindi	0 ☀	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	400	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -
Rongkup	51,000	Lepcha	2 ●	1,200	90	42,000	7,500	-1 -	100
Sarki	1,000	Nepali	1 ●	900	-1 -	40	90	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	300	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	8,600	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	8,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	8,500	Nepali	2 ●	600	-1 -	6,500	1,400	-1 -	40
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0 ☀	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Bengali	1 ●	900	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	50
Sunuwar	7,500	Nepali	1 ●	6,700	-1 -	100	400	-1 -	300
Syrian Christian	80	Malayalam	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	45,000	Nepali	2 ●	2,700	70	38,000	4,100	-1 -	100
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	400	Bengali	0 ☀	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions)	90	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0 ☀	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	600	Nepali	1 ●	400	-1 -	80	60	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	100	Nepali	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thami	900	Nepali	1 ●	800	-1 -	100	20	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu	18,000	Bhojpuri	1 ●	15,000	-1 -	300	2,600	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	90	Bengali	0 ☀	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	0 ☀	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	700	Hindi	0 ☀	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	80	Bengali	0 ☀	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakkha	1,400	Yakkha	2 ●	600	-1 -	400	200	-1 -	300
Yakthumba, Limbu	63,000	Nepali	2 ●	42,000	90	1,700	5,700	30	13,000
Totals: 85	704,000		72 ●	406,000	9,700	196,000	70,000	1,900	19,000

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