India, Sikkim state people groups

Country:	India
Province / State:	Sikkim
District:	All

Number of People Groups

Unreached People Groups

Total Population

647,000

Buddhist

27.6 %

Christian

9.9 %

Hindu

58.1 %

Muslim

1.5 %

Sikh

0.3 %

Other Religions

2.7 %

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= Frontier Unreached 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)	300	Bengali	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baha'i	400	Hindi	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Baiga	70	Hindi	1 ●	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	300	Hindi	0 ☀︎	200	-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 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	100	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhotia Sikkim	75,000	Sikkimese	1 ●	1,500	100	71,000	2,100	20	200
Bhuiya unspecified	200	Hindi	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bengali	400	Bengali	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	2,000	Hindi	0 ☀︎	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Jijhotia	100	Hindi	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	1,700	Bengali	0 ☀︎	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	52,000	Hindi	0 ☀︎	51,000	-1 -	200	500	-1 -	50
Chhetri	4,300	Nepali	1 ●	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	5,500	Hindi	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	5,500	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	10,000	Nepali	1 ●	9,400	-1 -	200	600	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0 ☀︎	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	600	Dzongkha	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	4,600	Bengali	1 ●	4,100	-1 -	60	500	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	3,300	Nepali	2 ●	800	-1 -	1,500	1,000	-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	1,900	Syuba	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	1,800	60	-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	21,000	Nepali	1 ●	19,000	-1 -	500	1,700	-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	111,000	Bengali	1 ●	85,000	-1 -	11,000	14,000	-1 -	700
Khas	67,000	Nepali	2 ●	53,000	-1 -	7,200	6,300	-1 -	600
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)	1,100	Hindi	0 ☀︎	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0 ☀︎	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	30,000	Nepali	2 ●	25,000	-1 -	1,600	3,900	-1 -	90
Mahishya	1,000	Bengali	1 ●	900	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Majhi	400	Hindi	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	3,600	Hindi	1 ●	3,200	-1 -	60	300	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	40	Malayalam	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-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	25,000	Nepali	1 ●	23,000	-1 -	1,200	1,100	-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 -
Poundra	400	Bengali	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	15,000	Nepali	2 ●	7,800	-1 -	400	5,100	-1 -	1,900
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	46,000	Lepcha	2 ●	1,100	90	38,000	6,800	-1 -	100
Sarki	1,000	Nepali	1 ●	800	-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	7,700	Nepali	2 ●	500	-1 -	5,900	1,300	-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	6,800	Nepali	1 ●	6,100	-1 -	80	400	-1 -	300
Syrian Christian	70	Malayalam	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	41,000	Nepali	2 ●	2,400	70	34,000	3,800	-1 -	100
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions)	90	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	900	Hindi	0 ☀︎	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	500	Nepali	1 ●	400	-1 -	60	50	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	100	Nepali	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thami	800	Nepali	1 ●	700	-1 -	90	20	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu	17,000	Bhojpuri	1 ●	14,000	-1 -	300	2,300	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	90	Bengali	0 ☀︎	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0 ☀︎	300	-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	70	Bengali	0 ☀︎	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakkha	1,300	Yakkha	2 ●	600	-1 -	300	200	-1 -	300
Yakthumba, Limbu	57,000	Nepali	2 ●	38,000	90	1,600	5,200	20	12,000
Totals: 85	647,000		72 ●	376,000	9,600	179,000	64,000	1,900	17,000

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