India, Sikkim state people groups

Country:	India
Province / State:	Sikkim
District:	All

Number of People Groups

Unreached People Groups

Total Population

552,000

Buddhist

28.2 %

Christian

9.8 %

Hindu

57.9 %

Muslim

1.5 %

Sikh

0.3 %

Other Religions

2.2 %

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Anglo	300	English	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	80	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	80	-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	60	Hindi	1 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bangali Muslim Moghal	100	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	300	Hindi	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Bania Mahesri	80	Hindi	0 ☀	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	2,400	Hindi	0 ☀	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Bauri	90	Bengali	1 ●	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhotia Sikkim	65,000	Sikkimese	1 ●	1,300	100	62,000	1,700	20	100
Bhuiya unspecified	200	Hindi	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bengali	400	Bengali	0 ☀	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,700	Hindi	0 ☀	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Jijhotia	80	Hindi	0 ☀	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	1,500	Bengali	0 ☀	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	41,000	Hindi	0 ☀	41,000	-1 -	100	400	-1 -	40
Chhetri	3,200	Nepali	1 ●	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	4,800	Hindi	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,800	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	8,900	Nepali	1 ●	8,200	-1 -	200	500	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0 ☀	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	500	Dzongkha	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	3,900	Bengali	1 ●	3,400	-1 -	30	400	-1 -	-1 -
Groma	700	Groma	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	3,000	Nepali	2 ●	800	-1 -	1,300	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	1,200	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	500	Bengali	0 ☀	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kagate	1,700	Syuba	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	1,600	70	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	1,000	Bengali	0 ☀	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0 ☀	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	400	Hindi	0 ☀	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	18,000	Nepali	1 ●	16,000	-1 -	400	1,400	-1 -	-1 -
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	20	Kashmiri	0 ☀	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	700	Hindi	0 ☀	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khambu	96,000	Bengali	1 ●	74,000	-1 -	9,400	12,000	-1 -	400
Khas	58,000	Nepali	2 ●	47,000	-1 -	5,500	5,500	-1 -	400
Khatri (Sikh traditions)	60	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -
Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0 ☀	100	-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	26,000	Nepali	2 ●	22,000	-1 -	1,300	3,300	-1 -	60
Mahishya	900	Bengali	1 ●	900	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Majhi	400	Hindi	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	3,100	Hindi	1 ●	2,800	-1 -	40	300	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	40	Malayalam	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	100	Bengali	1 ●	100	-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)	400	Bengali	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	22,000	Nepali	1 ●	20,000	-1 -	1,000	900	-1 -	-1 -
Pardhan	60	Pardhan	1 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Parsee	30	Gujarati	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Pashtun, Pathan	100	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pod	300	Bengali	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	13,000	Nepali	2 ●	6,600	-1 -	200	4,300	-1 -	1,600
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Bengali	1 ●	1,600	-1 -	20	200	-1 -	80
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	800	Hindi	0 ☀	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	400	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -
Rongkup	41,000	Lepcha	2 ●	1,000	80	34,000	5,700	-1 -	80
Sarki	800	Nepali	1 ●	700	-1 -	30	60	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	300	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	7,600	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	6,900	Nepali	2 ●	500	-1 -	5,100	1,300	-1 -	40
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	0 ☀	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	700	Bengali	1 ●	600	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	30
Sunuwar	5,700	Nepali	1 ●	5,100	-1 -	50	300	-1 -	200
Syrian Christian	70	Malayalam	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	36,000	Nepali	2 ●	2,200	60	30,000	3,300	-1 -	90
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)	800	Hindi	0 ☀	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	500	Nepali	1 ●	400	-1 -	60	40	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	60	Nepali	1 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thami	700	Nepali	1 ●	600	-1 -	70	20	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu	14,000	Hindi	1 ●	12,000	-1 -	200	2,000	-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)	100	Hindi	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	600	Hindi	0 ☀	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	60	Bengali	0 ☀	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakkha	1,100	Yakkha	2 ●	400	-1 -	300	100	-1 -	200
Yakthumba, Limbu	44,000	Nepali	2 ●	31,000	70	1,400	3,900	30	8,300
Totals: 86	552,000		73 ●	320,000	8,500	155,000	54,000	1,900	12,000

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