Country:

India

Province / State: Sikkim
District: All

Number of People Groups

85

Unreached People Groups

72

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