India, Sikkim state, Sikkim, North district people groups

Country:	India
Province / State:	Sikkim
District:	Sikkim, North

Number of People Groups

Unreached People Groups

Total Population

48,000

Buddhist

53.8 %

Christian

6.2 %

Hindu

34.1 %

Muslim

1.6 %

Sikh

1.7 %

Other Religions

2.5 %

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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Arora (Sikh traditions)	-1 Unknown	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	200	Hindi	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhotia Sikkim	9,000	Sikkimese	1 ●	100	20	8,700	100	-1 -	20
Brahmin Radhi	100	Bengali	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	2,500	Hindi	0 ☀︎	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	200	Hindi	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	400	Nepali	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	30	Dzongkha	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	300	Bengali	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	600	Nepali	2 ●	500	-1 -	30	50	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	500	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -
Kagate	300	Syuba	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	300	70	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	700	Nepali	1 ●	600	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khambu	2,600	Bengali	1 ●	2,200	-1 -	100	200	-1 -	-1 -
Khas	1,400	Nepali	2 ●	1,100	-1 -	200	100	-1 -	-1 -
Khatri (Sikh traditions)	30	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	1,100	Nepali	2 ●	1,000	-1 -	30	100	-1 -	-1 -
Majhi	-1 Unknown	Hindi	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	300	Hindi	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	600	Nepali	1 ●	500	-1 -	30	30	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	400	Nepali	2 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	100
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	400	Bengali	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	20
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	200	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -
Rongkup	16,000	Lepcha	2 ●	200	30	14,000	900	-1 -	20
Sarki	20	Nepali	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	700	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	400	Nepali	2 ●	100	-1 -	200	100	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	300	Nepali	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	2,400	Nepali	2 ●	200	-1 -	1,900	300	-1 -	-1 -
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions)	50	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	70	Hindi	0 ☀︎	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	100	Nepali	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thami	50	Nepali	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu	600	Bhojpuri	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Yakkha	70	Yakkha	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	30
Yakthumba, Limbu	5,100	Nepali	2 ●	3,600	-1 -	200	300	30	1,000
Totals: 42	48,000		32 ●	16,000	800	26,000	3,000	800	1,200

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