India, Sikkim state, Sikkim, West district people groups

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

Number of People Groups

Unreached People Groups

Total Population

84,000

Buddhist

26.0 %

Christian

6.1 %

Hindu

59.6 %

Muslim

0.8 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

7.4 %

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= Frontier peoples
People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Baha'i	20	Hindi	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Bania unspecified	400	Hindi	0 ☀	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhotia Sikkim	8,300	Sikkimese	1 ●	200	-1 -	7,900	200	-1 -	20
Brahmin Gaur	200	Hindi	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	200	Bengali	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	4,600	Hindi	0 ☀	4,500	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	1,300	Nepali	1 ●	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	200	Hindi	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	1,100	Nepali	1 ●	1,000	-1 -	20	30	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	50	Hindi	0 ☀	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	100	Dzongkha	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	700	Bengali	1 ●	600	-1 -	40	40	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	400	Nepali	2 ●	50	-1 -	300	40	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	-1 Unknown	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	100	Hindi	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	2,800	Nepali	1 ●	2,700	-1 -	50	100	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khambu	14,000	Bengali	1 ●	11,000	-1 -	1,700	1,400	-1 -	200
Khas	11,000	Nepali	2 ●	8,100	-1 -	1,900	500	-1 -	200
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	80	Hindi	0 ☀	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	40	Hindi	0 ☀	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	2,400	Nepali	2 ●	1,800	-1 -	300	300	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	600	Hindi	1 ●	500	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	30	Bengali	1 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	1,900	Nepali	1 ●	1,600	-1 -	200	100	-1 -	-1 -
Pardhan	20	Pardhan	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	1,500	Nepali	2 ●	600	-1 -	200	400	-1 -	300
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	1 ●	200	-1 -	20	20	-1 -	-1 -
Rongkup	5,700	Lepcha	2 ●	300	20	4,800	600	-1 -	20
Sarki	200	Nepali	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	30	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	600	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	700	Nepali	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	700	30	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Sunuwar	1,100	Nepali	1 ●	900	-1 -	50	40	-1 -	50
Tamang	3,600	Nepali	2 ●	200	-1 -	3,100	200	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	50	Nepali	1 ●	30	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	60	Nepali	1 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thami	70	Nepali	1 ●	50	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu	900	Bhojpuri	1 ●	800	-1 -	20	70	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	60	Hindi	0 ☀	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	20	Hindi	0 ☀	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakkha	300	Yakkha	2 ●	100	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	40
Yakthumba, Limbu	18,000	Nepali	2 ●	11,000	30	200	700	-1 -	5,300
Totals: 46	84,000		36 ●	50,000	600	22,000	5,100	10	6,200

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