India, Ladakh state, Kargil district people groups

Country:	India
Province / State:	Ladakh
District:	Kargil

Number of People Groups

Unreached People Groups

Total Population

157,000

Buddhist

13.9 %

Christian

0.4 %

Hindu

7.3 %

Muslim

77.7 %

Sikh

0.8 %

Other Religions

0.1 %

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
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= Frontier peoples
People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Arora (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0 ☀	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arora (Sikh traditions)	90	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -
Bakkarwal	20	Kashmiri	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balti	43,000	Balti	0 ☀	60	41,000	1,500	30	-1 -	20
Bania unspecified	700	Hindi	0 ☀	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bodh (Buddhist traditions)	18,000	Ladakhi	1 ●	20	1,900	16,000	40	-1 -	20
Brahmin Acharya	100	Bengali	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kashmiri Pandit	1,100	Kashmiri	0 ☀	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	1,400	Hindi	0 ☀	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Broq-Pa	26,000	Brokskat	0 ☀	100	24,000	1,600	20	-1 -	-1 -
Changpa	60	Changthang	1 ●	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	500	Hindi	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Gaddi (Hindu traditions)	200	Gaddi	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Galleban	90	Kashmiri	0 ☀	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gujjar (Muslim traditions)	60	Gujari	0 ☀	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Hindi	0 ☀	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	700	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	6,200	Kashmiri	0 ☀	-1 -	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions)	600	Hindi	0 ☀	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	600	Hindi	0 ☀	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Makhmi	400	Kashmiri	0 ☀	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mangrik	1,500	Ladakhi	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mirasi (Hindu traditions)	700	Punjabi, Eastern	1 ●	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mon	500	Ladakhi	1 ●	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Purig-Pa	46,000	Purig	0 ☀	100	45,000	1,200	40	-1 -	30
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Hindi	0 ☀	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	400	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	400	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -
Rigzong	400	Ladakhi	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	500	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	900	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sipi	-1 Unknown	Chambeali	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarakhehas	800	Kashmiri	0 ☀	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarkhan (Hindu traditions)	700	Hindi	0 ☀	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions)	40	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	600	Hindi	0 ☀	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tipera	20	Kok Borok	2 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 38	157,000		36 ●	11,000	122,000	22,000	600	1,200	90

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