Country:

India

Province / State: Sikkim
District: All

Number of People Groups

85

Unreached People Groups

72

Total Population

673,000

Buddhist

27.7 %

Christian

10.0 %

Hindu

58.0 %

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 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 300 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - 90
 Bania Mahesri 100 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 3,000 Hindi ☀︎ 2,800 - - - - 100
 Bauri 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 100 Urdu ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Bhotia Sikkim 79,000 Sikkimese 1,600 100 75,000 2,200 20 200
 Bhuiya unspecified 200 Hindi 200 - - 20 - -
Brahmin Bengali 500 Bengali ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 2,100 Hindi ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Jijhotia 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 1,800 Bengali ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 52,000 Hindi ☀︎ 51,000 - 200 500 - 50
 Chhetri 4,500 Nepali 4,400 - - 70 - -
 Christian 5,800 Hindi - - - 5,800 - -
 Darjee 11,000 Nepali 9,900 - 300 600 - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Drukpa 600 Dzongkha ☀︎ - - 600 - - -
 Gharti 4,800 Bengali 4,300 - 60 500 - -
 Gurung Ghaleg 3,400 Nepali 800 - 1,500 1,100 - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 1,300 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 1,300 -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 700 Bengali ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Kagate 2,000 Syuba - - 1,900 70 - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 1,200 Bengali ☀︎ 1,200 - - 30 - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi ☀︎ 1,400 - - 20 - -
Kalwar Sunri 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Kami 22,000 Nepali 20,000 - 500 1,800 - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) 20 Kashmiri ☀︎ - 20 - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Khambu 116,000 Bengali 89,000 - 12,000 15,000 - 700
 Khas 70,000 Nepali 55,000 - 7,500 6,600 - 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) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Magar 32,000 Nepali 26,000 - 1,600 4,100 - 100
 Mahishya 1,100 Bengali 1,000 - - 70 - -
 Majhi 400 Hindi 400 - - 40 - -
 Majhwar 3,700 Hindi 3,400 - 60 300 - -
 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 26,000 Nepali 24,000 - 1,300 1,200 - -
 Pardhan 80 Pardhan 80 - - - - -
 Parsee 40 Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - 40
 Pashtun, Pathan 100 Urdu ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Poundra 500 Bengali 400 - - 30 - -
 Rai 16,000 Nepali 8,100 - 500 5,300 - 1,900
 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 48,000 Lepcha 1,200 90 40,000 7,100 - 100
 Sarki 1,000 Nepali 900 - 40 90 - -
 Sayyid 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 8,600 Urdu ☀︎ - 8,600 - - - -
 Sherpa 8,100 Nepali 500 - 6,100 1,400 - 40
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Bengali 900 - - 40 - 50
 Sunuwar 7,100 Nepali 6,300 - 90 400 - 300
 Syrian Christian 70 Malayalam - - - 70 - -
 Tamang 42,000 Nepali 2,500 70 36,000 3,900 - 100
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 90 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 90 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Thakali 500 Nepali 400 - 70 50 - -
 Thakuri 100 Nepali 100 - - - - -
 Thami 900 Nepali 700 - 90 20 - -
 Tharu 17,000 Bhojpuri 15,000 - 300 2,400 - -
 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 - 300 200 - 300
 Yakthumba, Limbu 60,000 Nepali 40,000 90 1,700 5,400 30 13,000
  Totals:  85 673,000   72 390,000 9,600 187,000 67,000 1,900 18,000
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