India, Sikkim state, Sikkim, South district people groups

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

Number of People Groups

Unreached People Groups

Total Population

161,000

Buddhist

24.3 %

Christian

14.5 %

Hindu

57.7 %

Muslim

1.1 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

2.3 %

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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Baha'i	300	Hindi	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Bania unspecified	400	Hindi	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhotia Sikkim	16,000	Sikkimese	1 ●	400	-1 -	15,000	600	-1 -	40
Brahmin Gaur	700	Hindi	0 ☀︎	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	500	Bengali	0 ☀︎	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	8,500	Hindi	0 ☀︎	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	500	Nepali	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	1,600	Hindi	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	2,400	Nepali	1 ●	2,200	-1 -	60	200	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	200	Dzongkha	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	1,100	Bengali	1 ●	900	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	1,400	Nepali	2 ●	50	-1 -	700	600	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	80	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	50	Hindi	0 ☀︎	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	4,500	Nepali	1 ●	4,000	-1 -	100	400	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khambu	37,000	Bengali	1 ●	28,000	-1 -	3,500	5,900	-1 -	200
Khas	24,000	Nepali	2 ●	19,000	-1 -	1,400	3,500	-1 -	200
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0 ☀︎	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	8,100	Nepali	2 ●	6,200	-1 -	500	1,400	-1 -	50
Mahishya	400	Bengali	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Majhi	100	Hindi	1 ●	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	900	Hindi	1 ●	700	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	50	Bengali	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	7,100	Nepali	1 ●	6,400	-1 -	600	200	-1 -	-1 -
Pardhan	20	Pardhan	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	3,800	Nepali	2 ●	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	900
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	700	Bengali	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	60
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	50	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -
Rongkup	7,900	Lepcha	2 ●	200	-1 -	5,600	2,000	-1 -	20
Sarki	200	Nepali	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	60	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	1,700	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	2,800	Nepali	2 ●	300	-1 -	1,700	700	-1 -	40
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	1,400	Nepali	1 ●	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	100
Tamang	12,000	Nepali	2 ●	600	20	9,700	1,200	-1 -	50
Teli (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	200	Nepali	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Thami	90	Nepali	1 ●	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu	900	Bhojpuri	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	90	Bengali	0 ☀︎	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	60	Hindi	0 ☀︎	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	50	Hindi	0 ☀︎	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakkha	300	Yakkha	2 ●	20	-1 -	100	30	-1 -	100
Yakthumba, Limbu	11,000	Nepali	2 ●	7,200	-1 -	300	1,700	-1 -	1,600
Totals: 52	161,000		42 ●	93,000	1,800	39,000	23,000	200	3,700

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