Country:

India

Province / State: Sikkim
District: Sikkim, East

Number of People Groups

82

Unreached People Groups

69

Total Population

241,000

Buddhist

25.9 %

Christian

8.6 %

Hindu

62.6 %

Muslim

2.2 %

Sikh

0.4 %

Other Religions

0.4 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
Anglo 300 English - - - 300 - -
 Ansari 80 Urdu ☀︎ - 80 - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Baha'i 70 Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - 70
 Baiga 60 Hindi 60 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 300 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - 80
 Bania Mahesri 80 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 1,400 Hindi ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - 100
 Bauri 90 Bengali 90 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 100 Urdu ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Bhotia Sikkim 30,000 Sikkimese 600 70 28,000 700 - 60
 Bhuiya unspecified 200 Hindi 100 - - 20 - -
Brahmin Bengali 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Jijhotia 80 Hindi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 600 Bengali ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 25,000 Hindi ☀︎ 25,000 - - 200 - 40
 Chhetri 1,400 Nepali 1,400 - - 60 - -
 Christian 2,600 Hindi - - - 2,600 - -
 Darjee 4,700 Nepali 4,300 - 100 300 - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Drukpa 200 Dzongkha ☀︎ - - 200 - - -
 Gharti 1,600 Bengali 1,500 - - 100 - -
 Gurung Ghaleg 600 Nepali 200 - 200 200 - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 600 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 600 -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 500 Bengali ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Kagate 1,300 Syuba - - 1,300 - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ 1,000 - - 20 - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kami 9,200 Nepali 8,300 - 200 800 - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) 20 Kashmiri ☀︎ - 20 - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Khambu 39,000 Bengali 31,000 - 3,700 3,900 - -
 Khas 20,000 Nepali 17,000 - 2,000 1,200 - -
 Khatri (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 30 -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Magar 14,000 Nepali 12,000 - 400 1,400 - -
 Mahishya 500 Bengali 500 - - 40 - -
 Majhi 200 Hindi 200 - - 20 - -
 Majhwar 1,300 Hindi 1,200 - - 100 - -
 Malabar Catholic 40 Malayalam - - - 40 - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 50 Bengali 50 - - - - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Nair 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali 400 - - 20 - -
 Newah 12,000 Nepali 11,000 - 200 500 - -
 Pardhan 20 Pardhan 20 - - - - -
 Parsee 30 Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - 30
 Pashtun, Pathan 100 Urdu ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Poundra 300 Bengali 300 - - 30 - -
 Rai 6,500 Nepali 4,500 - - 1,700 - 300
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 500 Bengali 500 - - 30 - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 100 -
 Rongkup 11,000 Lepcha 300 20 8,600 2,000 - 20
 Sarki 300 Nepali 300 - - 30 - -
 Sayyid 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 4,600 Urdu ☀︎ - 4,600 - - - -
 Sherpa 2,800 Nepali 100 - 2,300 300 - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Sunuwar 2,700 Nepali 2,600 - - 100 - 30
 Syrian Christian 60 Malayalam - - - 60 - -
 Tamang 17,000 Nepali 1,100 40 14,000 1,400 - 30
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 40 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Thakali 100 Nepali 90 - 30 - - -
 Thami 500 Nepali 400 - 30 20 - -
 Tharu 11,000 Bhojpuri 9,700 - 200 1,400 - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 60 Bengali ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Yakkha 400 Yakkha 300 - 20 70 - 30
 Yakthumba, Limbu 9,700 Nepali 7,700 30 600 1,100 - 300
  Totals:  82 241,000   69 151,000 5,200 63,000 21,000 900 1,100
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