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 %
| Photo | People Group ▲ | Population | Primary Language | Progress Scale |
Hindu | Muslim | Buddhist | Christian | Sikh | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Anglo | 300 | English | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ansari | 80 | Urdu | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 80 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Arora (Sikh traditions) | 20 | Punjabi, Eastern | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - |
|
Bagdi (Hindu traditions) | 300 | Bengali | 0 ☀︎ | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Baha'i | 70 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 70 |
|
Baiga | 60 | Hindi | 1 ● | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bania Agarwal | 300 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 80 |
|
Bania Mahesri | 80 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 70 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bania unspecified | 1,400 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 100 |
|
Bauri | 90 | Bengali | 1 ● | 90 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bengali Muslim Moghal | 100 | Urdu | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bhotia Sikkim | 30,000 | Sikkimese | 1 ● | 600 | 70 | 28,000 | 700 | -1 - | 60 |
|
Bhuiya unspecified | 200 | Hindi | 1 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Brahmin Bengali | 400 | Bengali | 0 ☀︎ | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Brahmin Gaur | 700 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Brahmin Jijhotia | 80 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 80 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Brahmin Radhi | 600 | Bengali | 0 ☀︎ | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Brahmin unspecified | 25,000 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 25,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | 40 |
|
Chhetri | 1,400 | Nepali | 1 ● | 1,400 | -1 - | -1 - | 60 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Christian | 2,600 | Hindi | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 2,600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Darjee | 4,700 | Nepali | 1 ● | 4,300 | -1 - | 100 | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | 80 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 80 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Drukpa | 200 | Dzongkha | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Gharti | 1,600 | Bengali | 1 ● | 1,500 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Gurung Ghaleg | 600 | Nepali | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | 200 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Jat (Sikh traditions) | 600 | Punjabi, Eastern | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 600 | -1 - |
|
Jogi (Hindu traditions) | 500 | Bengali | 0 ☀︎ | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Kagate | 1,300 | Syuba | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kaibartta unspecified | 1,000 | Bengali | 0 ☀︎ | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kalwar (Hindu traditions) | 500 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Kalwar Sunri | 200 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kami | 9,200 | Nepali | 1 ● | 8,300 | -1 - | 200 | 800 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) | 20 | Kashmiri | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) | 200 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Khambu | 39,000 | Bengali | 1 ● | 31,000 | -1 - | 3,700 | 3,900 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Khas | 20,000 | Nepali | 2 ● | 17,000 | -1 - | 2,000 | 1,200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Khatri (Sikh traditions) | 30 | Punjabi, Eastern | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - |
|
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) | 100 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kunbi (Hindu traditions) | -1 Unknown | Gujarati | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | 300 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Lohar (Hindu traditions) | 50 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Magar | 14,000 | Nepali | 2 ● | 12,000 | -1 - | 400 | 1,400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mahishya | 500 | Bengali | 1 ● | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Majhi | 200 | Hindi | 1 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Majhwar | 1,300 | Hindi | 1 ● | 1,200 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Malabar Catholic | 40 | Malayalam | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mochi (Hindu traditions) | 50 | Bengali | 1 ● | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Nadar (Hindu traditions) | 20 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Nai (Hindu traditions) | 200 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Nair | 20 | Malayalam | 1 ● | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Namassej (Hindu traditions) | 400 | Bengali | 1 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Newah | 12,000 | Nepali | 1 ● | 11,000 | -1 - | 200 | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pardhan | 20 | Pardhan | 1 ● | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Parsee | 30 | Gujarati | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 30 |
|
Pashtun, Pathan | 100 | Urdu | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Poundra | 300 | Bengali | 1 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Rai | 6,500 | Nepali | 2 ● | 4,500 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,700 | -1 - | 300 |
|
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) | 500 | Bengali | 1 ● | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Rajput (Hindu traditions) | 500 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Rajput (Sikh traditions) | 100 | Punjabi, Eastern | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - |
|
Rongkup | 11,000 | Lepcha | 2 ● | 300 | 20 | 8,600 | 2,000 | -1 - | 20 |
|
Sarki | 300 | Nepali | 1 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sayyid | 200 | Urdu | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Shaikh unspecified | 4,600 | Urdu | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 4,600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sherpa | 2,800 | Nepali | 2 ● | 100 | -1 - | 2,300 | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sonar (Hindu traditions) | 400 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sunri (Hindu traditions) | 200 | Bengali | 1 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sunuwar | 2,700 | Nepali | 1 ● | 2,600 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | 30 |
|
Syrian Christian | 60 | Malayalam | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 60 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Tamang | 17,000 | Nepali | 2 ● | 1,100 | 40 | 14,000 | 1,400 | -1 - | 30 |
|
Tanti (Hindu traditions) | 300 | Bengali | 0 ☀︎ | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) | 40 | Punjabi, Eastern | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - |
|
Teli (Hindu traditions) | 300 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Thakali | 100 | Nepali | 1 ● | 90 | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Thami | 500 | Nepali | 1 ● | 400 | -1 - | 30 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Tharu | 11,000 | Bhojpuri | 1 ● | 9,700 | -1 - | 200 | 1,400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Valmiki (Hindu traditions) | 100 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) | 70 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 70 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Yadav (Hindu traditions) | 300 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Yadav Sadgope | 60 | Bengali | 0 ☀︎ | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Yakkha | 400 | Yakkha | 2 ● | 300 | -1 - | 20 | 70 | -1 - | 30 |
|
Yakthumba, Limbu | 9,700 | Nepali | 2 ● | 7,700 | 30 | 600 | 1,100 | -1 - | 300 |
| Totals: 82 | 241,000 | 69 ● | 151,000 | 5,200 | 63,000 | 21,000 | 900 | 1,100 |
