Country:

India

Province / State: Sikkim
District: Soreng

Number of People Groups

45

Unreached People Groups

35

Total Population

72,000

Buddhist

27.4 %

Christian

13.5 %

Hindu

50.8 %

Muslim

0.4 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

7.9 %
Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Baha'i 20 Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - 20
 Bania unspecified 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bhotia Sikkim 7,700 Sikkimese 100 - 7,100 400 - 20
 Brahmin Gaur 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 3,400 Hindi ☀︎ 3,300 - 100 - - -
 Chhetri 1,000 Nepali 1,000 - - - - -
 Christian 500 Hindi - - - 500 - -
 Darjee 900 Nepali 800 - 20 50 - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Drukpa 100 Dzongkha ☀︎ - - 100 - - -
 Gharti 600 Bengali 500 - 30 70 - -
 Gurung Ghaleg 300 Nepali 20 - 300 70 - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Kami 2,200 Nepali 1,900 - 50 200 - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Khambu 13,000 Bengali 8,100 - 1,500 2,600 - 300
 Khas 8,800 Nepali 5,900 - 1,700 1,000 - 300
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Magar 2,200 Nepali 1,400 - 300 600 - 40
 Majhwar 400 Hindi 400 - 30 - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 20 Bengali 20 - - - - -
 Newah 1,600 Nepali 1,200 - 200 200 - -
 Pardhan Unknown Pardhan - - - - - -
 Rai 1,700 Nepali 400 - 200 800 - 300
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali 200 - 20 50 - -
 Rongkup 5,700 Lepcha 200 - 4,300 1,100 - 20
 Sarki 200 Nepali 100 - - 20 - -
 Sayyid Unknown Urdu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Sherpa 700 Nepali - - 600 60 - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali 200 - - - - 20
 Sunuwar 900 Nepali 700 - 40 80 - 40
 Tamang 3,400 Nepali 200 - 2,800 400 - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Thakali 50 Nepali 30 - - - - -
 Thakuri 50 Nepali 50 - - - - -
 Thami 60 Nepali 30 - 20 - - -
 Tharu 700 Bhojpuri 500 - 20 100 - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Yakkha 200 Yakkha 70 - 80 20 - 30
 Yakthumba, Limbu 14,000 Nepali 8,100 - 200 1,400 - 4,600
  Totals:  45 72,000   35 37,000 300 20,000 9,700 0 5,700
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