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Country:	Bhutan
Province / State:	Central
District:	All

Number of People Groups

26

Unreached People Groups

25

Total Population

105,000

Buddhist

99.5 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

0.4 %

Muslim

0.1 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %

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Photo	People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
	Bania	50	Assamese	0 ☀	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Brahmin	40	Assamese	0 ☀	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Bumthangpa	40	Bumthangkha	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Drukpa	42,000	Dzongkha	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	42,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Gurung Ghaleg	200	Nepali	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	100	70	-1 -	-1 -
	Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	30	Bengali	0 ☀	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Lap, Lakha	9,300	Lakha	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	9,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Layakha	3,200	Layakha	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Lunape	1,200	Lunanakha	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Monpa Black Mountain	200	Olekha	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Naga	30	Language unknown	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
	Namassej (Hindu traditions)	40	Bengali	0 ☀	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Newah	90	Nepali	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Ngalong	23,000	Dzongkha	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Nyenpa	7,600	Nyenkha	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Oraon, Kurux	100	Kurux	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	40	Rangpuri	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Rajput (Hindu traditions)	40	Bengali	0 ☀	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Shaikh	90	Bengali	0 ☀	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Sharchop	15,000	Tshangla	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Sherpa	400	Sherpa	0 ☀	20	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Tamang	20	Nepali	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Tibetan	700	Tibetan, Central	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Tibetan Gtsang	900	Tibetan, Central	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Walang, Bantawa	700	Bantawa	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Yadav (Hindu traditions)	20	Assamese	0 ☀	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Totals: 26	105,000		25 ●	400	90	105,000	100	0	0

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