India, Sikkim state, Sikkim, East district people groups

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

Number of People Groups

Unreached People Groups

Total Population

252,000

Buddhist

26.1 %

Christian

8.6 %

Hindu

62.4 %

Muslim

2.1 %

Sikh

0.3 %

Other Religions

0.4 %

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= Frontier peoples
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	31,000	Sikkimese	1 ●	700	70	30,000	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	700	Bengali	0 ☀	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	25,000	Hindi	0 ☀	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	40
Chhetri	1,500	Nepali	1 ●	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	2,700	Hindi	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,700	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	5,000	Nepali	1 ●	4,600	-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	1,700	Bengali	1 ●	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	700	Nepali	2 ●	200	-1 -	200	300	-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	9,700	Nepali	1 ●	8,700	-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	41,000	Bengali	1 ●	33,000	-1 -	3,900	4,100	-1 -	-1 -
Khas	21,000	Nepali	2 ●	18,000	-1 -	2,100	1,300	-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 ●	13,000	-1 -	400	1,500	-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 -
Pod	300	Bengali	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	6,800	Nepali	2 ●	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	1,800	-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	12,000	Lepcha	2 ●	300	20	9,100	2,100	-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	2,900	Nepali	2 ●	100	-1 -	2,400	400	-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	2,900	Nepali	1 ●	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	30
Syrian Christian	70	Malayalam	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	18,000	Nepali	2 ●	1,100	40	15,000	1,500	-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 -	40	20	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu	12,000	Bhojpuri	1 ●	10,000	-1 -	200	1,500	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	80	Hindi	0 ☀	80	-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	80	-1 -	30
Yakthumba, Limbu	10,000	Nepali	2 ●	8,100	30	600	1,100	-1 -	300
Totals: 82	252,000		69 ●	157,000	5,300	66,000	22,000	900	1,100

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