India, Sikkim state, Pakyong district people groups

Country:	India
Province / State:	Sikkim
District:	Pakyong

Number of People Groups

Unreached People Groups

Total Population

73,000

Buddhist

26.5 %

Christian

7.7 %

Hindu

64.0 %

Muslim

1.2 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.5 %

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= Frontier peoples
People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Anglo	80	English	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	20	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	80	Bengali	0 ☀	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiga	20	Hindi	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	60	Hindi	0 ☀	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahesri	20	Hindi	0 ☀	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	300	Hindi	0 ☀	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bauri	30	Bengali	1 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	20	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhotia Sikkim	9,200	Sikkimese	1 ●	200	-1 -	8,800	200	-1 -	50
Bhuiya unspecified	50	Hindi	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bengali	100	Bengali	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	200	Hindi	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Jijhotia	40	Hindi	0 ☀	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	200	Bengali	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	7,600	Hindi	0 ☀	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	400	Nepali	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	800	Hindi	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	1,400	Nepali	1 ●	1,300	-1 -	40	80	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Hindi	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	60	Dzongkha	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	500	Bengali	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	200	Nepali	2 ●	60	-1 -	60	70	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	20	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kagate	400	Syuba	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	300	Bengali	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	60	Hindi	0 ☀	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	2,900	Nepali	1 ●	2,600	-1 -	60	200	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	80	Hindi	0 ☀	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khambu	12,000	Bengali	1 ●	9,700	-1 -	1,200	1,100	-1 -	-1 -
Khas	6,100	Nepali	2 ●	5,200	-1 -	600	300	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions)	40	Hindi	0 ☀	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	90	Hindi	0 ☀	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	30	Hindi	0 ☀	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	4,300	Nepali	2 ●	3,800	-1 -	100	400	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	200	Bengali	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhi	70	Hindi	1 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	400	Hindi	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	60	Hindi	0 ☀	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	3,600	Nepali	1 ●	3,500	-1 -	60	100	-1 -	-1 -
Pardhan	-1 Unknown	Pardhan	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Parsee	-1 Unknown	Gujarati	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	20	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pod	100	Bengali	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	2,000	Nepali	2 ●	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	100
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	60	Hindi	0 ☀	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	-1 Unknown	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rongkup	3,300	Lepcha	2 ●	90	-1 -	2,700	500	-1 -	-1 -
Sarki	100	Nepali	1 ●	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	30	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	800	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	900	Nepali	2 ●	40	-1 -	700	90	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	80	Bengali	1 ●	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	900	Nepali	1 ●	800	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	5,200	Nepali	2 ●	300	-1 -	4,400	400	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	90	Bengali	0 ☀	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	40	Nepali	1 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thami	100	Nepali	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu	3,500	Bhojpuri	1 ●	3,000	-1 -	60	400	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	40	Hindi	0 ☀	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	20	Hindi	0 ☀	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	80	Hindi	0 ☀	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	20	Bengali	0 ☀	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakkha	100	Yakkha	2 ●	90	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	3,000	Nepali	2 ●	2,400	-1 -	200	300	-1 -	200
Totals: 74	73,000		61 ●	47,000	900	19,000	5,600	30	400

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