India, Sikkim state, Soreng district people groups

Country:	India
Province / State:	Sikkim
District:	Soreng

Number of People Groups

Unreached People Groups

Total Population

76,000

Buddhist

27.5 %

Christian

13.5 %

Hindu

50.7 %

Muslim

0.4 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

8.0 %

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= Frontier peoples
People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Baha'i	20	Hindi	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Bania unspecified	300	Hindi	0 ☀	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhotia Sikkim	8,100	Sikkimese	1 ●	100	-1 -	7,500	400	-1 -	20
Brahmin Gaur	200	Hindi	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	100	Bengali	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	3,400	Hindi	0 ☀	3,300	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	1,100	Nepali	1 ●	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	500	Hindi	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	900	Nepali	1 ●	800	-1 -	20	60	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	50	Hindi	0 ☀	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	100	Dzongkha	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	600	Bengali	1 ●	500	-1 -	40	70	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	400	Nepali	2 ●	20	-1 -	300	70	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	90	Hindi	0 ☀	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	2,300	Nepali	1 ●	2,000	-1 -	50	300	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	90	Hindi	0 ☀	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khambu	13,000	Bengali	1 ●	8,500	-1 -	1,600	2,700	-1 -	400
Khas	9,300	Nepali	2 ●	6,200	-1 -	1,800	1,000	-1 -	300
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	70	Hindi	0 ☀	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	40	Hindi	0 ☀	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	2,300	Nepali	2 ●	1,400	-1 -	300	600	-1 -	40
Majhwar	400	Hindi	1 ●	400	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	20	Bengali	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	1,700	Nepali	1 ●	1,200	-1 -	200	200	-1 -	-1 -
Pardhan	-1 Unknown	Pardhan	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	1,800	Nepali	2 ●	500	-1 -	200	800	-1 -	300
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	1 ●	200	-1 -	20	50	-1 -	-1 -
Rongkup	5,900	Lepcha	2 ●	200	-1 -	4,500	1,200	-1 -	20
Sarki	200	Nepali	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	-1 Unknown	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	200	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	700	Nepali	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	600	60	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Sunuwar	900	Nepali	1 ●	700	-1 -	50	80	-1 -	50
Tamang	3,600	Nepali	2 ●	200	-1 -	3,000	400	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	90	Hindi	0 ☀	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	50	Nepali	1 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	60	Nepali	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thami	60	Nepali	1 ●	40	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu	700	Bhojpuri	1 ●	600	-1 -	20	100	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	50	Hindi	0 ☀	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	20	Hindi	0 ☀	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakkha	200	Yakkha	2 ●	80	-1 -	90	20	-1 -	30
Yakthumba, Limbu	15,000	Nepali	2 ●	8,600	-1 -	200	1,400	-1 -	4,800
Totals: 45	76,000		35 ●	38,000	300	21,000	10,000	0	6,000

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