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

Major People Groups

12

Major Unreached People Groups

6

Total Population

44,000

Buddhist

53.2 %

Christian

6.1 %

Hindu

34.5 %

Muslim

1.7 %

Sikh

1.8 %

Other Religions

2.5 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Bhotia Sikkim 8,100 Sikkimese Progress Gauge 100 - 7,800 100 - 20
 Brahmin unspecified 2,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,500 - - 40 - -
Kagate 300 Syuba Progress Gauge - - 200 60 - -
 Khambu 2,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,000 - 100 200 - -
 Khas 1,300 Nepali Progress Gauge 1,000 - 200 100 - -
 Magar 1,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 900 - 30 100 - -
 Rongkup-Lepcha 14,000 Lepcha Progress Gauge 200 20 13,000 800 - 20
 Tamang 2,200 Nepali Progress Gauge 200 - 1,700 200 - -
 Thakali 100 Nepali Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Thami 40 Nepali Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Yakkha 60 Yakkha Progress Gauge - - 20 - - 30
 Yakthumba, Limbu 4,600 Nepali Progress Gauge 3,300 - 200 300 20 900
  Major Groups (displayed):  12 37,000   6 10,000 30 23,000 2,000 20 1,000
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  42 44,000   32 15,000 800 23,000 2,700 800 1,100
* District level entries that are less than 1,000 individuals AND less than 1% of the groups total in the country are not displayed.

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