Country: India
Province / State: Sikkim
District: Soreng

Major People Groups

17

Major Unreached People Groups

9

Total Population

66,000

Buddhist

27.2 %

Christian

13.4 %

Hindu

51.1 %

Muslim

0.4 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

7.9 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Bhotia Sikkim 6,900 Sikkimese Progress Gauge 100 - 6,400 400 - -
 Brahmin unspecified 3,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,300 - 100 - - -
 Darjee 800 Nepali Progress Gauge 700 - 20 50 - -
 Gharti 600 Bengali Progress Gauge 500 - 30 60 - -
 Kami 2,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 1,700 - 40 200 - -
 Khambu 11,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 7,300 - 1,400 2,400 - 300
 Khas 7,900 Nepali Progress Gauge 5,300 - 1,500 900 - 300
 Magar 2,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 1,200 - 200 500 - 40
 Newah 1,500 Nepali Progress Gauge 1,100 - 200 200 - -
 Rai 1,500 Nepali Progress Gauge 400 - 200 700 - 200
 Rongkup-Lepcha 5,100 Lepcha Progress Gauge 200 - 3,900 1,000 - 20
 Sherpa 600 Nepali Progress Gauge - - 500 50 - -
 Tamang 3,100 Nepali Progress Gauge 200 - 2,600 400 - -
 Thakali 40 Nepali Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Thami 50 Nepali Progress Gauge 30 - 20 - - -
 Yakkha 200 Yakkha Progress Gauge 70 - 70 20 - 30
 Yakthumba, Limbu 13,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 7,400 - 200 1,200 - 4,100
  Major Groups (displayed):  17 60,000   9 29,000 30 17,000 8,000 0 5,100
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  45 66,000   35 34,000 300 18,000 8,800 0 5,200
* 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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