Country: India
Province / State: Sikkim
District: All

Total People Groups

85

Unreached People Groups

72

Total Population

615,000

Buddhist

27.4 %

Christian

9.8 %

Hindu

58.3 %

Muslim

1.6 %

Sikh

0.3 %

Other Religions

2.6 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
Anglo 300 English Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
 Ansari 90 Urdu Progress Gauge - 90 - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 30 -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Baha'i 300 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - 300
 Baiga 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - 80
 Bania Mahesri 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 3,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - 100
 Bauri 100 Bengali Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Bhotia Sikkim 71,000 Sikkimese Progress Gauge 1,500 100 67,000 2,000 20 200
 Bhuiya unspecified 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - 20 - -
Brahmin Bengali 400 Bengali Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Jijhotia 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 1,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 52,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 51,000 - 200 500 - 50
 Chhetri 4,100 Nepali Progress Gauge 4,000 - - 60 - -
 Christian 5,200 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 5,200 - -
 Darjee 9,700 Nepali Progress Gauge 8,900 - 200 600 - -
 Drukpa 600 Dzongkha Progress Gauge - - 600 - - -
 Gharti 4,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,900 - 60 400 - -
 Gurung Ghaleg 3,100 Nepali Progress Gauge 800 - 1,400 1,000 - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 1,300 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,300 -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 600 Bengali Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Kagate 1,800 Syuba Progress Gauge - - 1,700 60 - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,200 - - 30 - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - 20 - -
Kalwar Sunri 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Kami 20,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 18,000 - 400 1,600 - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) 20 Kashmiri Progress Gauge - 20 - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Khambu 104,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 80,000 - 10,000 13,000 - 600
 Khas 63,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 50,000 - 6,800 5,900 - 600
 Khatri (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 40 -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Magar 28,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 23,000 - 1,500 3,700 - 90
 Mahishya 1,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 900 - - 60 - -
 Majhi 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - 40 - -
 Majhwar 3,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,000 - 60 300 - -
 Malabar Catholic 40 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 40 - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Nair 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 600 Bengali Progress Gauge 500 - - 30 - -
 Newah 24,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 21,000 - 1,100 1,100 - -
 Pardhan 70 Pardhan Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Parsee 30 Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - 30
 Pashtun, Pathan 100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Poundra 400 Bengali Progress Gauge 400 - - 20 - -
 Rai 14,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 7,300 - 400 4,800 - 1,700
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,900 - 40 300 - 90
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 300 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 300 -
 Rongkup-Lepcha 44,000 Lepcha Progress Gauge 1,100 80 36,000 6,400 - 100
 Sarki 900 Nepali Progress Gauge 800 - 40 70 - -
 Sayyid 300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 8,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 8,600 - - - -
 Sherpa 7,300 Nepali Progress Gauge 500 - 5,500 1,200 - 40
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 900 - - 40 - 50
 Sunuwar 6,400 Nepali Progress Gauge 5,700 - 80 400 - 200
 Syrian Christian 70 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 70 - -
 Tamang 38,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 2,300 60 32,000 3,600 - 100
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 90 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 90 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Thakali 500 Nepali Progress Gauge 400 - 60 50 - -
 Thakuri 100 Nepali Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Thami 800 Nepali Progress Gauge 700 - 90 20 - -
 Tharu 16,000 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge 13,000 - 300 2,200 - -
 Tili 80 Bengali Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 70 Bengali Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Yakkha 1,200 Yakkha Progress Gauge 500 - 300 200 - 300
 Yakthumba, Limbu 54,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 36,000 90 1,500 4,900 20 11,000
  Totals:  85 615,000   72 358,000 9,500 168,000 61,000 1,800 16,000
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