Bhutan, Southern state people groups

South Asia Peoples website

Country:	Bhutan
Province / State:	Southern
District:	All

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

111,000

Buddhist

88.5 %

Christian

0.2 %

Hindu

8.2 %

Muslim

2.2 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.9 %

Map Notes

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Assamese (Muslim traditions)	500	Assamese	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania	400	Assamese	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	3,600	Boro (India)	1	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin	500	Assamese	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Broq-Pa	500	Brokpake	0	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bumthangpa	22,000	Bumthangkha	1	-1 -	-1 -	22,000	100	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	700	Nepali	0	500	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	30	Nepali	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	6,300	Dzongkha	0	-1 -	-1 -	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	30	Nepali	1	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachari Sonwal	70	Assamese	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta	300	Assamese	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kheng	18,000	Khengkha	1	-1 -	-1 -	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lap, Lakha	1,100	Lakha	0	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	200	Assamese	0	100	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	100	Mundari	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	30	Nepali	0	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nupbi	3,000	Nupbikha	0	-1 -	-1 -	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nyenpa	5,100	Nyenkha	0	-1 -	-1 -	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon, Kurux	400	Kurux	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Rabha	300	Assamese	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	200	Assamese	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	100	Rangpuri	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	2,700	Santhali	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	700
Shaikh	1,900	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sharchop	40,000	Tshangla	1	-1 -	-1 -	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	300	Sherpa	0	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	50	Nepali	1	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tibetan	1,200	Tibetan, Central	0	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	100	Assamese	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	200	Nepali	1	30	-1 -	70	70	-1 -	20
Totals: 34	111,000		33 ●	9,000	2,400	98,000	300	0	1,000

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Prayer Cards

Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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