India, Sikkim state people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Sikkim
District:	All

Total People Groups

Unreached People Groups

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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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Anglo	300	English	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	90	Urdu	0	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arora (Sikh traditions)	30	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baha'i	300	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Baiga	70	Hindi	1	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	300	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Bania Mahesri	90	Hindi	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	3,000	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Bauri	100	Bengali	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	100	Urdu	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhotia Sikkim	71,000	Sikkimese	1	1,500	100	67,000	2,000	20	200
Bhuiya unspecified	200	Hindi	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bengali	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Jijhotia	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	1,600	Bengali	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	52,000	Hindi	0	51,000	-1 -	200	500	-1 -	50
Chhetri	4,100	Nepali	1	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	5,200	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	5,200	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	9,700	Nepali	1	8,900	-1 -	200	600	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	600	Dzongkha	0	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	4,300	Bengali	1	3,900	-1 -	60	400	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	3,100	Nepali	2	800	-1 -	1,400	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	1,300	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	600	Bengali	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kagate	1,800	Syuba	1	-1 -	-1 -	1,700	60	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	1,200	Bengali	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	400	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	20,000	Nepali	1	18,000	-1 -	400	1,600	-1 -	-1 -
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	20	Kashmiri	0	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	900	Hindi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khambu	104,000	Bengali	1	80,000	-1 -	10,000	13,000	-1 -	600
Khas	63,000	Nepali	2	50,000	-1 -	6,800	5,900	-1 -	600
Khatri (Sikh traditions)	40	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Gujarati	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	28,000	Nepali	2	23,000	-1 -	1,500	3,700	-1 -	90
Mahishya	1,000	Bengali	1	900	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Majhi	400	Hindi	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	3,400	Hindi	1	3,000	-1 -	60	300	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	40	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	100	Bengali	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	20	Malayalam	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	600	Bengali	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	24,000	Nepali	1	21,000	-1 -	1,100	1,100	-1 -	-1 -
Pardhan	70	Pardhan	1	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Parsee	30	Gujarati	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Pashtun, Pathan	100	Urdu	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Poundra	400	Bengali	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	14,000	Nepali	2	7,300	-1 -	400	4,800	-1 -	1,700
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Bengali	1	1,900	-1 -	40	300	-1 -	90
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	900	Hindi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	300	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -
Rongkup-Lepcha	44,000	Lepcha	2	1,100	80	36,000	6,400	-1 -	100
Sarki	900	Nepali	1	800	-1 -	40	70	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	300	Urdu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	8,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	8,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	7,300	Nepali	2	500	-1 -	5,500	1,200	-1 -	40
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Bengali	1	900	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	50
Sunuwar	6,400	Nepali	1	5,700	-1 -	80	400	-1 -	200
Syrian Christian	70	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	38,000	Nepali	2	2,300	60	32,000	3,600	-1 -	100
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions)	90	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	900	Hindi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	500	Nepali	1	400	-1 -	60	50	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	100	Nepali	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thami	800	Nepali	1	700	-1 -	90	20	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu	16,000	Bhojpuri	1	13,000	-1 -	300	2,200	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	80	Bengali	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	700	Hindi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	70	Bengali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakkha	1,200	Yakkha	2	500	-1 -	300	200	-1 -	300
Yakthumba, Limbu	54,000	Nepali	2	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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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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