India, Sikkim state, Sikkim, East district people groups

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

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

241,000

Buddhist

25.9 %

Christian

8.6 %

Hindu

62.6 %

Muslim

2.2 %

Sikh

0.4 %

Other Religions

0.4 %

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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	80	Urdu	0	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arora (Sikh traditions)	20	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baha'i	70	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70
Baiga	60	Hindi	1	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	300	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Bania Mahesri	80	Hindi	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	1,400	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Bauri	90	Bengali	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	100	Urdu	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhotia Sikkim	30,000	Sikkimese	1	600	70	28,000	700	-1 -	60
Bhuiya unspecified	200	Hindi	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bengali	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	700	Hindi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Jijhotia	80	Hindi	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	600	Bengali	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	25,000	Hindi	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	40
Chhetri	1,400	Nepali	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	2,600	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,600	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	4,700	Nepali	1	4,300	-1 -	100	300	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	200	Dzongkha	0	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	1,600	Bengali	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	600	Nepali	2	200	-1 -	200	200	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	600	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kagate	1,300	Syuba	1	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	1,000	Bengali	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	9,200	Nepali	1	8,300	-1 -	200	800	-1 -	-1 -
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	20	Kashmiri	0	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khambu	39,000	Bengali	1	31,000	-1 -	3,700	3,900	-1 -	-1 -
Khas	20,000	Nepali	2	17,000	-1 -	2,000	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Khatri (Sikh traditions)	30	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Gujarati	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	50	Hindi	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	14,000	Nepali	2	12,000	-1 -	400	1,400	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	500	Bengali	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Majhi	200	Hindi	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	1,300	Hindi	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	40	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	50	Bengali	1	50	-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)	400	Bengali	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	12,000	Nepali	1	11,000	-1 -	200	500	-1 -	-1 -
Pardhan	20	Pardhan	1	20	-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	300	Bengali	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	6,500	Nepali	2	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	300
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	80	Hindi	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	500	Bengali	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	100	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -
Rongkup-Lepcha	11,000	Lepcha	2	300	20	8,600	2,000	-1 -	20
Sarki	300	Nepali	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	200	Urdu	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	4,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	2,800	Nepali	2	100	-1 -	2,300	300	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	2,700	Nepali	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	30
Syrian Christian	60	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	17,000	Nepali	2	1,100	40	14,000	1,400	-1 -	30
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions)	40	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	100	Nepali	1	90	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thami	500	Nepali	1	400	-1 -	30	20	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu	11,000	Bhojpuri	1	9,700	-1 -	200	1,400	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	70	Hindi	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	60	Bengali	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakkha	400	Yakkha	2	300	-1 -	20	70	-1 -	30
Yakthumba, Limbu	9,700	Nepali	2	7,700	30	600	1,100	-1 -	300
Totals: 82	241,000		69 ●	151,000	5,200	63,000	21,000	900	1,100

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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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