India, Sikkim state, Pakyong district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Sikkim
District:	Pakyong

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

70,000

Buddhist

26.4 %

Christian

7.7 %

Hindu

64.2 %

Muslim

1.3 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.5 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Anglo	80	English	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	20	Urdu	0	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	70	Bengali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiga	20	Hindi	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	50	Hindi	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahesri	20	Hindi	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	300	Hindi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bauri	30	Bengali	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	20	Urdu	0	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhotia Sikkim	8,800	Sikkimese	1	200	-1 -	8,400	200	-1 -	50
Bhuiya unspecified	50	Hindi	1	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bengali	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Jijhotia	30	Hindi	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	7,600	Hindi	0	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	400	Nepali	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	700	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	1,400	Nepali	1	1,300	-1 -	30	70	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	50	Dzongkha	0	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	500	Bengali	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	200	Nepali	2	60	-1 -	60	60	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	20	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kagate	400	Syuba	1	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	300	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	60	Hindi	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	2,700	Nepali	1	2,500	-1 -	60	200	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	80	Hindi	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khambu	11,000	Bengali	1	9,200	-1 -	1,100	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Khas	5,800	Nepali	2	4,900	-1 -	600	300	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	40	Hindi	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	90	Hindi	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	30	Hindi	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	4,100	Nepali	2	3,600	-1 -	100	400	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	200	Bengali	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhi	70	Hindi	1	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	400	Hindi	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Bengali	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	50	Hindi	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	3,500	Nepali	1	3,300	-1 -	60	100	-1 -	-1 -
Pardhan	-1 Unknown	Pardhan	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Parsee	-1 Unknown	Gujarati	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	20	Urdu	0	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Poundra	100	Bengali	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	1,900	Nepali	2	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	100
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	60	Hindi	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	-1 Unknown	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rongkup-Lepcha	3,100	Lepcha	2	80	-1 -	2,600	500	-1 -	-1 -
Sarki	100	Nepali	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	30	Urdu	0	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	800	Urdu	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	800	Nepali	2	30	-1 -	700	90	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	80	Bengali	1	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	800	Nepali	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	4,900	Nepali	2	300	-1 -	4,200	400	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	80	Bengali	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	90	Hindi	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	40	Nepali	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thami	100	Nepali	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu	3,300	Bhojpuri	1	2,900	-1 -	60	400	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	40	Hindi	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	20	Hindi	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	80	Hindi	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	20	Bengali	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakkha	100	Yakkha	2	90	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	2,900	Nepali	2	2,300	-1 -	200	300	-1 -	100
Totals: 74	70,000		61 ●	45,000	900	19,000	5,400	30	400

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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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