India, Sikkim state people groups

South Asia Peoples website

Country:	India
Province / State:	Sikkim
District:	All

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

673,000

Buddhist

27.7 %

Christian

10.0 %

Hindu

58.0 %

Muslim

1.4 %

Sikh

0.3 %

Other Religions

2.7 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Anglo	400	English	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	100	Urdu	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arora (Sikh traditions)	30	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baha'i	400	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Baiga	80	Hindi	1	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	300	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90
Bania Mahesri	100	Hindi	0	90	-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	79,000	Sikkimese	1	1,600	100	75,000	2,200	20	200
Bhuiya unspecified	200	Hindi	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bengali	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	2,100	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Jijhotia	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	1,800	Bengali	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	52,000	Hindi	0	51,000	-1 -	200	500	-1 -	50
Chhetri	4,500	Nepali	1	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	5,800	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	5,800	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	11,000	Nepali	1	9,900	-1 -	300	600	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	600	Dzongkha	0	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	4,800	Bengali	1	4,300	-1 -	60	500	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	3,400	Nepali	2	800	-1 -	1,500	1,100	-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)	700	Bengali	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kagate	2,000	Syuba	1	-1 -	-1 -	1,900	70	-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	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	22,000	Nepali	1	20,000	-1 -	500	1,800	-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	116,000	Bengali	1	89,000	-1 -	12,000	15,000	-1 -	700
Khas	70,000	Nepali	2	55,000	-1 -	7,500	6,600	-1 -	700
Khatri (Sikh traditions)	60	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-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)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	32,000	Nepali	2	26,000	-1 -	1,600	4,100	-1 -	100
Mahishya	1,100	Bengali	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Majhi	400	Hindi	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	3,700	Hindi	1	3,400	-1 -	60	300	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	50	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	1	200	-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	26,000	Nepali	1	24,000	-1 -	1,300	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Pardhan	80	Pardhan	1	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Parsee	40	Gujarati	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Pashtun, Pathan	100	Urdu	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Poundra	500	Bengali	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	16,000	Nepali	2	8,100	-1 -	500	5,300	-1 -	1,900
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)	400	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -
Rongkup-Lepcha	48,000	Lepcha	2	1,200	90	40,000	7,100	-1 -	100
Sarki	1,000	Nepali	1	900	-1 -	40	90	-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	8,100	Nepali	2	500	-1 -	6,100	1,400	-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	7,100	Nepali	1	6,300	-1 -	90	400	-1 -	300
Syrian Christian	70	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	42,000	Nepali	2	2,500	70	36,000	3,900	-1 -	100
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	400	Bengali	0	400	-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 -	70	50	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	100	Nepali	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thami	900	Nepali	1	700	-1 -	90	20	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu	17,000	Bhojpuri	1	15,000	-1 -	300	2,400	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	0	400	-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	80	Bengali	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakkha	1,400	Yakkha	2	600	-1 -	300	200	-1 -	300
Yakthumba, Limbu	60,000	Nepali	2	40,000	90	1,700	5,400	30	13,000
Totals: 85	673,000		72 ●	390,000	9,600	187,000	67,000	1,900	18,000

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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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