Bhutia
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For other uses, see Bhutia (disambiguation).
The Bhutia (བོད་རིགས; Sikkimese: Drenjongpa/Drenjop; Tibetan: འབྲས་ལྗོངས་པ་, Wylie: Bras-ljongs-pa; "inhabitants of Sikkim") are a community of Sikkimese people living in the state of Sikkim in northeastern India, who speak Drenjongke or Sikkimese, a Tibetic language fairly mutually intelligible with standard Tibetan. In 2001, the Bhutia numbered around 60,300. Bhutia here refers to people of Tibetic ancestry.
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Quick Facts Total population, Regions with significant populations ...
Total population | |
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60,300 (2001)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Sikkim | 41,889[2] |
Nepal | 10,087 |
Bhutan | 6000 |
West Bengal | 4293 |
Languages | |
Sikkimese, Nepali, Dzongkha, Tibetan | |
Religion | |
Buddhism, Bön | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Bhotiya, Sherpa people |
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