People Group | Primary Language | Population | Hindu | Muslim | Christian | Buddhist | Sikh | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assamese (Muslim traditions) | Assamese | 500 | - | 500 | - | - | - | - |
Burmese | Burmese | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
Magar | Bengali | 370 | 360 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
Hajang | Kom (India) | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Khasi | Khasi | 30 | 10 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
Yakthumba, Limbu | Nepali | 150 | 70 | - | - | - | - | 80 |
Loi | Meitei | 25,000 | 24700 | - | 20 | - | 10 | 320 |
Mizo | Hindi | 40 | 30 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Newah | Nepali | 70 | 50 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
Meitei unspecified | Meitei | 126,000 | 88700 | - | 840 | - | - | 36800 |
Bengali Muslim Moghal | Urdu | 90 | - | 90 | - | - | - | - |
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 470 | 450 | - | 10 | - | - | 20 |
Sherpa | Nepali | 20 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - |
Gurung Ghaleg | Gurung | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
Tharu | Nepali | 310 | 300 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Anal | Anal | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Angami | Kom (India) | 80 | - | - | 70 | - | - | - |
Ao | Naga, Ao | 40 | - | - | 40 | - | - | - |
Bania unspecified | Hindi | 500 | 490 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
Bodo (Hindu traditions) | Boro (India) | 130 | 110 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Brahmin unspecified | Bengali | 4,250 | 4250 | - | - | - | - | - |
Chhetri | Nepali | 320 | 320 | - | - | - | - | - |
Chiru | English | 100 | - | - | 100 | - | - | - |
Chothe | Naga, Chothe | 370 | 10 | - | 290 | - | - | 60 |
Darjee | Nepali | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gadaria (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
Hmar | Hmar | 20 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
Christian | Meitei | 170 | - | - | 170 | - | - | - |
Rongmei | Naga, Inpui | 1,680 | 20 | - | 1020 | - | - | 640 |
Kami | Nepali | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Korwa | Bengali | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Lamkang | Kom (India) | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Lotha | Naga, Lotha | 40 | - | - | 40 | - | - | - |
Mahishya | Bengali | 540 | 540 | - | - | - | - | - |
Arleng | Karbi | 60 | 30 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
Jat (Muslim traditions) | Bengali | 20 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
Rajput (Muslim traditions) | Bengali | 120 | - | 120 | - | - | - | - |
Paite (Christian traditions) | Chin, Thado | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Rai | Bengali | 350 | 210 | - | 10 | - | - | 120 |
Ranabhat | Assamese | 80 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sarki | Nepali | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sayyid | Bengali | 120 | - | 120 | - | - | - | - |
Shaikh unspecified | Bengali | 2,100 | - | 2100 | - | - | - | - |
Sunuwar | Nepali | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 20 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - |
Tamang | Nepali | 210 | 160 | - | 20 | 40 | - | - |
Naga Tangkhul | Vaiphei | 80 | 10 | - | 40 | - | - | 30 |
Thadou | Chin, Thado | 790 | 20 | - | 670 | - | - | 100 |
Thakuri | Nepali | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Vaiphei | Vaiphei | 30 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
Zeliang | Naga, Zeme | 50 | - | - | 50 | - | - | - |
Zou | Zo | 20 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 40 | - | - | - | - | 40 | - |
Haomei | Naga, Liangmai | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Kom | Kom (India) | 100 | - | - | 100 | - | - | - |
Jewish, South Asian | Meitei | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
Bania Agarwal | Hindi | 130 | 110 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
Brahmin Purohit | Bengali | 470 | 470 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bishnupriya Manipuri | Bishnupuriya | 83,800 | 82800 | - | 970 | - | - | - |
Mizo Lushai | Mizo | 90 | 70 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
Meitei Kshatriya | Meitei | 18,500 | 14700 | - | 110 | - | - | 3720 |
Meitei Thanga | Meitei | 18,500 | 14700 | - | 110 | - | - | 3720 |
Shaikh Qureshi | Urdu | 260 | - | 260 | - | - | - | - |
Meitei (Manipur Muslim) | Meitei | 17,100 | - | 17100 | - | - | - | - |
Pashtun, Pathan | Bengali | 200 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
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