People Group | Primary Language | Population | Hindu | Muslim | Christian | Buddhist | Sikh | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assamese (Muslim traditions) | Assamese | 50 | - | 50 | - | - | - | - |
Kuki Chin | Chin, Thado | 910 | - | - | 900 | - | - | - |
Magar | Bengali | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
Hajang | Anal | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Jat (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yakthumba, Limbu | Limbu | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
Loi | Meitei | 250 | 250 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mizo | Duruwa | 120 | - | - | 120 | - | - | - |
Newah | Nepali | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Meitei unspecified | Meitei | 2,440 | 2430 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Maring | English | 16,300 | 50 | 20 | 16100 | 20 | - | 20 |
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 120 | 120 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sherpa | Nepali | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
Gurung Ghaleg | Nepali | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
Tharu | Tharu, Rana | 120 | 120 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tipera | Kok Borok | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Aimol | Aimol | 1,550 | 10 | - | 1540 | - | - | - |
Anal | Punjabi, Eastern | 15,000 | 120 | 10 | 14800 | 10 | - | 10 |
Angami | Naga, Angami | 20 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
Bania unspecified | Bengali | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bodo (Hindu traditions) | Boro (India) | 100 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin unspecified | Hindi | 250 | 250 | - | - | - | - | - |
Chain | Bengali | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Chiru | Chiru | 20 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
Chothe | Anal | 2,230 | - | - | 2220 | - | - | - |
Darjee | Nepali | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Drukpa | Dzongkha | 20 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - |
Gadaria (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gangte | Gangte | 1,860 | 10 | - | 1840 | - | - | - |
Hmar | Mizo | 120 | - | - | 120 | - | - | - |
Christian | Anal | 1,130 | - | - | 1130 | - | - | - |
Kaibartta unspecified | Bengali | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Jogi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rongmei | Naga, Inpui | 90 | - | - | 90 | - | - | - |
Kami | Nepali | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 120 | 120 | - | - | - | - | - |
Thangkhal | Chin, Thado | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Koren | Koireng | 20 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
Lamkang | Tibetan, Central | 5,180 | 70 | - | 5100 | 10 | - | - |
Lotha | Naga, Lotha | 110 | - | - | 110 | - | - | - |
Mahishya | Bengali | 170 | 170 | - | - | - | - | - |
Illemei | Naga, Mao | 30 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
Maramei | Naga, Maram | 30 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
Bujur | Hmar | 1,660 | - | - | 1660 | - | - | - |
Rajput (Muslim traditions) | Bengali | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Poi | Mizo | 130 | 10 | - | 120 | - | - | - |
Paite (Christian traditions) | Vaiphei | 200 | - | - | 200 | - | - | - |
Poundra | Bengali | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rai | Nepali | 30 | 20 | - | 10 | - | - | 10 |
Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ralte | English | 40 | - | - | 40 | - | - | - |
Shaikh unspecified | Urdu | 80 | - | 80 | - | - | - | - |
Sunuwar | Sunwar | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 10 | - | - | - | - | 10 | - |
Sunri (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tamang | Nepali | 50 | 50 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
Naga Tangkhul | Naga, Tangkhul (India) | 750 | 10 | - | 740 | - | - | - |
Tanti (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Thadou | Chin, Thado | 33,200 | 140 | 20 | 33000 | 60 | - | 20 |
Thakuri | Nepali | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Vaiphei | Naga, Tangkhul (India) | 2,090 | 30 | - | 2060 | - | - | - |
Zeliang | Naga, Zeme | 40 | - | - | 40 | - | - | - |
Zou | Chin, Paite | 3,410 | 40 | - | 3360 | 10 | - | - |
Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 40 | - | - | - | - | 40 | - |
Haomei | Naga, Liangmai | 30 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
Kom | Kannada | 1,130 | - | - | 1130 | - | - | - |
Sirte | English | 1,630 | 10 | - | 1610 | - | - | - |
Biate | Biate | 90 | - | - | 90 | - | - | - |
Kuki Chin Taraor | Naga, Tarao | 470 | - | - | 470 | - | - | - |
Paite Simte | Simte | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Brahmin Purohit | Hindi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mizo Fanai | Mizo | 20 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
Mizo Lushai | Mizo | 240 | - | - | 240 | - | - | - |
Meitei Kshatriya | Meitei | 230 | 230 | - | - | - | - | - |
Meitei Thanga | Meitei | 230 | 230 | - | - | - | - | - |
Shaikh Qureshi | Bengali | 30 | - | 30 | - | - | - | - |
Meitei (Manipur Muslim) | Meitei | 380 | - | 380 | - | - | - | - |
Pashtun, Pathan | Bengali | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - |
© 2025 South Asia Peoples. A ministry of Joshua Project.