Tamang people
तामाङ | |
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Tamang couple in traditional attire | |
| Total population | |
| c. 1.8 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Bhutan | N/A |
| Nepal | 1,639,866 (2021) |
| India | 183,812 |
| West Bengal | 146,203 (2011) |
| Sikkim | 37,609 (2011) |
| Languages | |
| Tamang, Tibetan, Nepali, Hindi | |
| Religion | |
| Buddhism (87%) Hinduism (9%) Christianity (3.0%), | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Tibetan people, Daman people, Qiang, Gurung, Sherpa, Bhotiya, Thakali | |
| Tamang people | |||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||
| Tibetan | རྟ་དམག | ||||
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The Tamang people (རྟ་དམག་; Devanagari: तामाङ; tāmāṅ) are an ethnic group living in Nepal, Northeast India and southern Bhutan. In Nepal, they are concentrated in the central hilly and Himalayan regions and constituted over 1.6 million people in the 2021 census. In India, Tamang people live in the state of Sikkim, in the Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts of West Bengal and in Assam. In Bhutan, they live foremost in the southern foothills including Tsirang District, Dagana District, Samtse District, Chukha District, Sarpang District and Samdrup Jongkhar District. The Tamang language is the fifth most-spoken language in Nepal.