Tamang people

Tamang
Moormi Bhotey
	Tamang woman
Total population
	c. 1.7 million
	Nepal 1,539,830
	India 183,812
West Bengal	146,203 (2011)
Sikkim	37,609 (2011)
Languages
	Tamang, Nepali, Tamang
Religion
	(majority):Buddhism 87.29%, (minority): Hinduism 8.88%, Christian and others 4.83% Nepal census (2011),
Related ethnic groups
	Tibetan people, Bhotiya, Thakali,

The Tamang prople are an indigenous Tibetano-Burmese-speaking ethnic tribal group from Nepal, who migrated from tibet to Nepal in 12th-13th century, they are the last ethnic group who migrated to Nepal from tibet. In Nepal, Tamang/Moormi people make for 1.539,830 persons, or 5.6% of the country's total population, up from 1.3 million in 2001.^[5]

References

↑ "Demography Population Nepal Census 2011" (PDF).
↑ "Population of West Bengal 2011".
↑ "Population of Sikkim 2011".
↑ "Caste ethnicity and religion of Nepal Ministry of Health" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-05-31. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
↑ "Report on Socio-Economic Status of Tamang–Kavre". Nefin.org.np. Archived from the original on 2013-03-12. Retrieved 2015-12-23.

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[1] "Demography Population Nepal Census 2011" (PDF).

[2] "Population of West Bengal 2011".

[3] "Population of Sikkim 2011".

[4] "Caste ethnicity and religion of Nepal Ministry of Health" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-05-31. Retrieved 2022-07-14.

[nefin-5] "Report on Socio-Economic Status of Tamang–Kavre". Nefin.org.np. Archived from the original on 2013-03-12. Retrieved 2015-12-23.

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