Sharchops

Sharchop
Total population
212,500[citation needed]
Regions with significant populations
Eastern Bhutan (Lhuntse, Trashiyangtse, Mongar, Pemagatshel, Trashigang, Samdrup Jongkhar)
Southwest China (Tibet Autonomous Region)

Northeast India (Assam and Arunachal Pradesh (Monpa tribes: Khalaktang, Dirang; Memba tribe: Tuting))
Languages
Tshangla · Monpa languages · Dzongkha · Tibetan Languages
Religion
Tibetan Buddhism · Bon
Related ethnic groups
Monpa · Ngalop · Tibetan people

The Sharchops (Dzongkha: ཤར་ཕྱོགས་པ, Wylie: shar phyogs pa; "Easterner") are the populations of mixed Tibetan, Southeast Asian and South Asian descent that mostly live in the eastern districts of Bhutan.[1]

  1. ^ Schottli, Jivanta; Mitra, Subrata K.; Wolf, Siegried (2015-05-08). A Political and Economic Dictionary of South Asia. ISBN 9781135355760.