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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 13,397 (2011)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Nepal and  India | |
| Nepal | 13,397 (2011)[2] |
| Languages | |
| Ladakhi, Sherpa, Standard Tibetan and other Tibetic languages,[3] also Nepali and Hindi | |
| Religion | |
| Buddhism 98.32% (2011), Hinduism 1% (2011), Christianity 0,5% (2011) [4] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bhutia, Sherpa, Tibetan, Uttarakhand Bhotiya, Ngalop, Tshangla people | |
Bhotiya or Bhot (Nepali: भोटिया, Bhotiyā) is an Indian and Nepali exonym lumping together various ethnic groups speaking Tibetic languages, as well as some groups speaking other Tibeto-Burman languages living in the Transhimalayan region that divides India from Tibet. The word Bhotiya comes from the classical Tibetan name for Tibet, བོད, bod. The Bhotiya speak numerous languages including Ladakhi. The Indian recognition of such language is Bhoti / Bhotia having Tibetan scripts and it lies in the Parliament of India to become one of the official languages through Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
- ^ Central Bureau of Statistics (2014). Population monograph of Nepal (PDF) (Report). Vol. II. Government of Nepal.
- ^ Central Bureau of Statistics (2014). Population monograph of Nepal (PDF) (Report). Vol. II. Government of Nepal.
- ^ Lewis, M. Paul, ed. (2009). "Sikkimese". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16 ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-16., identifying several language communities as "Bhotiya" and similarly
- ^ Central Bureau of Statistics (2014). Population monograph of Nepal (PDF) (Report). Vol. II. Government of Nepal.