Changpa

Changpa
Total population
India: 2,661 (2011)[1]
Regions with significant populations
 China :
 India : Ladakh
Languages
Changthang language
Religion
Mainly Buddhism (89%)[1]
Minority Islam (10%) and Hinduism (1%)[1]
Related ethnic groups
Baltis, Ladakhis, Purigpa, and other Tibetan People

Changpa nomad
Changpa shepherd girl
Changpa nomadic family, Tibet

The Changpa, or Champa, are a semi-nomadic Tibetan people found mainly in the Changtang in Ladakh, India. A smaller number resides in the western regions of the Tibet Autonomous Region and were partially relocated for the establishment of the Changtang Nature Reserve. By 1989, there were half a million nomads living in the Changtang area.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "ST-14 Scheduled Tribe Population By Religious Community". Census of India Website. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  2. ^ Goldstein, Melvyn & Beal, Cynthia (1991). Nomads of Western Tibet. Berkeley, CA, USA: University of California Press. p. 60. ISBN 0-520-07211-1.