Sherdukpen people

Sherdukpen
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Diorama and wax figures of the Sherdukpen people at the Jawaharlal Nehru Museum, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
Total population
9,663 (2011 census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
 India
Arunachal Pradesh
Languages
Sherdukpen, Tshangla, Assamese
Religion
Buddhism, Animism
Related ethnic groups
Monpa, Aka, Khowa

The Sherdukpen are an ethnic group of Arunachal Pradesh state of India. Their population of 9,663 is centered in West Kameng district in the villages of Rupa, Jigaon, Thongri, Shergaon, to the south of Bomdila. All of these are at elevations between 5000 and 6000 feet above sea level. Of late, some of them have settled in Kameng bari areas, a new settlement area under Bhalukpong circle.

  1. ^ "A-11 Individual Scheduled Tribe Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner,India. Retrieved 18 November 2017.