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तामाङ | |
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 Tamang woman in traditional attire | |
| Total population | |
| c. 1.8 million[citation needed] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Bhutan | N/A |
 Nepal | 1,639,866[1] |
 India | 183,812 |
| West Bengal | 146,203 (2011)[2] |
| Sikkim | 37,609 (2011)[3] |
| Languages | |
| Tamang, Tibetan | |
| Religion | |
| Buddhism (87%) Hinduism (9%) Christianity (3.00%), [4] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Tibetan people, Daman people, Qiang, Gurung, Sherpa, Bhotiya, Thakali | |
| Tamang people | |||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||
| Tibetan | རྟ་དམག | ||||
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Tamang (རྟ་དམག་; Devanagari: तामाङ; tāmāṅ), are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group of Nepal, Southern Bhutan and North-east India. The Nepalese Tamang people constituted 5.6% of the population at over 1.3 million in 2001, increasing to 1,539,830 as of the 2011 census.[5] The Nepali Tamangs are concentrated in the central hilly and Himalayan regions of Nepal.[6] Indian Tamangs are found in significant numbers in the state of Sikkim and the districts of Darjeeling and Kalimpong in West Bengal state. Bhutanese Tamangs are native to various districts in the southern foothills of the Kingdom of Bhutan. Such districts include the Tsirang District, the Dagana District, the Samtse District, the Chukha District, the Sarpang District and the Samdrup Jongkhar District.[7] Tamang language is the fifth most-spoken language in Nepal.[8]
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- ^ "Population of Sikkim 2011".
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- ^ "Socio-cultural and economic condition of tamangs" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
- ^ "Census Nepal 2021". censusnepal.cbs.gov.np. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
- ^ Sadangi, H. C. (November 2008). Emergent North-East: A Way Forward. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-8205-437-0. Archived from the original on 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2015-12-23. Emergent North-East : A Way Forward By H. C. Sadangi
- ^ "Report on Socio-Economic Status of Tamang–Kavre". Nefin.org.np. Archived from the original on 2013-03-12. Retrieved 2015-12-23.