Bhutia

thumb|A Bhutia woman with precious coral headdress, agate Buddhist prayer beads, turquoise earrings and silk chuba before 1915 in Darjeeling

Key facts

Ethnic group.group: Bhutia
Ethnic group.image: Bhutia in the 1860s detail, from- Portret van een onbekende Bhutia man uit Tibet Bhotia. Buddhist. Tibet (titel op object), RP-F-2001-7-1122A-55 (cropped).jpg
Ethnic group.caption: A man from the Bhutia tribe in 1860s. Here he can be seen wearing a "Tibetan Amulet" to protect him from evil spirits.
Ethnic group.population: 60,300 (2001)
Ethnic group.pop1: 41,889
Ethnic group.pop2: 10,087
Ethnic group.pop3: 6,000
Ethnic group.pop4: 4,293
Ethnic group.langs: Sikkimese, Nepali, Dzongkha, Tibetan
Ethnic group.rels: Majority:Vajrayana Buddhism Minority: Christianity, Islam
Ethnic group.related: Tibetan, Sherpa, Tamang, YolmoOther Tibeto-Burman people

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Arts, crafts, and music
Status within India
Notable Bhutias
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thumb|A Bhutia woman with precious coral headdress, agate Buddhist prayer beads, turquoise earrings and silk chuba before 1915 in Darjeeling

The Bhutias (exonym; , 'People from Tibet') or Drejongpas (endonym; , THL: , 'People of the Rice Valley') are a Tibetan ethnic group native to the Indian state of Sikkim who speak Drejongke, a Tibetic language which descends from Old Tibetan. The majority of Bhutias live in Sikkim, while a significant number also reside in the Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts of northern West Bengal and in countries such as Nepal and Bhutan.

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