In accordance with Census 2011 there are 229,954 Bhotia speakers in India covering 0,02 % of the country's total population.

Bhotia is maily spoken in:

In Jammu and Kashmir state, the highest number of Bhotia speakers is noticed in:

In Arunachal Pradesh, significant number of Bhotia speakers are found in Tawang - तवांग (30,414), West Kameng - पश्चिमी कामेंग (25,078), West Siang - पश्चिमी सियांग (2,311), Upper Siang - अपर सियांग (2,310) and East Siang - पूर्वी सियांग (1,689), in Sikkim in East District - पूर्व जिला (23,139), West District - पश्चिम जिला (6,754), North District - उत्तर जिला (6,298) and South District - दक्षिण जिला (5,698).


Source: Census of India (2022) Language Atlas of India 2011. url


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