In accordance with Census 2011 there are 20,154 Tamang speakers in India covering 0,002 % of the country's total population.

Tamang speakers are mainly concentrated in:

Among the districts in Sikkim, the highest number of Tamang speakers is noticed in:

Outside Sikkim, Tamang speakers are available in West Bengal in Jalpaiguri - जलपाईगुड़ी (3,051) and Darjiling - दार्जिलिंग (707); in Assam in Tinsukia - तिनसुकिया (697), Karbi Anglong - कार्बी आंग्लंग (522), Golaghat - गोलाघाट (383) and Sonitpur - सोनितपुर (141); in Manipur in Senapati - सेनापति (522), in Himachal Pradesh in Kullu - कुल्लू (413) and Kangra - कांगड़ा (121) and in Arunachal Pradesh in Lohit - लोहित (325), Lower Dibang Valley - लोवर दिवांग वैली (522) and West Kameng - पश्चिमी कामेंग (522).


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


Chapter with map "Distribution of Tamang speakers 2011":

taj.pdf

#Tamang needs #digitalPublicGoods - #digicoop1b: use #digicoop1taj - #tajCoding - #taj2wiki to create and share those!

#Tamang needs online library services (#cpc8451, #lib4dev): #cpc8451taj - make #digicoop1taj deliver !

#Literacy in #Tamang goes hand in hand with content for & about Community, Social & Personal services #cpc9: enable a #cpc9taj journey, #LeavingNoOneBehind