The Bhotia




Who are they?
The Bhotia or Bhotiya are an occupational caste of shepherds. Numbering around 120,000 people, they live predominantly in the northern states of Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh and West Bengal.
They have Mongolian features and are known as Pahari or hill people. The Bhotia are divided into six sub-groups, the Bhot, Bhotia, Bhutia, Tibbeti (Sikkim & Arunachal) Butt and Buttola. In Northern Sikkim, where the Bhotia are a majority, they are known as the Lachenpas or Lachungpas, meaning inhabitants of Lachen (“big hill” in Tibetan) or Lachung (“small hill” in Tibetan) respectively

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