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Bhotiya or Bhote (Nepali: भोटिया or भोटे) is an Indian and Nepalese exonym used to refer to various ethnic groups speaking Tibetic and Tibeto-Burman languages across the Transhimalayan borderlands dividing South Asia from Tibet. The word Bhotiya or Bhote comes from the classical Tibetan local name for Tibet, Bod (བོད). These communities speak numerous languages including Ladakhi, Drejongke, Yolmo, Sherpa, etc. In India, Bhotia is an official Scheduled Tribe, and communities are campaigning to add their shared language, Bhoti, included in the Constitution's Eighth Schedule. In Nepal, the label Bhote is often rejected due to historical social stigma; instead, the government recognizes these communities by their individual names, such as Sherpa, Yolmo, Lopa, Dolpo, etc as Janajati groups.
The Bhotiyas of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand identify as Raghuvanshi Rajput and prefer to be referred as Thakur or Rajvanshi. The Bhotiya may be the original immigrants to north Oudh in the period of Nawab Asaf-Ud-Dowlah (1775 to 1797).[citation needed]
The Bhotiya people are closely related to several other groups and ethnic boundaries are porous. One group is the Bhutia, the main ethnolinguistic group of the northern part of the Indian state of Sikkim. A second is the Uttarakhand Bhotiya of the upper Himalayan valleys of the Kumaon and the Garhwal divisions of Uttarakhand. These include the Shauka tribe of Kumaon, the Tolchhas and the Marchhas of Garhwal, Gyagar Khampa of Khimling, Bhidang. A third related group are the Dzongkha speaking Ngalop people, the main ethnolinguistic group of Bhutan. The Bhotiya are also related to several dispersed groups in Nepal and the adjacent areas of India including the Tibetans and Sherpas.
In Nepal, Bhotiya is 0.1 percent of the population. They live in villages throughout the Himalayas.
The language of the Bhotiya people is called "Bhoti" or "Bhotia", but is in fact a cover term for a wide variety of Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in India. It is usually written in the Tibetan script. Bhoti and Bhotia is spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, and parts of Pakistan and West Bengal.[citation needed] Bhoti is not included in the languages with official status in India.
The Bhotiya, tribe people are native (indigenous) people belonging to Himalayan Belt. In Nepal they live in the northern and eastern regions of Nepal, where they and other Tibetans are the region's autochthonous (indigenous) people. By the 2001 census of Nepal, they number 27,230.
The Bhotiya also live in the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura. In Uttar Pradesh, the Bhotiya live in the Bahraich, Gonda, Lakhimpur, Lucknow, Barabanki, Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur Dehat, and Kheri districts.
Bhotiya have six recognizable sub-groups: the Bhot, Bhotiya, the Bhutia of Sikkim, the Tibbati (of Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh), the Bhut, the Gyakar Khampa of Khimling, Bhidang of Uttarakhand.[citation needed]
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Bhotiya
Bhotiya or Bhote (Nepali: भोटिया or भोटे) is an Indian and Nepalese exonym used to refer to various ethnic groups speaking Tibetic and Tibeto-Burman languages across the Transhimalayan borderlands dividing South Asia from Tibet. The word Bhotiya or Bhote comes from the classical Tibetan local name for Tibet, Bod (བོད). These communities speak numerous languages including Ladakhi, Drejongke, Yolmo, Sherpa, etc. In India, Bhotia is an official Scheduled Tribe, and communities are campaigning to add their shared language, Bhoti, included in the Constitution's Eighth Schedule. In Nepal, the label Bhote is often rejected due to historical social stigma; instead, the government recognizes these communities by their individual names, such as Sherpa, Yolmo, Lopa, Dolpo, etc as Janajati groups.
The Bhotiyas of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand identify as Raghuvanshi Rajput and prefer to be referred as Thakur or Rajvanshi. The Bhotiya may be the original immigrants to north Oudh in the period of Nawab Asaf-Ud-Dowlah (1775 to 1797).[citation needed]
The Bhotiya people are closely related to several other groups and ethnic boundaries are porous. One group is the Bhutia, the main ethnolinguistic group of the northern part of the Indian state of Sikkim. A second is the Uttarakhand Bhotiya of the upper Himalayan valleys of the Kumaon and the Garhwal divisions of Uttarakhand. These include the Shauka tribe of Kumaon, the Tolchhas and the Marchhas of Garhwal, Gyagar Khampa of Khimling, Bhidang. A third related group are the Dzongkha speaking Ngalop people, the main ethnolinguistic group of Bhutan. The Bhotiya are also related to several dispersed groups in Nepal and the adjacent areas of India including the Tibetans and Sherpas.
In Nepal, Bhotiya is 0.1 percent of the population. They live in villages throughout the Himalayas.
The language of the Bhotiya people is called "Bhoti" or "Bhotia", but is in fact a cover term for a wide variety of Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in India. It is usually written in the Tibetan script. Bhoti and Bhotia is spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, and parts of Pakistan and West Bengal.[citation needed] Bhoti is not included in the languages with official status in India.
The Bhotiya, tribe people are native (indigenous) people belonging to Himalayan Belt. In Nepal they live in the northern and eastern regions of Nepal, where they and other Tibetans are the region's autochthonous (indigenous) people. By the 2001 census of Nepal, they number 27,230.
The Bhotiya also live in the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura. In Uttar Pradesh, the Bhotiya live in the Bahraich, Gonda, Lakhimpur, Lucknow, Barabanki, Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur Dehat, and Kheri districts.
Bhotiya have six recognizable sub-groups: the Bhot, Bhotiya, the Bhutia of Sikkim, the Tibbati (of Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh), the Bhut, the Gyakar Khampa of Khimling, Bhidang of Uttarakhand.[citation needed]
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