Changpa

Changpa
Total population
	India: 2,661 (2011)
Regions with significant populations
	China : Tibet Autonomous Region Xinjiang Autonomous Region; Qinghai; ; India : Ladakh
Languages
	Changthang language
Religion
	Mainly Buddhism (89%) ; Minority Islam (10%) and Hinduism (1%)
Related ethnic groups
	Baltis, Ladakhis, Purigpa, and other Tibetan People

The Changpa, or Champa, are a semi-nomadic Tibetan people found mainly in the Changtang in Ladakh, India. A smaller number resides in the western regions of the Tibet Autonomous Region and were partially relocated for the establishment of the Changtang Nature Reserve. By 1989, there were half a million nomads living in the Changtang area.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c "ST-14 Scheduled Tribe Population By Religious Community". Census of India Website. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
^ Goldstein, Melvyn & Beal, Cynthia (1991). Nomads of Western Tibet. Berkeley, CA, USA: University of California Press. p. 60. ISBN 0-520-07211-1.

[Census-1] "ST-14 Scheduled Tribe Population By Religious Community". Census of India Website. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

[GoldBeal-2] Goldstein, Melvyn & Beal, Cynthia (1991). Nomads of Western Tibet. Berkeley, CA, USA: University of California Press. p. 60. ISBN 0-520-07211-1.

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Total population

India: 2,661 (2011)^[1]
Regions with significant populations
China : Tibet Autonomous Region Xinjiang Autonomous Region Qinghai India : Ladakh
Languages
Changthang language
Religion
Mainly Buddhism (89%)^[1] Minority Islam (10%) and Hinduism (1%)^[1]
Related ethnic groups
Baltis, Ladakhis, Purigpa, and other Tibetan People