Brokpa, Drokpa, Dard and Shin

Brokpa, Drokpa, Dard and Shin is a category of Scheduled Tribes under the Indian constitution.

Not to be confused with the Brokpa (ethnic group in Ladakh ).

The category contains tribes who speaks Dardic languages. In the Indian-administered Kashmir region, these tribes are mostly found in the Kargil and Baramulla districts and few of them are found in Leh. They are predominantly Muslim and a few of them are Buddhist and Hindu

In the Census of India, the demographic numbers of the "Brokpa, Drokpa, Dard, and Shin" Tribes are added together. Dards is the collective name for this group. Following are the Tribes under the catogory:

  1. In Baramullah
    1. Dards of Baramulah , they are known as Shina people .
  2. In Ladakh
    1. The Dards of Drass valley .They are known as Shina people .
    2. Brokpa ,the Dards of Dha hanu region, they are known as Minaro people .
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.