Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Lepcha or Róng people (Lepcha: Róng ɂágít; Róng tribe) also called Róngkup (Lepcha: ᰛᰩᰵ་ᰀᰪᰱ; children of the Róng) Mútuncí Róngkup Rumkup (Lepcha: ᰕᰫ་ᰊᰪᰰ་ᰆᰧᰶ ᰛᰩᰵ་ᰀᰪᰱ ᰛᰪᰮ་ᰀᰪᰱ; beloved children of the Róng and of God) and Rongpa (Sikkimese: རོང་པ་) are among the indigenous peoples of Sikkim and number between 30000 and 50000. Many Lepcha are also found in western and southwestern Bhutan Tibet Darjeeling the Ilam District of eastern Nepal and in the hills of West Bengal.
