Editing Sikkim (section)

=== Ethnicity ===
The majority of Sikkim's residents are [[Nepali Indians]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2003/fdec2003/f051220031.html|title=The Ethnic People of Sikkim|publisher=PIB.NIC.in|date=5 December 2003|access-date=15 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205161717/http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2003/fdec2003/f051220031.html|archive-date=5 December 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[indigenous peoples of Sikkim|native Sikkimese]] include the [[Bhutia]]s, who migrated from the Kham district of Tibet in the 14th century, and the [[Lepcha people|Lepchas]], who are believed to pre-date the Bhutias and are the oldest known inhabitants. [[Tibet]]ans reside mostly in the northern and eastern reaches of the state. Migrant resident communities known as '''Plainsmen Sikkimese''' include [[Bengali people|Bengalis]], [[Bihari people|Biharis]] and [[Marwaris]], who are prominent in commerce in [[South Sikkim]] and [[Gangtok]], only those who are the native residents since 1946.<ref>{{Cite book | title = Peoples of South Asia | last = Clarence | first = Maloney | year = 1974 | publisher = Holt, Rinehart and Winston | isbn = 978-0-03-084969-5 | page = 409 }}</ref>