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	{{Infobox ethnic group		{{Infobox ethnic group
	\| group = Purigpa		\| group = Purigpa
	\| native_name =		\| native_name = purgi
	\| native_name_lang =		\| native_name_lang = balti
	\| population = 39,101 (2011)		\| population = 39,101 ([[2011 Census of India\|2011]])
	\| popplace = {{flag\|India}}		\| popplace = {{flag\|India}}
	*		*
	* [[Ladakh]], [[Kargil District]]		* [[Ladakh]], [[Kargil District]]
	\| languages = [[Purgi language]]		\| languages = [[Purgi language]]
	\| religions = Predominately [[Shia Islam]] (97.4%)		\| religions = Predominately [[File:Star and Crescent.svg\|15px]] [[Shia Islam]] (97.4%)
	*		*
	Minority [[Buddhism]] (2.6%)		{{small\|Minority [[File:Buddhism symbol.PNG\|15px]] [[Buddhism]] (2.6%)}}
	\| related_groups = Other [[Dardic People]] and [[Tibetan People]]		\| related_groups = Other [[Dardic People]] and [[Tibetan People]]
	}}		}}
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	The Purigpa have varied origins and are descendants of Tibetans and Dards. These two groups began mixing with each other from the 10th century onward.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Gellner\|first=David N.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I5raAgAAQBAJ&q=purigpa&pg=PA49\|title=Borderland Lives in Northern South Asia\|publisher=Duke University Press\|year=2013\|isbn=978-0-8223-7730-6\|pages=49–51}}</ref>		The Purigpa have varied origins and are descendants of Tibetans and Dards. These two groups began mixing with each other from the 10th century onward.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Gellner\|first=David N.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I5raAgAAQBAJ&q=purigpa&pg=PA49\|title=Borderland Lives in Northern South Asia\|publisher=Duke University Press\|year=2013\|isbn=978-0-8223-7730-6\|pages=49–51}}</ref>

	The Purigpas are primarily Shia Muslims of the [[Twelver\|Twelver sect]]. They were converted by preachers who traveled via [[Baltistan]] beginning in the 16th ~~century~~.<ref name=":0" />		The Purigpas are primarily Shia Muslims of the [[Twelver\|Twelver sect]]. They were converted by preachers who traveled via [[Baltistan]] beginning in the 15th and 16th centuries.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Mukherjee\|first=M. M.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gcoRDgAAQBAJ&dq=ali+sher+khan+anchan+shia&pg=PT79\|title=Exploring "The Himalayas": The Land of High Passes, Ladakh\|date=2017-01-30\|publisher=Partridge Publishing\|isbn=978-1-4828-8630-6\|language=en}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Purigpa
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| population = 39,101 (2011)
| popplace = {{flag|India}}
*
* [[Ladakh]], [[Kargil District]]
| languages = [[Purgi language]]
| religions = Predominately [[Shia Islam]] (97.4%)
*
Minority [[Buddhism]] (2.6%)
| related_groups = Other [[Dardic People]] and [[Tibetan People]]
}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}
The '''Purigpa''' are a community found in [[Kargil district]], [[Ladakh]], [[India]]. Out of 39 thousand Purigpas, 38 thousand are Muslim. The remaining few of them are mostly Buddhists. In 2011, there were 992 Buddhists among the Purigpas.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Religion Data of Census 2011: XXXIII JK-HP-ST|url=https://blog.cpsindia.org/2016/12/religion-data-of-census-2011-xxxiii-jk.html|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-18}}</ref>

==Social status==
{{As of|2001}}, the Purigpa were classified as a [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Tribe]] under the [[Reservation in India|Indian government's reservation program]] of [[positive discrimination]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Census of India: Government of India |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/scst_main.html |date=7 March 2007 |title=List of Scheduled Tribes |access-date=27 November 2012}}</ref> As of 2011 Population Census of India, Purigpa population stood at 39,101 with 20,119 males and 18,982 females. The adult sex ratio stood at 943 and child sex ratio at 971. They boasted a literacy rate of 67.5 per cent, which was better than the average tribal literacy rate of 50.6 per cent in the erstwhile state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.generalknowledgebook.com/2019/04/tribes-of-jammu-and-kashmir.html|title=12 Major Tribes of Jammu and Kashmir|access-date=2019-04-05}}</ref><ref>Statistical Profile of Scheduled Tribes in India (https://tribal.nic.in/ST/StatisticalProfileofSTs2013.pdf)</ref>

== History and culture ==
The Purigpa have varied origins and are descendants of Tibetans and Dards. These two groups began mixing with each other from the 10th century onward.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Gellner|first=David N.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I5raAgAAQBAJ&q=purigpa&pg=PA49|title=Borderland Lives in Northern South Asia|publisher=Duke University Press|year=2013|isbn=978-0-8223-7730-6|pages=49–51}}</ref>

The Purigpas are primarily Shia Muslims of the [[Twelver|Twelver sect]]. They were converted by preachers who traveled via [[Baltistan]] beginning in the 16th century.<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
* [[Kargil district]]
* [[Purgi language]]

==References==
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{{Indian Muslim}}

[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of India]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in India]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]

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