# Swangla

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{{Short description|Tribal community in Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
The '''Swangla''' is a tribal community found in [Lahaul and Spiti district](/source/Lahaul_and_Spiti_district) of [Himachal Pradesh](/source/Himachal_Pradesh), India. They are primarily settled in the Pattan region of the Lahaul sub-division. As per Census of India,{{When|date=September 2025|reason=The given link don't work. Year of the census should also be mentioned.}} the population of Swangla Tribe stood at 9,630 (Males 4829 and females 4801).<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/datagov/PCA-A11_Appendix/ST-02-PCA-A11-APPENDIX.xls Census data] censusindia.gov.in {{dead link|date=September 2023}}</ref>

==Social status==
{{As of|2001}}, the Swangla were classified as a [Scheduled Tribe](/source/Scheduled_castes_and_scheduled_tribes) under the [Indian government's reservation program](/source/Reservation_in_India) of [positive discrimination](/source/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 |accessdate=27 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605042409/http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/scst_main.html |archivedate= 5 June 2010 }}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Scheduled Tribes of Himachal Pradesh

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