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The '''Bota''' or '''Boto''' people are a tribal community found in Union territory of [[Ladakh]]. They are the third largest tribal community after Gujjars and Bakarwals in Jammu and Kashmir. According to 2011 Census of India, their population stands at 91,495. They have a male to female sex ratio of 1020 and child sex ratio of 957. They boast a literacy rate of 70.3, which is higher than state tribal literacy rate of 50.6. Bots primarily follow Buddhism.<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 PROFILEOFSCHEDULED TRIBES IN INDIA 2013 (https://tribal.nic.in/ST/StatisticalProfileofSTs2013.pdf)</ref><br />
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==Social status==<br />
{{As of|2001}}, the Boto people 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 |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><br />
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==Famous people==<br />
Indian politician [[Tsering Samphel]] is a member of the Boto people.<ref>National Commission for Scheduled Tribes. ''[http://ncst.nic.in/writereaddata/linkimages/member172142958.pdf SHRI TSERING SAMPHEL, MEMBER NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR SCHEDULED TRIBES] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061914/http://ncst.nic.in/writereaddata/linkimages/member172142958.pdf |date=March 4, 2016 }}''</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
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