The Bhujels resides in Sikkim, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Doars, Assam, and, Manipur in India. In Sikkim, they are mostly settled in Salangdang, Daramdin, Lungchok, Karthok, Dodok in West District; Belbotey (Kitam), Turuk, Bermiok-Tokal in South District and Jitlang, Pakyong, Rhenock, Chujachen, Rigu and Gangtok in the East District. The total population of the Bhujels as of 2006 were 3,563, and comprise of 0.61 percent of the total population of Sikkim (Gazetteer of Sikkim (2013). Today, the Akhil Sikkim Bhujel Sangha places their population around 8000. In Darjeeling and Kalimpong, the Bhujel population is around 40,000 (Bhujel Community Survey Reports 2011). In Sikkim, Bhujel has been declared as Most Backward Classes (MBC); and as an Other Backward Classes (OBC) in other parts of the country.
Bhujel language is known as Puhgal Ngur [puʔɡal ŋur]. Yadav (2003) and Regmi (2012a) categorizes Bhujel under the Central Himalayish subgroup of the Bodish- Himalayish group of the Tibeto-Burman language family. Grierson (1901) does not provide any information about the language in Sikkim, and other surveys merely mention the presence of the community. Although there are no official record on the speakers of the Bhujel in Sikkim and Darjeeling, a few lexical items belonging to kinship, edible items, rituals, etc. are in use by the community members in Sikkim (as reported in PLSI The Languages of Sikkim (2018)). Bhujel language has been recognised as the state official language on 10Th Sep 2022 by the Government of Sikkim. Bhujel language is not used in school and media. Presently Bhujel writes their language using their own script Kharpa and also uses the Devanagari script .