The Purigpa are a community found in Kargil district, Ladakh, India and Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

[3] As of 2001[update], the Purigpa were classified as a Scheduled Tribe under the Indian government's reservation program of positive discrimination.

[5][6] The Purigpa have varied origins and are descendants of Tibetans and Dards.

[1] The Purigpas are primarily Shia Muslims of the Twelver sect.

They were converted by preachers who arrived via Baltistan beginning in the 15th and 16th centuries.