Country: Province: District:

Major People Groups *

65

Major Unreached People Groups *

61

Total Population

2,843,000

Buddhist

1.0 %

Christian

1.1 %

Hindu

97.3 %

Muslim

0.2 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.3 %
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Photo People Group Population
in Province
Population
in Country
% Country
Popl in Province
Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale
 Adibasi Janajati 100 1,300 7.7% Nepali Hindu Progress Gauge
 Ansari 900 48,000 1.9% Urdu Muslim Progress Gauge
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 1,500 36,000 4.2% Maithili Hindu Progress Gauge
 Badhi (Hindu traditions) 12,000 42,000 28.6% Nepali Hindu Progress Gauge
 Baha'i 500 1,300 38.5% Nepali Other Progress Gauge
 Bahna (Hindu traditions) 500 17,000 2.9% Maithili Hindu Progress Gauge
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 29,000 268,000 10.8% Nepali Hindu Progress Gauge
 Bangali (Hindu traditions) 1,100 28,000 3.9% Maithili Hindu Progress Gauge
 Bania Agarwal 200 20,000 1.0% Bhojpuri Hindu Progress Gauge
 Bania unspecified 2,400 154,000 1.6% Maithili Hindu Progress Gauge
 Bhote 1,800 14,000 12.9% Nepali Buddhist Progress Gauge
 Bote-Majhi 500 12,000 4.2% Bote Hindu Progress Gauge
 Brahmin Bohara 400 1,200 33.3% Hindi Hindu Progress Gauge
 Brahmin Hill 365,000 3,526,000 10.4% Nepali Hindu Progress Gauge
 Brahmin Terai 1,600 114,000 1.4% Maithili Hindu Progress Gauge
 Byansi 1,400 4,600 30.4% Humla Hindu Progress Gauge
 Chhetri 1,172,000 4,817,000 24.3% Nepali Hindu Progress Gauge
Churaute 100 2,700 3.7% Nepali Muslim Progress Gauge
 Darai 400 19,000 2.1% Darai Hindu Progress Gauge
 Darjee 72,000 517,000 13.9% Nepali Hindu Progress Gauge
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 1,900 8,200 23.2% Maithili Hindu Progress Gauge
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 600 15,000 4.0% Maithili Hindu Progress Gauge
 Dom (Muslim traditions) 40 1,800 2.2% Bhojpuri Muslim Progress Gauge
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 400 8,800 4.5% Maithili Hindu Progress Gauge
Gandharva 200 7,600 2.6% Nepali Hindu Progress Gauge
  Major Groups (displayed):  65 2,832,000         61
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  112 2,843,000         104
* Province level entries that are less than 1,000 individuals AND less than 1% of the groups total in the country are not displayed.

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