Nepal, Bagmati state, Kathmandu district people groups

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Country:	Nepal
Province / State:	Bagmati
District:	Kathmandu

Number of People Groups

163

Unreached People Groups

152

Total Population

1,980,000

Buddhist

15.6 %

Christian

2.3 %

Hindu

79.9 %

Muslim

1.1 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

1.0 %

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Abdul	100	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Adibasi Janajati	200	Nepali	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ahar	100	Awadhi	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Amat	20	Maithili	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	1,000	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ath Pahariya	20	Athpariya	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	500	Maithili	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Muslim traditions)	50	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhi (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Nepali	0 ☀︎	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baha'i	60	Nepali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Bahing	50	Bahing	0 ☀︎	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bahna (Hindu traditions)	40	Maithili	0 ☀︎	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Nepali	0 ☀︎	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70
Bangali (Hindu traditions)	3,400	Maithili	1 ●	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	1,700	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Bania unspecified	4,800	Maithili	0 ☀︎	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600
Bantar	200	Maithili	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bantawa	200	Bantawa	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baramu	200	Nepali	1 ●	200	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bari (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Maithili	0 ☀︎	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	100	Maithili	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Muslim traditions)	50	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	300	Maithili	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	100	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhar	700	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	200	Maithili	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhote	2,100	Nepali	1 ●	500	-1 -	1,500	50	-1 -	-1 -
Bind	60	Maithili	0 ☀︎	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bote-Majhi	50	Bote	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bohara	300	Hindi	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Hill	472,000	Nepali	0 ☀︎	472,000	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	600
Brahmin Terai	2,400	Maithili	0 ☀︎	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Byansi	30	Humla	0 ☀︎	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	900	Maithili	1 ●	900	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Chamling	400	Chamling	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Chepang, Tsepang	600	Chepang	2 ●	500	-1 -	90	40	-1 -	-1 -
Chhantyal	900	Nepali	1 ●	600	-1 -	300	50	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	401,000	Nepali	1 ●	391,000	-1 -	7,300	1,800	-1 -	300
Chidimar	20	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Churaute	200	Nepali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Danuwar Rai	1,200	Danuwar	1 ●	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Darai	200	Darai	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	14,000	Nepali	1 ●	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	20	Maithili	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	400	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanuk	2,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhimal	900	Dhimal	1 ●	900	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	200	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dolpa	60	Sherpa	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	20	Maithili	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dura	300	Nepali	1 ●	50	-1 -	200	20	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	600	Maithili	0 ☀︎	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	300	Maithili	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gaddi (Muslim traditions)	30	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandharva	400	Nepali	1 ●	300	-1 -	20	20	-1 -	-1 -
Gangai	30	Nepali	0 ☀︎	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	5,600	Nepali	1 ●	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Gonrhi	90	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Goriya (Hindu traditions)	70	Awadhi	0 ☀︎	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain	300	Maithili	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghale	2,400	Ghale, Southern	4 ●	-1 -	-1 -	2,200	200	-1 -	90
Gurung Ghaleg	53,000	Gurung	2 ●	900	-1 -	45,000	6,300	-1 -	500
Hadi	90	Maithili	0 ☀︎	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	900	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halalkhor (Hindu traditions)	100	Maithili	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Maithili	0 ☀︎	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hayu	60	Wayu	1 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	50	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -
Jirel	600	Jirel	1 ●	100	-1 -	400	30	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	200	Maithili	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	200	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	70	Maithili	0 ☀︎	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	4,900	Maithili	1 ●	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kamar	20	Nepali	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	21,000	Nepali	1 ●	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	1,100	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kawar	-1 Unknown	Maithili	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Maithili	1 ●	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Khaling	100	Khaling	4 ●	30	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatwa	100	Maithili	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kisan	100	Kurux	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koch (Hindu traditions)	80	Rajbanshi	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Maithili	1 ●	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli (Hindu traditions)	50	Awadhi	0 ☀︎	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kulung	300	Kulung (Nepal)	1 ●	20	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	90
Kumal	1,700	Nepali	1 ●	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	400	Maithili	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kyerung	400	Kyerung	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lhomi, Shing Saapa	100	Lhomi	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Loba	60	Lhowa	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions)	100	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	800	Maithili	0 ☀︎	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohorung	30	Yamphu, Southern	0 ☀︎	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	200	Maithili	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	81,000	Nepali	1 ●	72,000	-1 -	3,400	5,100	-1 -	-1 -
Majhi	4,900	Nepali	1 ●	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	500
Mali (Hindu traditions)	300	Maithili	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	500	Maithili	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Manihar	50	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mech	40	Boro (India)	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Miyan	5,200	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	50	Maithili	0 ☀︎	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda, Horo	80	Maithili	2 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Murao (Hindu traditions)	400	Awadhi	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	200	Maithili	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nachhiring	20	Nachiring	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Nai (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Maithili	0 ☀︎	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	300	Maithili	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Hindu traditions)	20	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	441,000	Newar	1 ●	343,000	-1 -	95,000	3,000	-1 -	100
Oraon, Dhangar	100	Kurux	1 ●	70	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	50
Pahari	800	Nepali	1 ●	500	-1 -	200	80	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	400	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	300	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	400	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qassab	90	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	300	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	46,000	Nepali	2 ●	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	6,700	-1 -	14,000
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	700	Maithili	0 ☀︎	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	900	Rajbanshi	4 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	400
Rajbhar	30	Bhojpuri	1 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajdhob	60	Maithili	0 ☀︎	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raji	20	Raji	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Maithili	0 ☀︎	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	90	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rongkup-Lepcha	50	Lepcha	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Sampang	50	Sampang	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Santal (Sawntal)	200	Santhali	2 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Sarki	7,000	Nepali	1 ●	6,400	-1 -	100	400	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	1,400	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	11,000	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	27,000	Sherpa	4 ●	-1 -	-1 -	24,000	2,600	-1 -	300
Sherpa Helambu	200	Hyolmo	1 ●	50	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpkar (Hindu traditions)	500	Nepali	0 ☀︎	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	300	Maithili	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Maithili	1 ●	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	4,300	Sunwar	1 ●	4,100	-1 -	90	200	-1 -	-1 -
Tajpuriya	200	Rajbanshi	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	222,000	Tamang, Eastern	2 ●	87,000	-1 -	122,000	12,000	-1 -	200
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	600	Maithili	0 ☀︎	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	300	Maithili	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	7,400	Maithili	1 ●	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Muslim traditions)	60	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	2,900	Nepali	4 ●	1,300	-1 -	1,400	200	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali Marphali	300	Thakali	1 ●	90	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	21,000	Nepali	1 ●	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuria	90	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thami	800	Thangmi	1 ●	800	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu Khawas	100	Nepali	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu Rana	900	Tharu, Dangaura	1 ●	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu unspecified	19,000	Tharu, Dangaura	1 ●	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	3,400	-1 -	-1 -
Thulung	200	Thulung	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Tibetan, Bhotia	2,400	Tibetan, Central	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tokpegola	40	Sherpa	0 ☀︎	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	400	Awadhi	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Walang	20	Walungge	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	5,900	Maithili	0 ☀︎	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakkha	300	Yakkha	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Yakthumba, Limbu	13,000	Limbu	1 ●	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	800	-1 -	1,600
Yamphu	20	Yamphu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yehlmo	2,000	Hyolmo	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	1,900	90	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 163	1,980,000		152 ●	1,583,000	22,000	309,000	46,000	50	20,000

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