Nepal, Bagmati state, Lalitpur district people groups

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Country:	Nepal
Province / State:	Bagmati
District:	Lalitpur

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

483,000

Buddhist

19.4 %

Christian

5.0 %

Hindu

73.8 %

Muslim

0.6 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

1.4 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adibasi Janajati	60	Nepali	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baha'i	30	Nepali	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Nepali	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bangali (Hindu traditions)	500	Maithili	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bantawa	80	Bantawa	1	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baramu	200	Nepali	1	100	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhote	200	Nepali	1	40	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bohara	40	Hindi	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Hill	64,000	Nepali	0	63,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Chamling	200	Chamling	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Chhetri	92,000	Nepali	1	92,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	100
Churaute	90	Nepali	0	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Danuwar Rai	1,300	Danuwar	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	2,700	Nepali	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	400	Maithili	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dura	80	Nepali	1	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghale	500	Ghale, Southern	4	-1 -	-1 -	400	40	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	6,200	Gurung	2	-1 -	-1 -	5,700	600	-1 -	-1 -
Jirel	100	Jirel	1	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Maithili	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Kamar	20	Nepali	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	5,700	Nepali	1	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	800	Maithili	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Kyerong	90	Kyirong	0	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lhomi, Shing Saapa	80	Lhomi	1	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	23,000	Nepali	1	19,000	-1 -	1,300	2,900	-1 -	-1 -
Majhi	1,300	Nepali	1	900	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	30
Miyan	300	Urdu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	162,000	Newar	1	131,000	-1 -	29,000	2,800	-1 -	60
Pahari	3,800	Nepali	1	2,500	-1 -	800	200	-1 -	300
Rai	13,000	Nepali	2	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	2,900	-1 -	5,300
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	500	Maithili	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raute	-1 Unknown	Nepali	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rongkup-Lepcha	90	Lepcha	1	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sampang	30	Sampang	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Sarki	3,500	Nepali	1	3,100	-1 -	100	300	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	1,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	1,100	Sherpa	4	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	60	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	1,300	Sunwar	1	1,000	-1 -	80	200	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	64,000	Tamang, Eastern	2	1,400	-1 -	51,000	11,000	-1 -	200
Teli (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Maithili	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	400	Nepali	4	200	-1 -	200	30	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	3,300	Nepali	1	2,900	-1 -	400	30	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu unspecified	5,900	Tharu, Dangaura	1	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -
Thulung	100	Thulung	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	100	Awadhi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Walang	20	Walungge	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Maithili	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	4,500	Limbu	1	300	-1 -	3,500	400	-1 -	300
Major Groups (displayed): 49	471,000		43 ●	346,000	1,900	93,000	24,000	0	6,700
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 119	483,000		109 ●	356,000	2,700	94,000	24,000	0	7,000

* District 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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Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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