Country: Nepal
Province / State: Bagmati
District: Sindhupalchok

Major People Groups

21

Major Unreached People Groups

17

Total Population

299,000

Buddhist

38.0 %

Christian

1.8 %

Hindu

58.8 %

Muslim

0.0 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

1.2 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - 200
 Bhote 200 Nepali Progress Gauge 60 - 200 - - -
 Brahmin Hill 31,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 29,000 - - - - 1,700
 Chhetri 54,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 53,000 - - 200 - 600
 Danuwar Rai 3,800 Danuwar Progress Gauge 3,800 - - - - -
 Darjee 5,700 Nepali Progress Gauge 5,700 - - - - -
 Gharti 2,700 Nepali Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
Gurung Ghale 700 Ghale, Southern Progress Gauge - - 700 - - -
 Gurung Ghaleg 3,100 Gurung Progress Gauge - - 2,900 200 - -
 Jirel 300 Jirel Progress Gauge 50 - 200 - - -
 Kami 12,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 11,000 - - 500 - -
 Magar 5,100 Nepali Progress Gauge 4,900 - 200 - - -
 Majhi 6,900 Nepali Progress Gauge 6,400 - - 400 - 40
 Newah 33,000 Newar Progress Gauge 29,000 - 3,800 70 - 400
 Pahari 2,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 1,600 - 400 - - -
 Sarki 4,600 Nepali Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Sherpa 5,700 Sherpa Progress Gauge - - 5,300 400 - -
 Sherpa Helambu 2,200 Hyolmo Progress Gauge - - 2,200 30 - -
 Tamang 103,000 Tamang, Eastern Progress Gauge 5,800 - 93,000 3,600 - 400
 Thami 5,100 Thangmi Progress Gauge 4,000 - 800 100 - 200
 Yehlmo 5,100 Hyolmo Progress Gauge 800 - 4,200 - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  21 297,000   17 174,000 0 114,000 5,500 0 3,600
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  47 299,000   41 176,000 0 114,000 5,500 0 3,600
* 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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