Nepal, Bheri state people groups

Country:	Nepal
Province / State:	Bheri
District:	All

Number of People Groups

149

Unreached People Groups

142

Total Population

2,037,000

Buddhist

1.7 %

Christian

1.7 %

Hindu

90.9 %

Muslim

5.6 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %

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= Frontier peoples
People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Abdul	300	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Adibasi Janajati	30	Nepali	0 ☀	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ahar	300	Awadhi	0 ☀	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	3,800	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Maithili	1 ●	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhi (Hindu traditions)	6,400	Nepali	0 ☀	6,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baghban (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baha'i	50	Nepali	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Bahna (Hindu traditions)	300	Maithili	0 ☀	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	25,000	Nepali	0 ☀	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Bangali (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Maithili	1 ●	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bangali Muslim Moghal	700	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	2,000	Bhojpuri	0 ☀	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Bania Kasaundhan	300	Bhojpuri	0 ☀	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	6,000	Maithili	0 ☀	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Bantar	200	Maithili	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bantawa	20	Bantawa	0 ☀	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baramu	20	Nepali	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bari (Hindu traditions)	500	Maithili	0 ☀	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Maithili	0 ☀	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Muslim traditions)	400	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhand (Muslim traditions)	70	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhar	400	Bhojpuri	0 ☀	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Maithili	0 ☀	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhote	600	Nepali	1 ●	300	-1 -	300	30	-1 -	-1 -
Bote-Majhi	100	Bote	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhumihar	90	Maithili	0 ☀	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bohara	200	Hindi	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	200	Maithili	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Hill	170,000	Nepali	0 ☀	170,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Brahmin Kanaujia	600	Maithili	0 ☀	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sakaldwipi	400	Maithili	0 ☀	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sawaria	300	Awadhi	0 ☀	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Terai	4,000	Maithili	0 ☀	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Byansi	100	Humla	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Maithili	1 ●	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Chamling	20	Chamling	0 ☀	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chepang, Tsepang	100	Chepang	2 ●	70	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhantyal	400	Nepali	1 ●	200	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	451,000	Nepali	1 ●	449,000	-1 -	900	1,100	-1 -	40
Chidimar	1,400	Bhojpuri	0 ☀	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Churaute	300	Nepali	0 ☀	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Danuwar Rai	20	Danuwar	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darai	100	Darai	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	59,000	Nepali	1 ●	57,000	-1 -	70	1,300	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Maithili	0 ☀	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	4,100	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanuk	200	Maithili	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dharkar	30	Bhojpuri	0 ☀	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhimal	20	Dhimal	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	7,300	Maithili	0 ☀	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	1,800	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	50	Maithili	0 ☀	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	6,600	Maithili	0 ☀	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	500	Maithili	0 ☀	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gaddi (Muslim traditions)	600	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandharva	1,700	Nepali	1 ●	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	500	Nepali	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Goriya (Hindu traditions)	500	Awadhi	0 ☀	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain	100	Maithili	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghale	50	Ghale, Southern	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	17,000	Gurung	2 ●	20	-1 -	16,000	1,100	-1 -	100
Hajam	7,500	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	7,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halalkhor (Hindu traditions)	30	Maithili	1 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	3,900	Maithili	0 ☀	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	30	Hindi	0 ☀	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	30	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -
Jirel	20	Jirel	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Bhojpuri	0 ☀	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Maithili	1 ●	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Jaiswal	300	Maithili	0 ☀	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kamar	30	Nepali	0 ☀	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	230,000	Nepali	1 ●	224,000	-1 -	700	5,300	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	3,900	Bhojpuri	0 ☀	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanjar (Hindu traditions)	500	Maithili	0 ☀	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	4,300	Maithili	1 ●	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Sribastab	600	Awadhi	0 ☀	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatwa	300	Maithili	0 ☀	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Maithili	1 ●	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Awadhi	0 ☀	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kori	5,200	Awadhi	0 ☀	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumal	2,900	Nepali	1 ●	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Maithili	1 ●	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Bhojpuri	0 ☀	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions)	4,800	Bhojpuri	0 ☀	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Maithili	0 ☀	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	100	Maithili	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	170,000	Nepali	1 ●	153,000	-1 -	11,000	6,500	-1 -	-1 -
Majhi	800	Nepali	1 ●	700	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	40
Mali (Hindu traditions)	400	Maithili	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	7,100	Maithili	1 ●	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Manihar	500	Bhojpuri	0 ☀	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Miyan	2,700	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	600	Maithili	0 ☀	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Murao (Hindu traditions)	400	Awadhi	0 ☀	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Maithili	1 ●	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	5,900	Maithili	0 ☀	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Hindu traditions)	70	Bhojpuri	0 ☀	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	14,000	Newar	1 ●	12,000	-1 -	1,300	400	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon, Dhangar	20	Kurux	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pahari	50	Nepali	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	1,200	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	700	Bhojpuri	0 ☀	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	3,800	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qassab	300	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	1,700	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	1,000	Nepali	2 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	500
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	700	Rajbanshi	2 ●	600	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	40
Rajbhar	200	Bhojpuri	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajdhob	70	Maithili	0 ☀	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raji	2,400	Raji	1 ●	2,200	-1 -	100	100	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	700	Maithili	0 ☀	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	60	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raute	70	Nepali	0 ☀	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	700	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	200	Santhali	2 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Sarki	28,000	Nepali	1 ●	27,000	-1 -	90	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	5,000	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	72,000	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	72,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	1,300	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	400	Sherpa	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	300	20	-1 -	20
Silpkar (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Nepali	0 ☀	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Maithili	1 ●	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	50	Maithili	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	90	Sunwar	1 ●	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	3,700	Tamang, Eastern	2 ●	20	-1 -	3,300	300	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	400	Maithili	0 ☀	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	100	Maithili	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	5,200	Maithili	1 ●	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Muslim traditions)	800	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	100	Nepali	1 ●	70	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	128,000	Nepali	1 ●	124,000	-1 -	-1 -	3,100	-1 -	80
Thakuria	900	Bhojpuri	0 ☀	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thami	90	Thangmi	1 ●	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu Khawas	-1 Unknown	Nepali	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu Rana	129,000	Tharu, Dangaura	1 ●	127,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu unspecified	310,000	Tharu, Dangaura	1 ●	298,000	-1 -	-1 -	13,000	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Awadhi	0 ☀	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	31,000	Maithili	0 ☀	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Dhindhor	2,100	Maithili	0 ☀	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	600	Awadhi	0 ☀	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	600	Awadhi	0 ☀	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Awadhi	0 ☀	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kaonra	200	Maithili	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	400	Maithili	0 ☀	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakkha	200	Yakkha	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Yakthumba, Limbu	400	Limbu	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Totals: 149	2,037,000		142 ●	1,853,000	114,000	34,000	35,000	60	1,200

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