Country: Nepal
Province / State: Koshi
District: Dhankuta

Major People Groups

18

Major Unreached People Groups

15

Total Population

169,000

Buddhist

13.6 %

Christian

1.8 %

Hindu

49.3 %

Muslim

0.1 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

35.3 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Ath Pahariya 6,100 Athpariya Progress Gauge 3,500 - 2,600 - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Nepali Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - 30
 Bantawa 200 Bantawa Progress Gauge 40 - - - - 200
 Brahmin Hill 9,200 Nepali Progress Gauge 9,100 - - - - 200
 Chhetri 35,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 35,000 - 100 - - 20
 Darjee 3,500 Nepali Progress Gauge 3,400 - 90 - - -
 Gharti 2,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 1,900 - 100 - - 20
 Gurung Ghaleg 2,400 Gurung Progress Gauge - - 2,400 - - -
 Kami 6,500 Nepali Progress Gauge 6,500 - - - - -
 Magar 17,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 11,000 - 4,200 600 - 800
 Majhi 1,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 900 - 20 20 - 70
 Newah 8,000 Newar Progress Gauge 6,400 - 1,500 - - 100
 Rai 33,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 300 - - 1,400 - 32,000
 Sarki 2,400 Nepali Progress Gauge 2,300 - 80 30 - -
 Tamang 11,000 Tamang, Eastern Progress Gauge 100 - 10,000 400 - 100
 Yakkha 5,200 Yakkha Progress Gauge 100 - 200 60 - 4,800
 Yakthumba, Limbu 22,000 Limbu Progress Gauge 400 - - 500 - 21,000
Yamphu 1,000 Yamphu Progress Gauge - - 700 - - 300
  Major Groups (displayed):  18 166,000   15 81,000 0 22,000 3,000 0 60,000
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  51 169,000   47 83,000 100 23,000 3,000 0 60,000
* 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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