Country: Nepal
Province / State: Koshi
District: Panchthar

Major People Groups

16

Major Unreached People Groups

12

Total Population

198,000

Buddhist

11.7 %

Christian

1.6 %

Hindu

34.0 %

Muslim

0.0 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

52.7 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Brahmin Hill 21,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - 200
 Chhetri 19,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 19,000 - 70 30 - 100
 Darjee 4,300 Nepali Progress Gauge 4,200 - 90 40 - -
 Gurung Ghaleg 3,900 Gurung Progress Gauge - - 3,800 80 - 30
 Kami 6,800 Nepali Progress Gauge 6,600 - 100 60 - -
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) 40 Maithili Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Khaling 50 Khaling Progress Gauge - - 50 - - -
 Magar 6,600 Nepali Progress Gauge 4,500 - 2,000 80 - 80
 Newah 2,900 Newar Progress Gauge 1,900 - 900 30 - 40
 Rai 28,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 1,100 - 70 700 - 26,000
Sampang 300 Sampang Progress Gauge - - 300 - - -
 Sunuwar 2,000 Sunwar Progress Gauge 1,500 - 200 60 - 200
 Tamang 14,000 Tamang, Eastern Progress Gauge - - 13,000 1,100 - 100
 Thulung 90 Thulung Progress Gauge - - 90 - - -
 Yakkha 700 Yakkha Progress Gauge 30 - - 20 - 600
 Yakthumba, Limbu 84,000 Limbu Progress Gauge 3,800 - 1,700 900 - 77,000
  Major Groups (displayed):  16 193,000   12 64,000 0 22,000 3,100 0 104,000
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  43 198,000   37 67,000 0 23,000 3,100 0 104,000
* 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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