Country: Nepal
Province / State: Lumbini
District: Palpa

Major People Groups

15

Major Unreached People Groups

15

Total Population

271,000

Buddhist

7.8 %

Christian

0.9 %

Hindu

90.8 %

Muslim

0.4 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.2 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Bhand (Muslim traditions) 100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Bote-Majhi 800 Bote Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Hill 48,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 47,000 - - - - 300
 Chhetri 22,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 21,000 - 200 30 - 200
 Darjee 5,300 Nepali Progress Gauge 5,200 - 60 30 - -
Gandharva 300 Nepali Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Gharti 1,700 Nepali Progress Gauge 1,700 - - 20 - -
 Kami 18,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 18,000 - 80 300 - -
 Kumal 7,100 Nepali Progress Gauge 7,000 - 50 50 - -
 Magar 142,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 122,000 - 19,000 1,700 - 100
 Miyan 300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Newah 9,400 Newar Progress Gauge 8,100 - 1,200 80 - 40
 Sarki 8,700 Nepali Progress Gauge 8,500 - - 100 - -
 Thakuri 4,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 3,900 - 60 40 - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 60 Awadhi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  15 267,000   15 244,000 500 20,000 2,300 0 600
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  52 271,000   47 246,000 1,000 21,000 2,400 0 700
* 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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