Nepal, Mahakali state, Kanchanpur district people groups

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Country:	Nepal
Province / State:	Mahakali
District:	Kanchanpur

Number of People Groups

Unreached People Groups

Total Population

567,000

Buddhist

1.0 %

Christian

2.3 %

Hindu

95.6 %

Muslim

0.1 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.9 %

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adibasi Janajati	50	Nepali	0 ☀︎	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ahar	400	Awadhi	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	50	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Maithili	1 ●	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhi (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Nepali	0 ☀︎	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baha'i	500	Nepali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Bahna (Hindu traditions)	400	Maithili	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	7,900	Nepali	0 ☀︎	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Bangali (Hindu traditions)	200	Maithili	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	100	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	500	Maithili	0 ☀︎	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bantar	20	Maithili	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	30	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhote	30	Nepali	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bote-Majhi	200	Bote	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bohara	100	Hindi	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Hill	83,000	Nepali	0 ☀︎	80,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,300
Brahmin Terai	100	Maithili	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	300	Maithili	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	150,000	Nepali	1 ●	149,000	-1 -	200	90	-1 -	700
Danuwar Rai	300	Danuwar	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darai	50	Darai	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	12,000	Nepali	1 ●	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	600	Maithili	0 ☀︎	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhandi	20	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanuk	300	Maithili	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	300	Maithili	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	300	Maithili	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	300	Maithili	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandharva	70	Nepali	1 ●	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	100	Nepali	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain	600	Maithili	0 ☀︎	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	2,200	Gurung	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	2,200	70	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	20	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	200	Maithili	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	400	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	20	Maithili	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	40,000	Nepali	1 ●	39,000	-1 -	300	500	-1 -	20
Kanjar (Hindu traditions)	200	Maithili	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	40	Maithili	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kisan	100	Kurux	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Maithili	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli (Hindu traditions)	90	Awadhi	0 ☀︎	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumal	500	Nepali	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	20	Maithili	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	50	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	15,000	Nepali	1 ●	14,000	-1 -	600	100	-1 -	-1 -
Majhi	200	Nepali	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	100	Maithili	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Murao (Hindu traditions)	300	Awadhi	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	100	Maithili	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	500	Maithili	0 ☀︎	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	1,300	Newar	1 ●	1,200	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	20
Oraon, Dhangar	200	Kurux	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pahari	-1 Unknown	Nepali	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	700	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	200	Nepali	2 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	90	Maithili	0 ☀︎	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	30	Rajbanshi	4 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbhar	400	Bhojpuri	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raji	100	Raji	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	100	Maithili	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	40	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raute	30	Nepali	0 ☀︎	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sarki	8,300	Nepali	1 ●	8,100	-1 -	70	200	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	20	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	300	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	20	Sherpa	4 ●	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpkar (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Nepali	0 ☀︎	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	400	Maithili	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Maithili	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	80	Sunwar	1 ●	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	3,200	Tamang, Eastern	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	2,300	900	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	200	Maithili	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	-1 Unknown	Nepali	4 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	29,000	Nepali	1 ●	29,000	-1 -	200	200	-1 -	-1 -
Thami	200	Thangmi	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu Rana	69,000	Tharu, Dangaura	1 ●	68,000	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu unspecified	116,000	Tharu, Dangaura	1 ●	105,000	-1 -	-1 -	10,000	-1 -	300
Tibetan, Bhotia	60	Tibetan, Central	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	500	Awadhi	0 ☀︎	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	60	Maithili	0 ☀︎	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	200	Limbu	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 87	567,000		81 ●	542,000	400	6,000	13,000	0	5,100

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