Country:

Nepal

Province / State: Rapti
District: Salyan

Number of People Groups

36

Unreached People Groups

33

Total Population

279,000

Buddhist

0.8 %

Christian

1.3 %

Hindu

98.0 %

Muslim

0.1 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %
Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Ansari 90 Urdu ☀︎ - 90 - - - -
 Badhi (Hindu traditions) 900 Nepali ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 9,900 Nepali ☀︎ 9,800 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 20 Maithili ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Brahmin Hill 7,300 Nepali ☀︎ 7,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Terai Unknown Maithili ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 20 Maithili 20 - - - - -
 Chhetri 159,000 Nepali 159,000 - 200 400 - -
 Darjee 8,400 Nepali 8,200 - 30 100 - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 30 Maithili ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Gandharva 200 Nepali 200 - - - - -
 Gharti 60 Nepali 60 - - - - -
 Gurung Ghaleg 200 Gurung - - 200 20 - -
 Kami 33,000 Nepali 32,000 - 200 700 - -
 Kumal 200 Nepali 200 - 40 - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 20 Maithili 20 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 50 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 30 Maithili ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Magar 42,000 Nepali 39,000 - 900 2,100 - 30
 Majhi 40 Nepali 30 - - - - -
 Miyan 80 Urdu ☀︎ - 80 - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 20 Maithili ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Newah 1,600 Newar 1,300 - 300 20 - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 30 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Rai 200 Nepali 100 - - 20 - 20
 Raute 80 Nepali ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Sarki 5,000 Nepali 4,800 - 200 90 - -
 Sayyid 30 Urdu ☀︎ - 30 - - - -
 Shaikh 60 Urdu ☀︎ - 60 - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 30 Maithili 30 - - - - -
 Tamang 70 Tamang, Eastern - - 70 - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 20 Maithili 20 - - - - -
 Thakuri 9,800 Nepali 9,600 - 100 100 - -
 Tharu unspecified 200 Tharu, Dangaura 200 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 20 Awadhi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) Unknown Maithili ☀︎ - - - - - -
  Totals:  36 279,000   33 273,000 300 2,300 3,600 0 80
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