Country: Province: District:

Major People Groups *

66

Major Unreached People Groups *

62

Total Population

2,657,000

Buddhist

1.1 %

Christian

1.1 %

Hindu

97.3 %

Muslim

0.2 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.3 %
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Photo People Group Population
in Province
Population
in Country
% Country
Popl in Province
Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale
 Sarki 44,000 391,000 11.3% Nepali Hindu Progress Gauge
 Shaikh 2,300 851,000 0.3% Urdu Muslim Progress Gauge
 Shaikh Qureshi 300 18,000 1.7% Urdu Muslim Progress Gauge
 Silpkar (Hindu traditions) 59,000 63,000 93.7% Nepali Hindu Progress Gauge
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 700 68,000 1.0% Maithili Hindu Progress Gauge
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 1,200 97,000 1.2% Maithili Hindu Progress Gauge
 Tamang 6,700 1,597,000 0.4% Tamang, Eastern Buddhist Progress Gauge
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 1,100 384,000 0.3% Maithili Hindu Progress Gauge
 Thakali 300 12,000 2.5% Nepali Hindu Progress Gauge
 Thakuri 117,000 442,000 26.5% Nepali Hindu Progress Gauge
 Thakuria 30 2,600 1.2% Bhojpuri Muslim Progress Gauge
 Thami 600 30,000 2.0% Thangmi Hindu Progress Gauge
 Tharu Rana 75,000 217,000 34.6% Tharu, Dangaura Hindu Progress Gauge
 Tharu unspecified 439,000 2,613,000 16.8% Tharu, Dangaura Hindu Progress Gauge
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 1,800 5,900 30.5% Awadhi Hindu Progress Gauge
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 1,500 1,553,000 0.1% Maithili Hindu Progress Gauge
  Major Groups (displayed):  66 2,646,000         62
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  112 2,657,000         104
* Province 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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