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Country:

Nepal
State: Narayani
District: All

Number of People Groups

170

Unreached People Groups

163

Total Population

3,142,000

Buddhist

9.7 %

Christian

1.3 %

Hindu

78.6 %

Muslim

9.6 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.8 %
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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
Photo People Group ▲ Population Primary Language Progress
Scale		 Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
Abdul 300 Urdu ● - 300 - - - -
Adibasi Janajati 60 Nepali ● 50 - - - - -
Amat 100 Maithili ● 100 - - - - -
Ansari 18,000 Urdu ● - 18,000 - - - -
Badhai (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Maithili ● 2,500 - - - - -
Badhi (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Nepali ● 1,000 - - - - -
Baha'i 20 Nepali ● - - - - - 20
Bahna (Hindu traditions) 4,400 Maithili ● 4,400 - - - - -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Nepali ● 18,000 - - - - 200
Bangali (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Maithili ● 2,600 - - - - -
Bania 29,000 Maithili ● 29,000 - - - - 200
Bania Agarwal 3,300 Bhojpuri ● 3,200 - - - - 80
Bania Agrahari 600 Bhojpuri ● 600 - - - - -
Bania Kath 200 Maithili ● 200 - - - - -
Bania Rauniar 1,200 Bhojpuri ● 1,200 - - - - -
Bankariya 90 Awadhi ● 90 - - - - -
Bantar 800 Maithili ● 800 - - - - -
Bantawa 60 Bantawa ● 60 - - - - -
Baramu 90 Nepali ● 90 - - - - -
Bardai 700 Nepali ● 700 - - - - -
Bari (Hindu traditions) 700 Maithili ● 700 - - - - -
Bedia (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Maithili ● 3,600 - - - - -
Bedia (Muslim traditions) 500 Urdu ● - 500 - - - -
Bhar 1,500 Bhojpuri ● 1,500 - - - - -
Bhat (Hindu traditions) 60 Maithili ● 60 - - - - -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 4,200 Maithili ● 4,200 - - - - -
Bhote 700 Nepali ● 200 - 600 - - -
Bind 27,000 Maithili ● 27,000 - - - - 30
Bote-Majhi 3,100 Bote ● 3,100 - - - - -
Brahmin 293,000 Nepali ● 289,000 - - - - 5,300
Brahmin Bhumihar 1,900 Maithili ● 1,900 - - - - -
Brahmin Gaur 1,800 Maithili ● 1,800 - - - - -
Brahmin Hill 266,000 Nepali ● 261,000 - - - - 5,200
Brahmin Jijhotia 400 Maithili ● 400 - - - - -
Brahmin Joshi 500 Maithili ● 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Kanaujia 1,400 Maithili ● 1,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Khandelwal 300 Maithili ● 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Radhi 500 Maithili ● 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Sakaldwipi 200 Maithili ● 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Saraswat 200 Maithili ● 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Sawaria 1,100 Awadhi ● 1,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Terai 18,000 Maithili ● 18,000 - - - - 200
Chamar (Hindu traditions) 81,000 Maithili ● 81,000 - - 20 - 300
Chamling 60 Chamling ● - - 30 - - 30
Chepang, Tsepang 46,000 Chepang ● 32,000 - 10,000 3,900 - 80
Chhantyal 100 Nepali ● - - 100 - - -
Chhetri 149,000 Nepali ● 146,000 - 400 500 - 1,600
Chidimar 2,700 Bhojpuri ● 2,600 - - - - 40
Churaute 20 Nepali ● - 20 - - - -
Danuwar Rai 8,000 Danuwar ● 7,900 - - 100 - -
Darai 7,900 Darai ● 7,700 - 60 100 - -
Darjee 18,000 Nepali ● 18,000 - 60 300 - -
Darzi (Hindu traditions) 900 Maithili ● 900 - - - - -
Darzi (Muslim traditions) 4,900 Urdu ● - 4,900 - - - -
Devhar Unknown Nepali ● - - - - - -
Dhanuk 31,000 Maithili ● 31,000 - - - - 40
Dharkar 200 Bhojpuri ● 200 - - - - -
Dhimal 200 Dhimal ● 200 - - - - -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Maithili ● 30,000 - - - - -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 1,000 Urdu ● - 1,000 - - - -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi 600 Awadhi ● 600 - - - - -
Dhobi Kanaujia 200 Awadhi ● 200 - - - - -
Dom (Hindu traditions) 2,800 Maithili ● 2,800 - - - - -
Dura 500 Nepali ● 100 - 400 40 - -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 55,000 Maithili ● 55,000 - - 20 - 40
Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 2,800 Maithili ● 2,800 - - - - -
Gaddi (Muslim traditions) 200 Urdu ● - 200 - - - -
Gandharva 600 Nepali ● 600 - - 20 - -
Gangai 300 Nepali ● 300 - - - - -
Gharti 6,400 Nepali ● 6,100 - 100 200 - -
Gonrhi 500 Bhojpuri ● 500 - - - - -
Gurung Ghale 2,400 Ghale, Southern ● - - 2,200 100 - 70
Gurung Ghaleg 42,000 Gurung ● 6,000 - 34,000 2,200 - 300
Hadi 600 Maithili ● 600 - - - - -
Hajam 14,000 Urdu ● - 14,000 - - - -
Halalkhor (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Maithili ● 1,600 - - - - -
Halwai (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Maithili ● 1,600 - - - - -
Jat (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Jat (Sikh traditions) 80 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 80 -
Jirel 40 Jirel ● - - 40 - - -
Kahar (Hindu traditions) 4,800 Bhojpuri ● 4,800 - - - - -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 54,000 Maithili ● 54,000 - - - - -
Kalwar Iraqi (Hindu traditions) 200 Bhojpuri ● 200 - - - - -
Kalwar Jaiswal 1,100 Maithili ● 1,100 - - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 900 Maithili ● 900 - - - - -
Kamar 200 Nepali ● 200 - - - - -
Kami 45,000 Nepali ● 43,000 - 1,000 700 - 20
Kandu 95,000 Bhojpuri ● 95,000 - - 20 - -
Kanjar (Hindu traditions) 100 Maithili ● 100 - - - - -
Kawar 200 Maithili ● 200 - - - - -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Maithili ● 9,900 - - 20 - -
Kayastha Karan 200 Maithili ● 200 - - - - -
Kharia 20 Maithili ● 20 - - - - -
Khatwa 1,200 Maithili ● 1,200 - - - - -
Kisan 100 Kurux ● 100 - - - - -
Koch (Hindu traditions) 100 Rajbanshi ● 80 - - - - 50
Koiri (Hindu traditions) 64,000 Maithili ● 64,000 - - 40 - -
Kumal 16,000 Nepali ● 16,000 - 200 300 - 40
Kumhar (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Maithili ● 25,000 - - 20 - -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 112,000 Bhojpuri ● 112,000 - - 20 - -
Laheri (Muslim traditions) 90 Urdu ● - 90 - - - -
Lodha (Hindu traditions) 50 Bhojpuri ● 50 - - - - -
Lohar (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Maithili ● 28,000 - - - - -
Lunia (Hindu traditions) 29,000 Maithili ● 29,000 - - - - -
Magar 60,000 Nepali ● 54,000 - 4,300 800 - 600
Majhi 8,400 Maithili ● 7,500 - - 300 - 700
Mal (Hindu traditions) 200 Maithili ● 200 - - - - -
Mali (Hindu traditions) 4,600 Maithili ● 4,600 - - - - -
Mallah (Hindu traditions) 51,000 Maithili ● 51,000 - - 30 - -
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Maithili ● 1,100 - - - - -
Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Maithili ● 1,100 - - - - -
Manihar 600 Bhojpuri ● - 600 - - - -
Mewahang 100 Mewahang, Eastern ● 80 - - - - 40
Miyan 5,000 Urdu ● - 5,000 - - - -
Moghal 300 Urdu ● - 300 - - - -
Musahar (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Maithili ● 26,000 - - 30 - -
Nachhiring 20 Nachering ● 20 - - - - -
Nai (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Maithili ● 26,000 - - - - -
Nat (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Bhojpuri ● 1,400 - - - - -
Newah 71,000 Newar ● 60,000 - 9,800 800 - 600
Oraon, Dhangar 2,900 Kurux ● 2,600 - - 50 - 300
Pahari 1,800 Nepali ● 1,400 - 400 - - 40
Pashtun, Pathan 1,000 Urdu ● - 1,000 - - - -
Pasi (Hindu traditions) 700 Bhojpuri ● 700 - - - - -
Phri 100 Nepali ● 100 - - - - -
Pinjara 5,000 Urdu ● - 5,000 - - - -
Qassab 100 Urdu ● - 100 - - - -
Qazi 3,600 Urdu ● - 3,600 - - - -
Rai 16,000 Nepali ● 11,000 - - 1,200 - 3,900
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 200 Rajbanshi ● 90 - - - - 60
Rajbhar 1,000 Bhojpuri ● 1,000 - - - - -
Rajdhob 200 Maithili ● 200 - - - - -
Raji 100 Raji ● 100 - - - - -
Rajput (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Maithili ● 11,000 - - - - -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 400 Maithili ● 400 - - - - -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions) 900 Urdu ● - 900 - - - -
Sampang Unknown Sampang ● - - - - - -
Santal, Hor 200 Santhali ● 90 - - - - 100
Sarki 9,300 Nepali ● 8,500 - 500 400 - -
Sayyid 13,000 Urdu ● - 13,000 - - - -
Shaikh 222,000 Urdu ● - 222,000 - - - -
Shaikh Qureshi 8,400 Urdu ● - 8,400 - - - -
Shaikh Siddiqi 300 Urdu ● - 300 - - - -
Sherpa 300 Sherpa ● - - 300 - - -
Sonar (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Maithili ● 24,000 - - - - -
Sunri (Hindu traditions) 3,500 Maithili ● 3,500 - - - - -
Sunuwar 2,000 Sunwar ● 1,900 - - - - 20
Tajpuriya 80 Rajbanshi ● 70 - - - - -
Tamang 284,000 Tamang, Eastern ● 17,000 - 240,000 25,000 - 900
Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Maithili ● 20,000 - - - - -
Tamboli (Muslim traditions) 300 Urdu ● - 300 - - - -
Tanti (Hindu traditions) 29,000 Maithili ● 29,000 - - - - -
Teli (Hindu traditions) 89,000 Maithili ● 89,000 - - 70 - -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) 800 Maithili ● 800 - - - - -
Thakali 400 Nepali ● 200 - 200 20 - -
Thakuri 6,300 Nepali ● 5,800 - 200 200 - -
Thakuria 1,500 Bhojpuri ● - 1,500 - - - -
Thami 300 Thangmi ● 300 - 20 - - -
Tharu 203,000 Tharu, Kathariya ● 200,000 - - 3,600 - -
Tharu Khawas 20 Nepali ● 20 - - - - -
Valmiki, Balmiki (Hindu traditions) 200 Awadhi ● 200 - - - - -
Walang 20 Walungge ● - - - - - -
Yadav (Hindu traditions) 189,000 Maithili ● 189,000 - - - - 200
Yadav Dhindhor 1,700 Maithili ● 1,700 - - - - -
Yadav Gaoli 13,000 Maithili ● 13,000 - - - - -
Yadav Kaonra 600 Maithili ● 600 - - - - -
Yadav Rawat 1,600 Maithili ● 1,600 - - - - -
Yakha 4,200 Yakkha ● 1,800 - 200 30 - 2,200
Yakthumba, Limbu 1,300 Limbu ● 500 - 600 30 - 200
Yehlmo 200 Hyolmo ● - - 200 - - -
  Totals:  170 3,142,000   163 ● 2,471,000 301,000 306,000 41,000 80 24,000
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