Country:

Nepal

Province / State: Bagmati
District: All

Number of People Groups

165

Unreached People Groups

157

Total Population

4,386,000

Buddhist

22.0 %

Christian

2.8 %

Hindu

73.5 %

Muslim

0.7 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.9 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Abdul 100 Urdu ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Adibasi Janajati 300 Nepali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Ahar 100 Awadhi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Amat 20 Maithili ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Ansari 1,700 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,700 - - - -
 Ath Pahariya 20 Athpariya ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 600 Maithili 600 - - - - -
 Badhai (Muslim traditions) 50 Urdu ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
Badhi (Hindu traditions) 3,800 Nepali ☀︎ 3,800 - - - - -
 Baha'i 200 Nepali ☀︎ - - - - - 200
 Bahing 70 Bahing ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Bahna (Hindu traditions) 100 Maithili ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 42,000 Nepali ☀︎ 42,000 - - 70 - 500
 Bangali (Hindu traditions) 4,100 Maithili 4,000 - - 20 - -
 Bania Agarwal 2,000 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - 400
 Bania unspecified 5,800 Maithili ☀︎ 5,100 - - - - 700
 Bantar 300 Maithili ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bantawa 300 Bantawa ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Baramu 700 Nepali 700 - 40 - - 20
 Bari (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Maithili ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) 100 Maithili ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Bedia (Muslim traditions) 50 Urdu ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 300 Maithili ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Bhar 700 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 500 Maithili ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Bhote 3,000 Nepali 700 - 2,200 50 - -
 Bind 80 Maithili ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Bote-Majhi 100 Bote 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Bohara 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Hill 847,000 Nepali ☀︎ 842,000 - - 70 - 5,500
 Brahmin Terai 3,800 Maithili ☀︎ 3,800 - - - - 200
 Byansi 50 Humla ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Maithili 1,300 - - 60 - -
 Chamling 600 Chamling ☀︎ 200 - - - - 400
 Chepang, Tsepang 18,000 Chepang 12,000 - 2,400 3,100 - -
 Chhantyal 1,000 Nepali 600 - 300 50 - -
 Chhetri 792,000 Nepali 778,000 - 7,800 2,500 - 1,700
 Chidimar 30 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Churaute 400 Nepali ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Danuwar Rai 16,000 Danuwar 16,000 - - 80 - -
 Darai 1,200 Darai 1,200 - - 20 - -
 Darjee 48,000 Nepali 47,000 - 60 600 - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 400 Maithili ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Darzi (Muslim traditions) 400 Urdu ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Dhanuk 2,900 Maithili ☀︎ 2,900 - - - - -
 Dhimal 1,100 Dhimal 1,100 - - 50 - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Maithili ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Dolpa 60 Sherpa - - 60 - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 20 Maithili ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Dura 300 Nepali 100 - 200 20 - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 800 Maithili ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 400 Maithili ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Gaddi (Muslim traditions) 30 Urdu ☀︎ - 30 - - - -
Gandharva 500 Nepali 400 - 20 20 - -
 Gangai 60 Nepali ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Gharti 20,000 Nepali 20,000 - - 300 - -
 Gonrhi 90 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Goriya (Hindu traditions) 70 Awadhi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Gosain 300 Maithili ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Gurung Ghale 14,000 Ghale, Southern 300 - 12,000 1,200 - 200
 Gurung Ghaleg 92,000 Gurung 2,400 - 78,000 10,000 - 700
 Hadi 90 Maithili ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Hajam 1,300 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,300 - - - -
 Halalkhor (Hindu traditions) 100 Maithili 100 - - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Maithili ☀︎ 3,100 - - - - -
 Hayu 100 Wayu 100 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 100 -
 Jirel 1,000 Jirel 200 - 800 40 - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 200 Maithili ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 200 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 70 Maithili ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 6,900 Maithili 6,800 - - 40 - -
 Kamar 500 Nepali ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Kami 80,000 Nepali 77,000 - 100 3,000 - -
 Kandu 1,500 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) 20 Maithili ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Kawar Unknown Maithili ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Maithili 3,200 - - 60 - -
 Khaling 100 Khaling ☀︎ 30 - 70 - - 20
 Khatwa 200 Maithili ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kisan 100 Kurux 100 - - - - -
 Koch (Hindu traditions) 90 Rajbanshi 60 - - - - 40
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 3,800 Maithili 3,800 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 50 Awadhi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Kulung 300 Kulung (Nepal) 20 - 200 - - 100
 Kumal 10,000 Nepali 10,000 - 90 200 - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 500 Maithili 500 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Kyerung 3,700 Kyerung ☀︎ - - 3,700 - - -
 Lhomi, Shing Saapa 200 Lhomi - - 200 - - -
 Loba 80 Lhowa - - 80 - - -
 Lodha (Hindu traditions) 300 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Maithili ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
Lohorung 30 Yamphu, Southern ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 400 Maithili ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Magar 177,000 Nepali 159,000 - 7,900 11,000 - -
 Majhi 19,000 Nepali 16,000 - 50 1,200 - 1,500
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 300 Maithili 300 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 600 Maithili 600 - - - - -
 Manihar 50 Bhojpuri ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
 Mech 40 Boro (India) 40 - - - - -
 Miyan 6,600 Urdu ☀︎ - 6,600 - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 50 Maithili ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Munda, Horo 100 Maithili 100 - - 20 - 30
 Murao (Hindu traditions) 400 Awadhi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 400 Maithili 400 - - - - -
 Nachhiring 30 Nachiring ☀︎ - - - - - 20
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 5,500 Maithili ☀︎ 5,500 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 300 Maithili ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 40 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Newah 937,000 Newar 778,000 - 150,000 7,600 - 700
 Oraon, Dhangar 200 Kurux 100 - - 20 - 70
 Pahari 11,000 Nepali 7,700 - 2,500 400 - 600
 Pashtun, Pathan 400 Urdu ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 300 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Pinjara 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Qassab 100 Urdu ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Qazi 400 Urdu ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Rai 80,000 Nepali 48,000 - - 11,000 - 21,000
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Rajbanshi 800 - - 100 - 500
 Rajbhar 200 Bhojpuri 200 - - - - -
Rajdhob 100 Maithili ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Raji 70 Raji 70 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Maithili ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - 40
 Raute Unknown Nepali ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Rayeen (Muslim traditions) 90 Urdu ☀︎ - 90 - - - -
 Rongkup 200 Lepcha - - 100 - - 40
Sampang 90 Sampang ☀︎ - - - - - 90
 Santal (Sawntal) 300 Santhali 60 - - - - 200
 Sarki 50,000 Nepali 48,000 - 500 1,600 - 50
 Sayyid 1,800 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,800 - - - -
 Shaikh 14,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 14,000 - - - -
 Sherpa 36,000 Sherpa - - 32,000 3,200 - 300
 Sherpa Helambu 2,900 Hyolmo 50 - 2,800 40 - -
 Silpkar (Hindu traditions) 500 Nepali ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Maithili 1,000 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Maithili 2,000 - - 100 - -
 Sunuwar 6,700 Sunwar 6,100 - 200 400 - -
 Tajpuriya 300 Rajbanshi 300 - - - - -
 Tamang 843,000 Tamang, Eastern 138,000 - 644,000 59,000 - 1,000
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 800 Maithili ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 500 Maithili 500 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Maithili 10,000 - - 70 - -
 Teli (Muslim traditions) 60 Urdu ☀︎ - 60 - - - -
 Thakali 3,500 Nepali 1,600 - 1,700 200 - -
 Thakali Marphali 300 Thakali 90 - 200 - - -
 Thakuri 35,000 Nepali 34,000 - 400 900 - -
Thakuria 90 Bhojpuri ☀︎ - 90 - - - -
 Thami 7,000 Thangmi 5,700 - 900 200 - 300
 Tharu Khawas 200 Nepali 200 - - - - -
 Tharu Rana 900 Tharu, Dangaura 900 - - - - -
 Tharu unspecified 27,000 Tharu, Dangaura 22,000 - - 4,500 - -
 Thulung 300 Thulung ☀︎ 200 - - - - 90
 Tibetan, Bhotia 2,900 Tibetan, Central ☀︎ - - 2,900 - - -
 Tokpegola 40 Sherpa ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 500 Awadhi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Walang 40 Walungge ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 9,300 Maithili ☀︎ 9,300 - - - - -
 Yakkha 500 Yakkha 200 - - - - 300
 Yakthumba, Limbu 20,000 Limbu 12,000 - 4,100 1,400 - 2,100
Yamphu 40 Yamphu ☀︎ - - 40 - - -
 Yehlmo 8,100 Hyolmo 1,000 - 7,100 90 - -
  Totals:  165 4,386,000   157 3,226,000 29,000 967,000 125,000 100 40,000
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