Nepal, Dhaulagiri state people groups

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Country:	Nepal
Province / State:	Dhaulagiri
District:	All

Number of People Groups

Unreached People Groups

Total Population

621,000

Buddhist

10.4 %

Christian

0.7 %

Hindu

87.8 %

Muslim

0.2 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.8 %

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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
Ansari	100	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhi (Hindu traditions)	400	Nepali	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	4,100	Nepali	0 ☀︎	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Bania unspecified	40	Maithili	0 ☀︎	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bantar	20	Maithili	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	20	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhote	80	Nepali	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bote-Majhi	200	Bote	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Hill	132,000	Nepali	0 ☀︎	130,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,400
Brahmin Terai	30	Maithili	0 ☀︎	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhantyal	9,400	Nepali	1 ●	5,500	-1 -	3,500	200	-1 -	200
Chhetri	109,000	Nepali	1 ●	105,000	-1 -	2,500	100	-1 -	1,400
Darjee	35,000	Nepali	1 ●	34,000	-1 -	900	300	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	20	Maithili	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandharva	300	Nepali	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangai	30	Nepali	0 ☀︎	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	1,900	Nepali	1 ●	1,800	-1 -	50	50	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghale	20	Ghale, Southern	4 ●	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	12,000	Gurung	2 ●	100	-1 -	11,000	500	-1 -	700
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	70	Maithili	0 ☀︎	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Maithili	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	86,000	Nepali	1 ●	79,000	-1 -	6,300	800	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	30	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanjar (Hindu traditions)	20	Maithili	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	300	Maithili	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kisan	700	Kurux	1 ●	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	60	Maithili	1 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kulung	-1 Unknown	Kulung (Nepal)	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumal	2,500	Nepali	1 ●	2,100	-1 -	300	90	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	20	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Loba	2,900	Lhowa	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	20	Maithili	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	158,000	Nepali	1 ●	128,000	-1 -	28,000	1,500	-1 -	900
Majhi	600	Nepali	1 ●	500	-1 -	20	30	-1 -	20
Miyan	600	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	70	Maithili	0 ☀︎	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	9,300	Newar	1 ●	7,100	-1 -	2,000	70	-1 -	200
Pashtun, Pathan	30	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	700	Nepali	2 ●	600	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	80
Rongkup-Lepcha	800	Lepcha	1 ●	40	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sarki	33,000	Nepali	1 ●	31,000	-1 -	1,200	500	-1 -	70
Sayyid	100	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	400	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	200	Sherpa	4 ●	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	50	Maithili	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	20	Maithili	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	40	Sunwar	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	1,900	Tamang, Eastern	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	1,600	100	-1 -	100
Teli (Hindu traditions)	200	Maithili	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	3,100	Nepali	4 ●	1,500	-1 -	1,500	80	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali Marphali	1,500	Thakali	1 ●	100	-1 -	1,400	30	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	11,000	Nepali	1 ●	11,000	-1 -	500	200	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu unspecified	600	Tharu, Dangaura	1 ●	600	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	100	Maithili	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	100	Limbu	1 ●	70	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 55	621,000		49 ●	545,000	1,300	65,000	4,600	0	5,100

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