Nepal, Kosi state people groups

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Country:	Nepal
Province / State:	Kosi
District:	All

Number of People Groups

171

Unreached People Groups

159

Total Population

2,621,000

Buddhist

7.7 %

Christian

1.5 %

Hindu

69.6 %

Muslim

5.6 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

15.5 %

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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
Abdul	400	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Adibasi Janajati	200	Nepali	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Amat	1,600	Maithili	0 ☀︎	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	3,900	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ath Pahariya	6,800	Athpariya	0 ☀︎	3,900	-1 -	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Maithili	1 ●	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Muslim traditions)	400	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhi (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Nepali	0 ☀︎	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baha'i	300	Nepali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Bahing	400	Bahing	0 ☀︎	50	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bahna (Hindu traditions)	300	Maithili	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Nepali	0 ☀︎	19,000	-1 -	70	50	-1 -	1,400
Bangali (Hindu traditions)	7,000	Maithili	1 ●	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	1,600	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bania Khatri	800	Maithili	0 ☀︎	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	13,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,600
Bantar	39,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	39,000	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bantawa	3,600	Bantawa	1 ●	2,000	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	1,200
Baramu	200	Nepali	1 ●	100	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bari (Hindu traditions)	200	Maithili	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Maithili	0 ☀︎	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Muslim traditions)	900	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	500	Maithili	0 ☀︎	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhand (Muslim traditions)	3,400	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Kharot	300	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Mallah Mewat	1,600	Maithili	0 ☀︎	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhote	4,800	Nepali	1 ●	80	-1 -	4,600	100	-1 -	30
Bind	1,700	Maithili	0 ☀︎	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bote-Majhi	90	Bote	1 ●	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhumihar	1,900	Maithili	0 ☀︎	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	700	Maithili	0 ☀︎	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Hill	264,000	Nepali	0 ☀︎	232,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	32,000
Brahmin Joshi	500	Maithili	0 ☀︎	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	300	Maithili	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Khandelwal	300	Maithili	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	200	Maithili	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sakaldwipi	200	Maithili	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	500	Maithili	0 ☀︎	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Terai	3,700	Maithili	0 ☀︎	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Byansi	200	Humla	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Maithili	1 ●	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamling	2,400	Chamling	0 ☀︎	600	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	1,100
Chepang, Tsepang	300	Chepang	2 ●	200	-1 -	90	50	-1 -	-1 -
Chhantyal	30	Nepali	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	347,000	Nepali	1 ●	338,000	-1 -	2,400	300	-1 -	6,400
Churaute	-1 Unknown	Nepali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Danuwar Rai	3,600	Danuwar	1 ●	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Darai	300	Darai	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	38,000	Nepali	1 ●	37,000	-1 -	400	500	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	100	Maithili	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	1,400	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhandi	30	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Dhanuk	28,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhimal	18,000	Dhimal	1 ●	17,000	-1 -	20	400	-1 -	400
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	900	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Maithili	0 ☀︎	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dura	-1 Unknown	Nepali	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	12,000	-1 -	50	20	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	800	Maithili	0 ☀︎	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandharva	50	Nepali	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangai	31,000	Nepali	0 ☀︎	31,000	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	18,000	Nepali	1 ●	17,000	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	100
Gonrhi	200	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain	300	Maithili	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghale	900	Ghale, Southern	4 ●	-1 -	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	36,000	Gurung	2 ●	100	-1 -	33,000	1,500	-1 -	1,400
Hadi	800	Maithili	0 ☀︎	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	1,400	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halalkhor (Hindu traditions)	200	Maithili	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Hayu	-1 Unknown	Wayu	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	50	Hindi	0 ☀︎	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	700	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -
Jirel	20	Jirel	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	600	Maithili	0 ☀︎	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	20	Maithili	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	4,600	Maithili	1 ●	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Jaiswal	600	Maithili	0 ☀︎	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	1,200	Maithili	0 ☀︎	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kamar	700	Nepali	0 ☀︎	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	73,000	Nepali	1 ●	72,000	-1 -	700	500	-1 -	500
Kandu	200	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanjar (Hindu traditions)	900	Maithili	0 ☀︎	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kawar	500	Maithili	0 ☀︎	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	6,500	Maithili	1 ●	6,400	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Khaling	800	Khaling	4 ●	50	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	600
Khas	18,000	Nepali	0 ☀︎	17,000	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	200
Khatwa	9,500	Maithili	0 ☀︎	9,200	-1 -	100	90	-1 -	70
Kisan	100	Kurux	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koch (Hindu traditions)	200	Rajbanshi	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	40,000	Maithili	1 ●	40,000	-1 -	100	700	-1 -	-1 -
Kulung	20,000	Kulung (Nepal)	1 ●	6,300	-1 -	2,500	90	-1 -	11,000
Kumal	5,200	Nepali	1 ●	4,700	-1 -	400	50	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar Magahia	200	Maithili	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Maithili	1 ●	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Lhomi, Shing Saapa	700	Lhomi	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions)	70	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Maithili	0 ☀︎	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohorung	1,200	Yamphu, Southern	0 ☀︎	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	9,700	Maithili	0 ☀︎	9,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	84,000	Nepali	1 ●	66,000	-1 -	13,000	2,900	-1 -	2,000
Majhi	15,000	Nepali	1 ●	13,000	-1 -	400	500	-1 -	1,200
Mal (Hindu traditions)	70	Maithili	0 ☀︎	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	500	Maithili	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	19,000	Maithili	1 ●	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Mech	400	Boro (India)	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Mewahang	3,200	Mewahang, Eastern	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	2,700
Miyan	3,900	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	600	Maithili	0 ☀︎	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda, Horo	1,600	Maithili	2 ●	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	20
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	63,000	Maithili	1 ●	62,000	-1 -	200	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Nachhiring	1,600	Nachiring	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	400
Nai (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	700	Maithili	0 ☀︎	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Hindu traditions)	70	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	106,000	Newar	1 ●	90,000	-1 -	14,000	900	-1 -	1,900
Oraon, Dhangar	34,000	Kurux	1 ●	33,000	-1 -	300	1,200	-1 -	200
Pahari	50	Nepali	1 ●	20	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	1,400	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	50	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	900	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qassab	500	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	90	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	239,000	Nepali	2 ●	39,000	-1 -	-1 -	8,800	-1 -	192,000
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	5,200	Maithili	0 ☀︎	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	45,000	Rajbanshi	4 ●	42,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	800
Rajbhar	2,200	Bhojpuri	1 ●	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Rajdhob	800	Maithili	0 ☀︎	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raji	20	Raji	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	5,300	Maithili	0 ☀︎	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	600	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	400	Maithili	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	600	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rongkup-Lepcha	200	Lepcha	1 ●	90	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	60
Sampang	800	Sampang	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	300
Santal (Sawntal)	23,000	Santhali	2 ●	19,000	-1 -	60	2,400	-1 -	700
Saora	1,800	Sora	2 ●	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Sarbaria	3,000	Nepali	0 ☀︎	1,800	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	600
Sarki	21,000	Nepali	1 ●	20,000	-1 -	500	300	-1 -	20
Sayyid	14,000	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	111,000	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	111,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	1,500	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	19,000	Sherpa	4 ●	-1 -	-1 -	19,000	300	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	4,300	Maithili	1 ●	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	9,100	Maithili	1 ●	8,800	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	50
Sunuwar	4,400	Sunwar	1 ●	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	300
Tajpuriya	7,600	Rajbanshi	1 ●	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	106,000	Tamang, Eastern	2 ●	4,300	-1 -	95,000	3,600	-1 -	3,200
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Maithili	0 ☀︎	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	5,300	Maithili	1 ●	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	39,000	Maithili	1 ●	38,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Maithili	0 ☀︎	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	200	Nepali	4 ●	70	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	4,000	Nepali	1 ●	4,000	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thami	600	Thangmi	1 ●	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Tharu Khawas	20	Nepali	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu unspecified	153,000	Tharu, Dangaura	1 ●	148,000	-1 -	-1 -	4,700	-1 -	20
Thulung	1,600	Thulung	0 ☀︎	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Tokpegola	80	Sherpa	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	200	Awadhi	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	54,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	54,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Dhindhor	300	Maithili	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gaoli	3,800	Maithili	0 ☀︎	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	300	Maithili	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakkha	17,000	Yakkha	1 ●	2,500	-1 -	200	100	-1 -	14,000
Yakthumba, Limbu	152,000	Limbu	1 ●	22,000	-1 -	400	3,900	-1 -	125,000
Yamphu	7,200	Yamphu	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	300
Yehlmo	60	Hyolmo	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	20
Totals: 171	2,621,000		159 ●	1,826,000	148,000	203,000	39,000	700	407,000

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