Nepal, Narayani state people groups

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Country:	Nepal
Province / State:	Narayani
District:	All

Number of People Groups

159

Unreached People Groups

150

Total Population

3,353,000

Buddhist

11.0 %

Christian

1.5 %

Hindu

76.0 %

Muslim

10.8 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.7 %

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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	300	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Adibasi Janajati	70	Nepali	0 ☀︎	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Amat	100	Maithili	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	22,000	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Maithili	1 ●	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhi (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Nepali	0 ☀︎	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baha'i	30	Nepali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Bahna (Hindu traditions)	5,300	Maithili	0 ☀︎	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Nepali	0 ☀︎	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Bangali (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Maithili	1 ●	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	4,000	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90
Bania Agrahari	800	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Rauniar	1,500	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	31,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bantar	1,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bantawa	70	Bantawa	1 ●	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baramu	100	Nepali	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bari (Hindu traditions)	900	Maithili	0 ☀︎	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	4,400	Maithili	0 ☀︎	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Muslim traditions)	600	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	400	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhar	1,900	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	4,400	Maithili	0 ☀︎	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhote	900	Nepali	1 ●	200	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bind	32,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Bote-Majhi	3,700	Bote	1 ●	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhumihar	2,300	Maithili	0 ☀︎	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	2,200	Maithili	0 ☀︎	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Hill	321,000	Nepali	0 ☀︎	315,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	6,200
Brahmin Jijhotia	400	Maithili	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Joshi	500	Maithili	0 ☀︎	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	1,600	Maithili	0 ☀︎	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Khandelwal	400	Maithili	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	600	Maithili	0 ☀︎	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sakaldwipi	200	Maithili	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	300	Maithili	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sawaria	1,300	Awadhi	0 ☀︎	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Terai	15,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	94,000	Maithili	1 ●	94,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	300
Chamling	70	Chamling	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	30
Chepang, Tsepang	56,000	Chepang	2 ●	39,000	-1 -	12,000	4,700	-1 -	90
Chhantyal	100	Nepali	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	180,000	Nepali	1 ●	177,000	-1 -	500	500	-1 -	1,900
Chidimar	3,200	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Churaute	20	Nepali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Danuwar Rai	9,600	Danuwar	1 ●	9,500	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Darai	9,600	Darai	1 ●	9,400	-1 -	70	100	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	22,000	Nepali	1 ●	21,000	-1 -	70	400	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Maithili	0 ☀︎	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	5,900	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanuk	38,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	38,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Dharkar	200	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhimal	200	Dhimal	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	36,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	1,300	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi	700	Awadhi	0 ☀︎	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Kanaujia	300	Awadhi	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	3,400	Maithili	0 ☀︎	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dura	600	Nepali	1 ●	200	-1 -	400	50	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	66,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	66,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	50
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	3,400	Maithili	0 ☀︎	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gaddi (Muslim traditions)	200	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandharva	700	Nepali	1 ●	700	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Gangai	400	Nepali	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	7,700	Nepali	1 ●	7,400	-1 -	100	200	-1 -	-1 -
Gonrhi	600	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghale	2,900	Ghale, Southern	4 ●	-1 -	-1 -	2,600	200	-1 -	80
Gurung Ghaleg	51,000	Gurung	2 ●	7,300	-1 -	41,000	2,600	-1 -	300
Hadi	700	Maithili	0 ☀︎	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	17,000	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halalkhor (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Maithili	1 ●	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Maithili	0 ☀︎	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	90	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -
Jirel	50	Jirel	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	5,800	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	56,000	Maithili	1 ●	56,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Jaiswal	1,400	Maithili	0 ☀︎	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	1,100	Maithili	0 ☀︎	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kamar	200	Nepali	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	54,000	Nepali	1 ●	52,000	-1 -	1,200	800	-1 -	20
Kandu	115,000	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	115,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Kanjar (Hindu traditions)	100	Maithili	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kawar	200	Maithili	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Maithili	1 ●	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Khatwa	1,500	Maithili	0 ☀︎	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kisan	100	Kurux	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koch (Hindu traditions)	100	Rajbanshi	1 ●	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	78,000	Maithili	1 ●	78,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Kumal	20,000	Nepali	1 ●	19,000	-1 -	300	400	-1 -	50
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	30,000	Maithili	1 ●	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	135,000	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	135,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions)	60	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	33,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	35,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	72,000	Nepali	1 ●	65,000	-1 -	5,200	1,000	-1 -	700
Majhi	10,000	Nepali	1 ●	9,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	900
Mal (Hindu traditions)	200	Maithili	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	5,600	Maithili	1 ●	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	61,000	Maithili	1 ●	61,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Maithili	0 ☀︎	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Maithili	0 ☀︎	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Manihar	700	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mech	-1 Unknown	Boro (India)	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mewahang	100	Mewahang, Eastern	0 ☀︎	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Miyan	6,000	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	32,000	Maithili	1 ●	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Nachhiring	20	Nachiring	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	31,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	86,000	Newar	1 ●	72,000	-1 -	12,000	900	-1 -	700
Oraon, Dhangar	3,500	Kurux	1 ●	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	300
Pahari	2,200	Nepali	1 ●	1,700	-1 -	400	20	-1 -	50
Pashtun, Pathan	1,200	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	800	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	6,000	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qassab	100	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	4,300	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	19,000	Nepali	2 ●	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	4,700
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	200	Rajbanshi	4 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70
Rajbhar	1,300	Bhojpuri	1 ●	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajdhob	200	Maithili	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raji	200	Raji	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	500	Maithili	0 ☀︎	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sampang	-1 Unknown	Sampang	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	200	Santhali	2 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Sarki	11,000	Nepali	1 ●	10,000	-1 -	600	400	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	15,000	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	269,000	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	269,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	10,000	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	400	Sherpa	4 ●	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	29,000	Maithili	1 ●	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	4,200	Maithili	1 ●	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	2,400	Sunwar	1 ●	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	30
Tajpuriya	100	Rajbanshi	1 ●	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	343,000	Tamang, Eastern	2 ●	21,000	-1 -	290,000	31,000	-1 -	1,100
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	25,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	35,000	Maithili	1 ●	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	108,000	Maithili	1 ●	108,000	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions)	900	Maithili	0 ☀︎	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	500	Nepali	4 ●	300	-1 -	200	30	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	7,600	Nepali	1 ●	7,000	-1 -	300	300	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuria	1,800	Bhojpuri	0 ☀︎	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thami	300	Thangmi	1 ●	300	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu Khawas	20	Nepali	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu unspecified	213,000	Tharu, Dangaura	1 ●	209,000	-1 -	-1 -	3,800	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	200	Awadhi	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Walang	30	Walungge	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	198,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	198,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Yadav Dhindhor	2,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gaoli	16,000	Maithili	0 ☀︎	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kaonra	700	Maithili	0 ☀︎	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	1,900	Maithili	0 ☀︎	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakkha	5,000	Yakkha	1 ●	2,200	-1 -	200	30	-1 -	2,700
Yakthumba, Limbu	1,500	Limbu	1 ●	600	-1 -	700	30	-1 -	200
Yehlmo	300	Hyolmo	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	200	20	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 159	3,353,000		150 ●	2,549,000	363,000	370,000	49,000	90	22,000

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