Nepal, Rapti state, Dang district people groups

Country:	Nepal
Province / State:	Rapti
District:	Dang

Number of People Groups

Unreached People Groups

Total Population

642,000

Buddhist

1.2 %

Christian

1.3 %

Hindu

96.4 %

Muslim

0.9 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
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= Frontier peoples
People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ahar	50	Awadhi	0 ☀	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	300	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	70	Maithili	1 ●	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Muslim traditions)	200	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhi (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Nepali	0 ☀	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baha'i	60	Nepali	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Nepali	0 ☀	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Bangali (Hindu traditions)	30	Maithili	1 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	300	Bhojpuri	0 ☀	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Kasaundhan	200	Bhojpuri	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	600	Maithili	0 ☀	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bantar	20	Maithili	0 ☀	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bari (Hindu traditions)	70	Maithili	0 ☀	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	60	Maithili	0 ☀	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	50	Maithili	0 ☀	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	60	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhar	100	Bhojpuri	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Maithili	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bote-Majhi	400	Bote	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhumihar	200	Maithili	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bohara	100	Hindi	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Hill	63,000	Nepali	0 ☀	63,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Brahmin Terai	2,800	Maithili	0 ☀	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Maithili	1 ●	900	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Chepang, Tsepang	20	Chepang	2 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhantyal	300	Nepali	1 ●	200	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	160,000	Nepali	1 ●	159,000	-1 -	400	300	-1 -	200
Darjee	17,000	Nepali	1 ●	17,000	-1 -	100	200	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	70	Maithili	0 ☀	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	500	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanuk	40	Maithili	0 ☀	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	60	Maithili	0 ☀	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	200	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	60	Maithili	0 ☀	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	100	Maithili	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandharva	900	Nepali	1 ●	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	300	Nepali	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	2,100	Gurung	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	1,900	100	-1 -	30
Hajam	600	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Maithili	0 ☀	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jirel	20	Jirel	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	50	Bhojpuri	0 ☀	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	100	Maithili	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	41,000	Nepali	1 ●	40,000	-1 -	300	800	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	50	Bhojpuri	0 ☀	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	60	Maithili	1 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	50	Maithili	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli (Hindu traditions)	200	Awadhi	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kori	100	Awadhi	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumal	9,800	Nepali	1 ●	9,200	-1 -	200	400	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions)	70	Maithili	1 ●	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	90	Bhojpuri	0 ☀	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lhomi, Shing Saapa	100	Lhomi	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions)	100	Bhojpuri	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	50	Maithili	0 ☀	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	50	Maithili	0 ☀	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	87,000	Nepali	1 ●	83,000	-1 -	2,800	1,800	-1 -	50
Majhi	500	Nepali	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	60	Maithili	1 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Manihar	30	Bhojpuri	0 ☀	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Murao (Hindu traditions)	300	Awadhi	0 ☀	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	50	Maithili	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	100	Maithili	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	5,300	Newar	1 ●	4,500	-1 -	800	70	-1 -	20
Pashtun, Pathan	300	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	100	Bhojpuri	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	100	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qassab	30	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	400	Nepali	2 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	200
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	30	Rajbanshi	2 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbhar	50	Bhojpuri	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	60	Maithili	0 ☀	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	600	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Nau	200	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	30	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sarki	12,000	Nepali	1 ●	12,000	-1 -	90	400	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	100	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	2,100	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	200	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	70	Sherpa	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpkar (Hindu traditions)	200	Nepali	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	90	Maithili	1 ●	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	100	Sunwar	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	500	Tamang, Eastern	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	500	40	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Maithili	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	300	Maithili	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Muslim traditions)	30	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	40	Nepali	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	7,800	Nepali	1 ●	7,500	-1 -	90	200	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu Rana	28,000	Tharu, Dangaura	1 ●	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	20
Tharu unspecified	163,000	Tharu, Dangaura	1 ●	159,000	-1 -	-1 -	3,600	-1 -	20
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	90	Awadhi	0 ☀	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	8,100	Maithili	0 ☀	8,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Dhindhor	600	Maithili	0 ☀	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions)	600	Awadhi	0 ☀	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakkha	20	Yakkha	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	70	Limbu	1 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yehlmo	20	Hyolmo	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 98	642,000		93 ●	619,000	5,700	7,500	8,600	0	800

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