People Name |
Primary Language |
Country Population |
Zone Population |
Least Reached |
Progress Scale |
Hindu |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Christian |
Sikh |
Other |
Abdul | Bengali | 1,500 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
Adibasi Janajati | Nepali | 1,300 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ahar | Bhojpuri | 2,300 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Amat | Bhojpuri | 3,400 | 20 | Y | 1.0  | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ansari | Urdu | 50,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0  | - | 1,700 | - | - | - | - |
Apapanthi | Bhojpuri | 200 | 70 | Y | 1.0  | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Arakh | Bhojpuri | 700 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ath Pahariya | Athpariya | 6,800 | 20 | Y | 1.0  | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Badhai (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 37,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0  | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
Badhai (Muslim traditions | Bhojpuri | 2,700 | 40 | Y | 1.0  | - | 40 | - | - | - | - |
Badhi (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 44,000 | 3,800 | Y | 1.0  | 3,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
Baha'i | Nepali | 1,300 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | - | - | - | 200 |
Bahing | Bahing | 3,300 | 70 | Y | 1.0  | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bahna (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 18,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bairagi (Hindu traditions | Nepali | 280,000 | 42,000 | Y | 1.0  | 41,000 | - | - | 70 | - | 500 |
Bangali (Hindu traditions | Nepali | 30,000 | 4,000 | Y | 1.0  | 4,000 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
Bania Agarwal | Marwari | 21,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0  | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | 400 |
Bania Mahesri | Marwari | 900 | 500 | Y | 1.0  | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bania Oswal | Marwari | 800 | 600 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | 300 |
Bania unspecified | Marwari | 125,000 | 5,900 | Y | 1.0  | 5,200 | - | - | - | - | 700 |
Bantar | Maithili | 63,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bantawa | Bantawa | 5,100 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Baramu | Nepali | 9,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0  | 700 | - | 40 | - | - | 20 |
Bari (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 11,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0  | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bedia (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 27,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bedia (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 2,400 | 40 | Y | 1.0  | - | 40 | - | - | - | - |
Beldar (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 3,300 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bhar | Bhojpuri | 4,200 | 600 | Y | 1.0  | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bharbhunja (Hindu traditi | Bhojpuri | 900 | 90 | Y | 1.0  | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bhat (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 900 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 145,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0  | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bhote | Nepali | 15,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0  | 700 | - | 2,200 | 40 | - | - |
Bind | Bhojpuri | 84,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0  | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bote-Majhi | Bote | 13,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Bohara | Hindi | 1,200 | 400 | Y | 1.0  | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Hill | Nepali | 3,683,000 | 835,000 | Y | 1.0  | 829,000 | - | - | 70 | - | 5,400 |
Brahmin Terai | Maithili | 119,000 | 3,800 | Y | 1.0  | 3,700 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
Byansi | Byangsi | 4,800 | 50 | Y | 1.0  | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 369,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0  | 1,300 | - | - | 60 | - | - |
Chamling | Chamling | 7,400 | 600 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | 400 |
Chepang, Tsepang | Chepang | 79,000 | 17,000 | N | 2.0  | 12,000 | - | 2,300 | 3,100 | - | - |
Chhantyal | Nepali | 14,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0  | 600 | - | 300 | 40 | - | - |
Chhetri | Nepali | 5,035,000 | 778,000 | Y | 1.0  | 766,000 | - | 7,600 | 2,500 | - | 1,600 |
Chidimar | Nepali | 5,100 | 30 | Y | 1.0  | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Christian | Nepali | 800 | 400 | N | 3.0  | - | - | - | 400 | - | - |
Churaute | Nepali | 2,800 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
Danuwar Rai | Danuwar | 96,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0  | 16,000 | - | - | 80 | - | - |
Darai | Nepali | 20,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0  | 1,100 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
Darjee | Nepali | 540,000 | 47,000 | Y | 1.0  | 46,000 | - | 60 | 600 | - | - |
Darzi (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 8,500 | 400 | Y | 1.0  | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
Darzi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 23,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0  | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
Dhanuk | Hindi | 252,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0  | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dhimal | Dhimal | 31,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0  | 1,100 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 129,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0  | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dhobi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 8,100 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
Dolpa | Dolpo | 4,700 | 50 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | 50 | - | - | - |
Domar (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 16,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0  | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dura | Nepali | 6,100 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 100 | - | 200 | 20 | - | - |
Dusadh (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 240,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0  | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gadaria (Hindu traditions | Nepali | 9,200 | 400 | Y | 1.0  | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gaddi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 1,100 | 30 | Y | 1.0  | - | 30 | - | - | - | - |
Gandharva | Nepali | 8,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0  | 400 | - | 20 | 20 | - | - |
Gangai | Nepali | 44,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0  | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gharti | Nepali | 136,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0  | 20,000 | - | - | 300 | - | - |
Gonrhi | Bhojpuri | 1,400 | 90 | Y | 1.0  | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
Goriya (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 1,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0  | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gosain | Maithili | 2,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gurung Ghale | Ghale, Southern | 26,000 | 14,000 | N | 2.0  | 300 | - | 12,000 | 1,100 | - | 200 |
Gurung Ghaleg | Nepali | 603,000 | 90,000 | N | 2.0  | 2,300 | - | 77,000 | 10,000 | - | 700 |
Hadi | Maithili | 2,600 | 90 | Y | 1.0  | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
Hajam | Urdu | 42,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0  | - | 1,200 | - | - | - | - |
Halalkhor (Hindu traditio | Bhojpuri | 4,900 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Halwai (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 96,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0  | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Hayu | Nepali | 3,400 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Jat (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 1,200 | 400 | Y | 1.0  | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,100 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
Jirel | Jirel | 6,500 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | 800 | 40 | - | - |
Jogi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 1,100 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kahar (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 62,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kaibartta | Bengali | 1,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 1,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0  | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kalwar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 129,000 | 7,000 | Y | 1.0  | 6,900 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
Kamar | Nepali | 1,900 | 500 | Y | 1.0  | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kami | Nepali | 1,441,000 | 79,000 | Y | 1.0  | 76,000 | - | 100 | 2,900 | - | - |
Kandu | Hindi | 147,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0  | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kanjar (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 3,400 | 20 | Y | 1.0  | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kawar | Bhojpuri | 1,400 | 10 | Y | 1.0  | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kayastha (Hindu tradition | Maithili | 51,000 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0  | 3,100 | - | - | 60 | - | - |
Khaling | Khaling | 1,700 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | 30 | - | 70 | - | - | 20 |
Khambu | Nepali | 800 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Khatik (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 800 | 60 | Y | 1.0  | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
Khatwa | Maithili | 117,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kisan | Maithili | 2,600 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Koch (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 1,800 | 90 | Y | 1.0  | 60 | - | - | - | - | 40 |
Koiri (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 351,000 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0  | 3,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
Koli (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 2,600 | 40 | Y | 1.0  | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kuchbandia | Bhojpuri | 400 | 70 | Y | 1.0  | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kulung | Kulung | 32,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 20 | - | 200 | - | - | 100 |
Kumal | Nepali | 138,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0  | 9,800 | - | 90 | 200 | - | - |
Kumhar (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 73,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0  | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 265,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0  | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kusunda | Nepali | 300 | 10 | Y | 1.0  | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kyerung | Kyerung | 3,700 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | 3,600 | - | - | - |
Lhomi, Shing Saapa | Lhomi | 1,300 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | 200 | 10 | - | - |
Loba | Lhowa | 3,100 | 70 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | 70 | - | - | - |
Lodha (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 38,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Lohar (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 118,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0  | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Lohar (Muslim traditions) | Bhojpuri | 1,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0  | - | 60 | - | - | - | - |
Lohorung | Yamphu, Southern | 1,400 | 30 | Y | 1.0  | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Lunia (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 80,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0  | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
Magar | Nepali | 2,164,000 | 175,000 | Y | 1.0  | 157,000 | - | 7,800 | 10,000 | - | 10 |
Majhi | Nepali | 96,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0  | 16,000 | - | 40 | 1,200 | - | 1,500 |
Mali (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 16,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mallah (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 198,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0  | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
Manihar | Urdu | 1,700 | 40 | Y | 1.0  | - | 40 | - | - | - | - |
Mech | Boro | 5,700 | 40 | Y | 1.0  | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Miyan | Nepali | 35,000 | 6,500 | Y | 1.0  | - | 6,500 | - | - | - | - |
Mochi (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 15,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0  | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Moghal | Urdu | 2,300 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
Mugal | Nepali | 400 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | 100 | - | - | - |
Munda, Horo | Maithili | 2,600 | 100 | N | 2.0  | 100 | - | - | 20 | - | 30 |
Murao (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 2,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0  | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
Musahar (Hindu traditions | Maithili | 269,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0  | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
Nachhiring | Nachiring | 8,500 | 30 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | 10 | - | - | 20 |
Nai (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 135,000 | 5,400 | Y | 1.0  | 5,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
Namassej (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 1,500 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Nat (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 3,500 | 40 | Y | 1.0  | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Newah | Newar | 1,514,000 | 922,000 | Y | 1.0  | 767,000 | - | 148,000 | 7,500 | - | 700 |
Oraon, Dhangar | Kurux | 45,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 100 | - | - | 20 | - | 70 |
Pahari | Nepali | 16,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0  | 7,600 | - | 2,500 | 400 | - | 600 |
Pashtun, Pathan | Urdu | 10,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0  | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
Pasi (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 4,500 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pinjara | Urdu | 20,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0  | - | 500 | - | - | - | - |
Qassab | Bhojpuri | 1,900 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
Qazi | Maithili | 12,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0  | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
Rai | Nepali | 709,000 | 79,000 | N | 2.0  | 47,000 | - | - | 11,000 | - | 21,000 |
Rajbansi (Hindu tradition | Rangpuri | 132,000 | 1,300 | N | 2.0  | 800 | - | - | 100 | - | 500 |
Rajbhar | Bhojpuri | 12,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajdhob | Nepali | 15,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Raji | Nepali | 5,300 | 60 | Y | 1.0  | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Marwari | 44,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0  | 2,500 | - | - | - | - | 40 |
Raute | Raute | 1,100 | 10 | Y | 1.0  | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rayeen (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 4,700 | 90 | Y | 1.0  | - | 90 | - | - | - | - |
Rongkup | Nepali | 4,700 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 10 | - | 100 | - | - | 40 |
Sampang | Sampang | 1,700 | 80 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | - | - | - | 80 |
Santal (Sawntal) | Santhali | 59,000 | 300 | N | 2.0  | 60 | - | - | 10 | - | 200 |
Sarki | Nepali | 430,000 | 49,000 | Y | 1.0  | 47,000 | - | 500 | 1,500 | - | 40 |
Sayyid | Urdu | 76,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0  | - | 1,800 | - | - | - | - |
Shaikh | Maithili | 937,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0  | - | 14,000 | - | - | - | - |
Sherpa | Sherpa | 126,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | 32,000 | 3,100 | - | 200 |
Sherpa Helambu | Hyolmo | 2,900 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0  | 40 | - | 2,800 | 40 | - | - |
Silpkar (Hindu traditions | Nepali | 69,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0  | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sonar (Hindu traditions) | Nepali | 75,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0  | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sunri (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 107,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0  | 2,000 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
Sunuwar | Nepali | 65,000 | 6,600 | Y | 1.0  | 6,100 | - | 200 | 400 | - | - |
Tajpuriya | Rangpuri | 22,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tamang | Tamang, Eastern | 1,758,000 | 829,000 | N | 2.0  | 136,000 | - | 633,000 | 58,000 | - | 1,000 |
Tamboli (Hindu traditions | Maithili | 92,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0  | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tangbe | Seke | 700 | 70 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | 70 | - | - | - |
Tanti (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 120,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0  | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
Teli (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 423,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0  | 10,000 | - | - | 70 | - | - |
Teli (Muslim traditions) | Bhojpuri | 2,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0  | - | 60 | - | - | - | - |
Thakali | Nepali | 13,000 | 3,500 | Y | 1.0  | 1,600 | - | 1,600 | 200 | - | - |
Thakali Marphali | Thakali | 2,200 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 90 | - | 200 | - | - | - |
Thakali Tin Gaule | Thakali | 500 | 60 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | 60 | - | - | - |
Thakuri | Nepali | 487,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0  | 34,000 | - | 400 | 900 | - | - |
Thakuria | Nepali | 2,900 | 90 | Y | 1.0  | - | 90 | - | - | - | - |
Thami | Thangmi | 33,000 | 6,900 | Y | 1.0  | 5,600 | - | 900 | 200 | - | 300 |
Tharu Khawas | Tharu, Kathariya | 1,800 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tharu Rana | Tharu, Kathariya | 238,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0  | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tharu unspecified | Tharu, Kathariya | 1,753,000 | 27,000 | Y | 1.0  | 23,000 | - | - | 4,600 | - | - |
Thathera (Hindu tradition | Bhojpuri | 700 | 60 | Y | 1.0  | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
Thulung | Thulung | 3,900 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | 90 |
Tibetan, Bhotia | Tibetan, Central | 3,000 | 2,800 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | 2,800 | - | - | - |
Tokpegola | Nepali | 1,700 | 40 | Y | 1.0  | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Valmiki (Hindu traditions | Maithili | 6,500 | 500 | Y | 1.0  | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Walang | Walungge | 1,400 | 40 | Y | 1.0  | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 1,042,000 | 9,500 | Y | 1.0  | 9,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yakkha | Yakkha | 28,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | 300 |
Yakthumba, Limbu | Limbu | 444,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0  | 12,000 | - | 4,000 | 1,300 | - | 2,100 |
Yamphu | Yamphu | 7,900 | 40 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | 40 | - | - | - |
Yehlmo | Hyolmo | 12,000 | 8,000 | Y | 1.0  | 1,000 | - | 7,000 | 90 | - | - |
Zone Totals: 182 People Groups |
|
4,321,000 |
173 |
|
3,179,000 |
28,000 |
951,000 |
123,000 |
100 |
39,000 |