People Name |
Primary Language |
Country Population |
Zone Population |
Least Reached |
Progress Scale |
Hindu |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Christian |
Sikh |
Other |
Abdul | Maithili | 1,500 | 400 | Y | 1.0  | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
Adibasi Janajati | Nepali | 1,300 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Amat | Maithili | 3,400 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0  | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ansari | Urdu | 50,000 | 3,800 | Y | 1.0  | - | 3,800 | - | - | - | - |
Ath Pahariya | Athpariya | 6,800 | 6,700 | Y | 1.0  | 3,900 | - | 2,800 | - | - | - |
Badhai (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 37,000 | 4,000 | Y | 1.0  | 3,900 | - | - | 50 | - | - |
Badhai (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 2,700 | 400 | Y | 1.0  | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
Badhi (Hindu traditions) | Nepali | 44,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0  | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Baha'i | Maithili | 1,300 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | - | - | - | 300 |
Bahing | Nepali | 3,300 | 400 | Y | 1.0  | 50 | - | 100 | - | - | 200 |
Bahna (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 18,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bairagi (Hindu traditions | Maithili | 280,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0  | 18,000 | - | 70 | 50 | - | 1,400 |
Bangali (Hindu traditions | Bengali | 30,000 | 6,900 | Y | 1.0  | 6,800 | - | - | 100 | - | 10 |
Bania Agarwal | Maithili | 21,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0  | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
Bania Khatri | Maithili | 1,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0  | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bania Mahesri | Maithili | 900 | 400 | Y | 1.0  | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bania unspecified | Maithili | 125,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0  | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | 1,700 |
Bantar | Maithili | 63,000 | 38,000 | Y | 1.0  | 38,000 | - | 40 | - | - | - |
Bantawa | Nepali | 5,100 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0  | 1,900 | - | 500 | - | - | 1,200 |
Baramu | Nepali | 9,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 100 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
Bari (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 11,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bedia (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 27,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0  | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bedia (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 2,400 | 900 | Y | 1.0  | - | 900 | - | - | - | - |
Beldar (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 3,300 | 500 | Y | 1.0  | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bhand (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 8,600 | 3,300 | Y | 1.0  | - | 3,300 | - | - | - | - |
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 145,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0  | 29,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bhoi Kharot | Maithili | 7,300 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bhoi Mallah Mewat | Maithili | 8,600 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0  | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bhote | Nepali | 15,000 | 4,700 | Y | 1.0  | 80 | - | 4,500 | 100 | - | 30 |
Bind | Maithili | 84,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0  | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bote-Majhi | Nepali | 13,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0  | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Bhumihar | Maithili | 19,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0  | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Gaur | Maithili | 8,100 | 700 | Y | 1.0  | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Hill | Nepali | 3,683,000 | 260,000 | Y | 1.0  | 228,000 | - | - | 20 | - | 32,000 |
Brahmin Joshi | Maithili | 2,400 | 500 | Y | 1.0  | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Kanaujia | Maithili | 7,300 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Khandelwal | Maithili | 2,200 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Radhi | Maithili | 3,900 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Sakaldwipi | Maithili | 3,300 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Saraswat | Maithili | 3,200 | 500 | Y | 1.0  | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Terai | Maithili | 119,000 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0  | 3,300 | - | - | - | - | 300 |
Byansi | Byangsi | 4,800 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 369,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0  | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Chamling | Chamling | 7,400 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0  | 600 | - | 700 | - | - | 1,100 |
Chepang, Tsepang | Chepang | 79,000 | 300 | N | 2.0  | 200 | - | 90 | 40 | - | - |
Chhantyal | Chantyal | 14,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
Chhetri | Nepali | 5,035,000 | 342,000 | Y | 1.0  | 333,000 | - | 2,400 | 300 | - | 6,300 |
Christian | Nepali | 800 | 400 | N | 3.0  | - | - | - | 400 | - | - |
Churaute | Nepali | 2,800 | 10 | Y | 1.0  | - | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Danuwar Rai | Danuwar | 96,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0  | 3,500 | - | - | 90 | - | - |
Darai | Nepali | 20,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Darjee | Nepali | 540,000 | 37,000 | Y | 1.0  | 36,000 | - | 400 | 400 | - | - |
Darzi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 8,500 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Darzi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 23,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0  | - | 1,400 | - | - | - | - |
Dhandi | Nepali | 2,200 | 30 | Y | 1.0  | 10 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
Dhanuk | Maithili | 252,000 | 28,000 | Y | 1.0  | 28,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dhimal | Dhimal | 31,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0  | 17,000 | - | 20 | 300 | - | 400 |
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 129,000 | 5,100 | Y | 1.0  | 5,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dhobi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 8,100 | 900 | Y | 1.0  | - | 900 | - | - | - | - |
Domar (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 16,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0  | 2,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dura | Nepali | 6,100 | 10 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Dusadh (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 240,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0  | 12,000 | - | 40 | 20 | - | - |
Gadaria (Hindu traditions | Maithili | 9,200 | 800 | Y | 1.0  | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gandharva | Nepali | 8,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0  | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gangai | Nepali | 44,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0  | 30,000 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
Gharti | Bhujel | 136,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0  | 17,000 | - | 300 | - | - | 100 |
Gonrhi | Maithili | 1,400 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gosain | Maithili | 2,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gurung Ghale | Nepali | 26,000 | 900 | N | 2.0  | - | - | 900 | - | - | - |
Gurung Ghaleg | Gurung | 603,000 | 35,000 | N | 2.0  | 100 | - | 32,000 | 1,400 | - | 1,400 |
Hadi | Maithili | 2,600 | 700 | Y | 1.0  | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
Hajam | Urdu | 42,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0  | - | 1,400 | - | - | - | - |
Halalkhor (Hindu traditio | Maithili | 4,900 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
Halwai (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 96,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0  | 18,000 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
Hayu | Nepali | 3,400 | 10 | Y | 1.0  | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Jat (Hindu traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,200 | 50 | Y | 1.0  | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Jat (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 1,100 | 700 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | - | - | 700 | - |
Jirel | Jirel | 6,500 | 20 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
Jogi (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 1,100 | 500 | Y | 1.0  | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kahar (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 62,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0  | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kaibartta | Maithili | 1,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0  | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 1,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0  | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kalwar (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 129,000 | 4,700 | Y | 1.0  | 4,700 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
Kalwar Jaiswal | Maithili | 6,600 | 600 | Y | 1.0  | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kalwar Sunri | Maithili | 9,300 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0  | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kamar | Nepali | 1,900 | 700 | Y | 1.0  | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kami | Nepali | 1,441,000 | 72,000 | Y | 1.0  | 70,000 | - | 700 | 500 | - | 500 |
Kandu | Maithili | 147,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kanjar (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 3,400 | 900 | Y | 1.0  | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kawar | Maithili | 1,400 | 500 | Y | 1.0  | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kayastha (Hindu tradition | Maithili | 51,000 | 6,400 | Y | 1.0  | 6,300 | - | - | 70 | - | - |
Khaling | Khaling | 1,700 | 800 | Y | 1.0  | 50 | - | 80 | - | - | 600 |
Kharia | Maithili | 600 | 600 | Y | 1.0  | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
Khas | Nepali | 19,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0  | 17,000 | - | 400 | - | - | 200 |
Khatwa | Maithili | 117,000 | 9,400 | Y | 1.0  | 9,100 | - | 100 | 90 | - | 70 |
Kisan | Maithili | 2,600 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Koch (Hindu traditions) | Rajbanshi | 1,800 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
Koiri (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 351,000 | 40,000 | Y | 1.0  | 39,000 | - | 100 | 600 | - | - |
Kulung | Kulung | 32,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0  | 6,200 | - | 2,500 | 90 | - | 11,000 |
Kumal | Nepali | 138,000 | 5,100 | Y | 1.0  | 4,700 | - | 400 | 50 | - | - |
Kumhar (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 73,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0  | 2,600 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
Kumhar Magahia | Maithili | 1,400 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 265,000 | 3,000 | Y | 1.0  | 3,000 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
Kusunda | Kusunda | 300 | 70 | Y | 1.0  | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Lhomi, Shing Saapa | Lhomi | 1,300 | 700 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | 700 | - | - | - |
Lodha (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 38,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0  | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
Lohar (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 118,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0  | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Lohar (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 1,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0  | - | 600 | - | - | - | - |
Lohorung | Yamphu, Southern | 1,400 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0  | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Lunia (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 80,000 | 9,500 | Y | 1.0  | 9,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Magar | Magar, Eastern | 2,164,000 | 82,000 | Y | 1.0  | 65,000 | - | 13,000 | 2,800 | - | 2,000 |
Majhi | Nepali | 96,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0  | 13,000 | - | 400 | 500 | - | 1,200 |
Mal (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 1,400 | 70 | Y | 1.0  | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mali (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 16,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0  | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mallah (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 198,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0  | 19,000 | - | - | 70 | - | - |
Mech | Boro | 5,700 | 400 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
Mewahang | Mewahang, Eastern | 4,500 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0  | 400 | - | 80 | - | - | 2,700 |
Miyan | Nepali | 35,000 | 3,900 | Y | 1.0  | - | 3,900 | - | - | - | - |
Mochi (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 15,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0  | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
Munda, Horo | Maithili | 2,600 | 1,600 | N | 2.0  | 1,500 | - | - | 90 | - | 20 |
Musahar (Hindu traditions | Maithili | 269,000 | 62,000 | Y | 1.0  | 61,000 | - | 200 | 1,000 | - | - |
Nachhiring | Nachiring | 8,500 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | 900 | - | - | 400 |
Nai (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 135,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0  | 12,000 | - | - | 60 | - | - |
Namassej (Hindu tradition | Maithili | 1,500 | 700 | Y | 1.0  | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
Nat (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 3,500 | 60 | Y | 1.0  | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
Nat (Muslim traditions) | Maithili | 700 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
Newah | Newar | 1,514,000 | 105,000 | Y | 1.0  | 89,000 | - | 13,000 | 900 | - | 1,800 |
Oraon, Dhangar | Kurux | 45,000 | 34,000 | Y | 1.0  | 32,000 | - | 200 | 1,100 | - | 200 |
Pahari | Newar | 16,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0  | 20 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
Pashtun, Pathan | Urdu | 10,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0  | - | 1,400 | - | - | - | - |
Pasi (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 4,500 | 40 | Y | 1.0  | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pinjara | Urdu | 20,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0  | - | 900 | - | - | - | - |
Qassab | Maithili | 1,900 | 500 | Y | 1.0  | - | 500 | - | - | - | - |
Qazi | Urdu | 12,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0  | - | 90 | - | - | - | - |
Rai | Bantawa | 709,000 | 236,000 | N | 2.0  | 38,000 | - | - | 8,700 | - | 189,000 |
Rajbansi (Hindu tradition | Rajbanshi | 132,000 | 44,000 | N | 2.0  | 42,000 | - | - | 1,500 | - | 800 |
Rajbhar | Maithili | 12,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0  | 2,100 | - | - | 30 | - | - |
Rajdhob | Nepali | 15,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0  | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
Raji | Nepali | 5,300 | 20 | Y | 1.0  | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Marwari | 44,000 | 5,200 | Y | 1.0  | 5,000 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
Rajput (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 13,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0  | - | 600 | - | - | - | - |
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu tra | Maithili | 1,200 | 400 | Y | 1.0  | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rayeen (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 4,700 | 600 | Y | 1.0  | - | 600 | - | - | - | - |
Rongkup | Nepali | 4,700 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 90 | - | 20 | - | - | 60 |
Sampang | Sampang | 1,700 | 800 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | 300 | - | - | 300 |
Santal (Sawntal) | Santhali | 59,000 | 22,000 | N | 2.0  | 19,000 | - | 60 | 2,300 | - | 700 |
Saora | Sora | 1,800 | 1,800 | N | 2.0  | 1,700 | - | - | 90 | - | - |
Sarbaria | Nepali | 3,700 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0  | 1,800 | - | 500 | - | - | 600 |
Sarki | Nepali | 430,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0  | 20,000 | - | 500 | 300 | - | 20 |
Sayyid | Urdu | 76,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0  | - | 14,000 | - | - | - | - |
Shaikh | Urdu | 937,000 | 110,000 | Y | 1.0  | - | 110,000 | - | - | - | - |
Shaikh Qureshi | Urdu | 20,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0  | - | 1,400 | - | - | - | - |
Shaikh Siddiqi | Urdu | 800 | 500 | Y | 1.0  | - | 500 | - | - | - | - |
Sherpa | Sherpa | 126,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | 18,000 | 300 | - | 10 |
Sonar (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 75,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0  | 4,200 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
Sunri (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 107,000 | 9,000 | Y | 1.0  | 8,600 | - | - | 300 | - | 40 |
Sunuwar | Sunwar | 65,000 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0  | 3,700 | - | - | 300 | - | 300 |
Tajpuriya | Rajbanshi | 22,000 | 7,400 | Y | 1.0  | 7,200 | - | - | 300 | - | - |
Tamang | Tamang, Eastern | 1,758,000 | 105,000 | N | 2.0  | 4,300 | - | 94,000 | 3,500 | - | 3,100 |
Tamboli (Hindu traditions | Maithili | 92,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0  | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tanti (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 120,000 | 5,200 | Y | 1.0  | 5,100 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
Teli (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 423,000 | 38,000 | Y | 1.0  | 38,000 | - | - | 300 | - | - |
Teli Gangauta (Hindu trad | Maithili | 14,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0  | 3,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
Thakali | Nepali | 13,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 70 | - | 100 | - | - | - |
Thakuri | Nepali | 487,000 | 3,900 | Y | 1.0  | 3,900 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
Thami | Thangmi | 33,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0  | 600 | - | - | 10 | - | 20 |
Tharu Khawas | Tharu, Kathariya | 1,800 | 20 | Y | 1.0  | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tharu unspecified | Tharu, Kathariya | 1,753,000 | 156,000 | Y | 1.0  | 151,000 | - | - | 4,800 | - | 20 |
Thathera (Hindu tradition | Maithili | 700 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Thulung | Thulung | 3,900 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0  | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | 300 |
Tokpegola | Nepali | 1,700 | 80 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | 80 | - | - | - |
Valmiki (Hindu traditions | Maithili | 6,500 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 1,042,000 | 55,000 | Y | 1.0  | 55,000 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
Yadav Dhindhor | Maithili | 18,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yadav Gaoli | Maithili | 93,000 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0  | 3,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yadav Rawat | Maithili | 11,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yakkha | Yakkha | 28,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0  | 2,400 | - | 200 | 100 | - | 14,000 |
Yakthumba, Limbu | Limbu | 444,000 | 149,000 | Y | 1.0  | 22,000 | - | 400 | 3,800 | - | 123,000 |
Yamphu | Yamphu | 7,900 | 7,100 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | 6,500 | - | - | 300 |
Yehlmo | Hyolmo | 12,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | 40 | - | - | 20 |
Zone Totals: 180 People Groups |
|
2,593,000 |
170 |
|
1,807,000 |
147,000 |
199,000 |
38,000 |
700 |
400,000 |