People Name |
Primary Language |
Country Population |
Zone Population |
Least Reached |
Progress Scale |
Hindu |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Christian |
Sikh |
Other |
Abdul | Bhojpuri | 1,500 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
Adibasi Janajati | Nepali | 1,300 | 70 | Y | 1.0  | 60 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
Amat | Maithili | 3,400 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ansari | Bhojpuri | 50,000 | 22,000 | Y | 1.0  | - | 22,000 | - | - | - | - |
Badhai (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 37,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0  | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
Badhi (Hindu traditions) | Nepali | 44,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0  | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Baha'i | Hindi | 1,300 | 30 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | - | - | - | 30 |
Bahna (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 18,000 | 5,200 | Y | 1.0  | 5,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bairagi (Hindu traditions | Bhojpuri | 280,000 | 21,000 | Y | 1.0  | 21,000 | - | - | - | - | 300 |
Bangali (Hindu traditions | Maithili | 30,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0  | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bania Agarwal | Marwari | 21,000 | 3,900 | Y | 1.0  | 3,900 | - | - | - | - | 90 |
Bania Agrahari | Bhojpuri | 2,600 | 800 | Y | 1.0  | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bania Rauniar | Bhojpuri | 3,100 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0  | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bania unspecified | Maithili | 125,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0  | 31,000 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
Bankariya | Nepali | 600 | 100 | N | 5.0  | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bantar | Bhojpuri | 63,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0  | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bantawa | Bantawa | 5,100 | 70 | Y | 1.0  | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Baramu | Nepali | 9,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bardai | Nepali | 1,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0  | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bari (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 11,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0  | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bedia (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 27,000 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0  | 4,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bedia (Muslim traditions) | Bhojpuri | 2,400 | 600 | Y | 1.0  | - | 600 | - | - | - | - |
Bhar | Bhojpuri | 4,200 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0  | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bhat (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 900 | 70 | Y | 1.0  | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 145,000 | 4,500 | Y | 1.0  | 4,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bhote | Nepali | 15,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | 700 | - | - | - |
Bind | Bhojpuri | 84,000 | 32,000 | Y | 1.0  | 32,000 | - | - | - | - | 40 |
Bote-Majhi | Bote | 13,000 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0  | 3,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Bhumihar | Maithili | 19,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0  | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Gaur | Maithili | 8,100 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0  | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Hill | Nepali | 3,683,000 | 315,000 | Y | 1.0  | 309,000 | - | - | - | - | 6,200 |
Brahmin Jijhotia | Bhojpuri | 1,600 | 400 | Y | 1.0  | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Joshi | Bhojpuri | 2,400 | 500 | Y | 1.0  | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Kanaujia | Maithili | 7,300 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0  | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Khandelwal | Bhojpuri | 2,200 | 400 | Y | 1.0  | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Radhi | Maithili | 3,900 | 600 | Y | 1.0  | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Sakaldwipi | Maithili | 3,300 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Saraswat | Maithili | 3,200 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Sawaria | Maithili | 6,500 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0  | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Terai | Bhojpuri | 119,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0  | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 369,000 | 93,000 | Y | 1.0  | 93,000 | - | - | 20 | - | 300 |
Chamling | Chamling | 7,400 | 70 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | 40 | - | - | 30 |
Chepang, Tsepang | Chepang | 79,000 | 55,000 | N | 2.0  | 38,000 | - | 12,000 | 4,600 | - | 90 |
Chhantyal | Nepali | 14,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | 100 | - | - | - |
Chhetri | Nepali | 5,035,000 | 177,000 | Y | 1.0  | 174,000 | - | 500 | 500 | - | 1,900 |
Chidimar | Bhojpuri | 5,100 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0  | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | 40 |
Churaute | Nepali | 2,800 | 20 | Y | 1.0  | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
Danuwar Rai | Nepali | 96,000 | 9,500 | Y | 1.0  | 9,400 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
Darai | Darai | 20,000 | 9,400 | Y | 1.0  | 9,200 | - | 70 | 100 | - | - |
Darjee | Nepali | 540,000 | 21,000 | Y | 1.0  | 21,000 | - | 70 | 400 | - | - |
Darzi (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 8,500 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0  | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Darzi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 23,000 | 5,800 | Y | 1.0  | - | 5,800 | - | - | - | - |
Dhanuk | Bhojpuri | 252,000 | 37,000 | Y | 1.0  | 37,000 | - | - | - | - | 40 |
Dharkar | Bhojpuri | 3,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dhimal | Dhimal | 31,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 129,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0  | 35,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dhobi (Muslim traditions) | Bhojpuri | 8,100 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0  | - | 1,200 | - | - | - | - |
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi | Bhojpuri | 1,700 | 700 | Y | 1.0  | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dhobi Kanaujia | Bhojpuri | 2,100 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Domar (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 16,000 | 3,300 | Y | 1.0  | 3,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dura | Nepali | 6,100 | 600 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | 400 | 40 | - | - |
Dusadh (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 240,000 | 65,000 | Y | 1.0  | 65,000 | - | - | 20 | - | 40 |
Gadaria (Hindu traditions | Bhojpuri | 9,200 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0  | 3,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gaddi (Muslim traditions) | Bhojpuri | 1,100 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
Gandharva | Nepali | 8,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0  | 700 | - | - | 30 | - | - |
Gangai | Bagheli | 44,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gharti | Nepali | 136,000 | 7,500 | Y | 1.0  | 7,200 | - | 100 | 200 | - | - |
Gonrhi | Bhojpuri | 1,400 | 600 | Y | 1.0  | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gurung Ghale | Gurung | 26,000 | 2,800 | N | 2.0  | - | - | 2,600 | 200 | - | 70 |
Gurung Ghaleg | Nepali | 603,000 | 50,000 | N | 2.0  | 7,200 | - | 40,000 | 2,600 | - | 300 |
Hadi | Bhojpuri | 2,600 | 700 | Y | 1.0  | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
Hajam | Bhojpuri | 42,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0  | - | 17,000 | - | - | - | - |
Halalkhor (Hindu traditio | Bhojpuri | 4,900 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0  | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
Halwai (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 96,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0  | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
Jat (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 1,200 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,100 | 90 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | - | - | 90 | - |
Jirel | Jirel | 6,500 | 50 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | 50 | - | - | - |
Kahar (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 62,000 | 5,700 | Y | 1.0  | 5,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kalwar (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 129,000 | 57,000 | Y | 1.0  | 57,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kalwar Iraqi (Hindu tradi | Bhojpuri | 700 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kalwar Jaiswal | Bhojpuri | 6,600 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0  | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kalwar Sunri | Maithili | 9,300 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0  | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kamar | Bhojpuri | 1,900 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kami | Nepali | 1,441,000 | 53,000 | Y | 1.0  | 51,000 | - | 1,200 | 800 | - | 20 |
Kandu | Bhojpuri | 147,000 | 113,000 | Y | 1.0  | 113,000 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
Kanjar (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 3,400 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kawar | Maithili | 1,400 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kayastha (Hindu tradition | Bhojpuri | 51,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0  | 12,000 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
Kayastha Karan | Maithili | 900 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kharia | Kharia | 600 | 30 | Y | 1.0  | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Khatwa | Bhojpuri | 117,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0  | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kisan | Bhojpuri | 2,600 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Koch (Hindu traditions) | Koch | 1,800 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | 90 | - | - | - | - | 50 |
Koiri (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 351,000 | 76,000 | Y | 1.0  | 76,000 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
Kumal | Nepali | 138,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0  | 19,000 | - | 300 | 300 | - | 40 |
Kumhar (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 73,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0  | 30,000 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 265,000 | 133,000 | Y | 1.0  | 133,000 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
Lodha (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 38,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0  | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
Lohar (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 118,000 | 33,000 | Y | 1.0  | 33,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Lunia (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 80,000 | 34,000 | Y | 1.0  | 34,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Magar | Nepali | 2,164,000 | 71,000 | Y | 1.0  | 64,000 | - | 5,100 | 1,000 | - | 700 |
Majhi | Nepali | 96,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0  | 8,900 | - | - | 300 | - | 800 |
Mal (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 1,400 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mali (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 16,000 | 5,500 | Y | 1.0  | 5,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mallah (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 198,000 | 60,000 | Y | 1.0  | 60,000 | - | - | 30 | - | - |
Mallah Chain (Hindu tradi | Bhojpuri | 5,300 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0  | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mallah Kewat (Hindu tradi | Bhojpuri | 6,400 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0  | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Manihar | Bhojpuri | 1,700 | 700 | Y | 1.0  | - | 700 | - | - | - | - |
Mech | Boro | 5,700 | 10 | Y | 1.0  | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mewahang | Mewahang, Western | 4,500 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | 90 | - | - | - | - | 40 |
Miyan | Urdu | 35,000 | 5,900 | Y | 1.0  | - | 5,900 | - | - | - | - |
Mochi (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 15,000 | 3,900 | Y | 1.0  | 3,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
Moghal | Urdu | 2,300 | 400 | Y | 1.0  | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
Musahar (Hindu traditions | Bhojpuri | 269,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0  | 31,000 | - | - | 30 | - | - |
Nachhiring | Nachiring | 8,500 | 20 | Y | 1.0  | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Nai (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 135,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0  | 31,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Nat (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 3,500 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0  | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
Newah | Nepali | 1,514,000 | 85,000 | Y | 1.0  | 71,000 | - | 12,000 | 900 | - | 700 |
Oraon, Dhangar | Kurux | 45,000 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0  | 3,100 | - | - | 60 | - | 300 |
Pahari | Nepali | 16,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0  | 1,600 | - | 400 | 20 | - | 40 |
Pashtun, Pathan | Urdu | 10,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0  | - | 1,200 | - | - | - | - |
Pasi (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 4,500 | 800 | Y | 1.0  | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pinjara | Bhojpuri | 20,000 | 5,900 | Y | 1.0  | - | 5,900 | - | - | - | - |
Qassab | Bhojpuri | 1,900 | 100 | Y | 1.0  | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
Qazi | Bhojpuri | 12,000 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0  | - | 4,300 | - | - | - | - |
Rai | Nepali | 709,000 | 19,000 | N | 2.0  | 13,000 | - | - | 1,500 | - | 4,600 |
Rajbansi (Hindu tradition | Rangpuri | 132,000 | 200 | N | 2.0  | 100 | - | - | - | - | 70 |
Rajbhar | Bhojpuri | 12,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0  | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajdhob | Maithili | 15,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Raji | Bhojpuri | 5,300 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 44,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0  | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu tra | Bhojpuri | 1,200 | 500 | Y | 1.0  | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rayeen (Muslim traditions | Bhojpuri | 4,700 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0  | - | 1,100 | - | - | - | - |
Sampang | Nepali | 1,700 | 10 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
Santal (Sawntal) | Santhali | 59,000 | 200 | N | 2.0  | 100 | - | - | 10 | - | 100 |
Sarki | Nepali | 430,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0  | 10,000 | - | 600 | 400 | - | - |
Sayyid | Urdu | 76,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0  | - | 15,000 | - | - | - | - |
Shaikh | Urdu | 937,000 | 265,000 | Y | 1.0  | - | 265,000 | - | - | - | - |
Shaikh Qureshi | Urdu | 20,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0  | - | 10,000 | - | - | - | - |
Shaikh Siddiqi | Bhojpuri | 800 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
Sherpa | Sherpa | 126,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | 400 | - | - | - |
Sonar (Hindu traditions) | Bhojpuri | 75,000 | 28,000 | Y | 1.0  | 28,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sunri (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 107,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0  | 4,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sunuwar | Nepali | 65,000 | 2,400 | Y | 1.0  | 2,300 | - | - | 20 | - | 30 |
Tajpuriya | Rangpuri | 22,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0  | 80 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
Tamang | Tamang, Western | 1,758,000 | 337,000 | N | 2.0  | 20,000 | - | 286,000 | 30,000 | - | 1,100 |
Tamboli (Hindu traditions | Bhojpuri | 92,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0  | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tamboli (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 900 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
Tanti (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 120,000 | 34,000 | Y | 1.0  | 34,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Teli (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 423,000 | 106,000 | Y | 1.0  | 106,000 | - | - | 70 | - | - |
Teli Gangauta (Hindu trad | Bhojpuri | 14,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0  | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
Thakali | Thakali | 13,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | 200 | 30 | - | - |
Thakuri | Nepali | 487,000 | 7,400 | Y | 1.0  | 6,900 | - | 200 | 300 | - | - |
Thakuria | Bhojpuri | 2,900 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0  | - | 1,800 | - | - | - | - |
Thami | Nepali | 33,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0  | 300 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
Tharu Khawas | Tharu, Kathariya | 1,800 | 20 | Y | 1.0  | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tharu unspecified | Tharu, Kathariya | 1,753,000 | 217,000 | Y | 1.0  | 213,000 | - | - | 3,800 | - | - |
Valmiki (Hindu traditions | Maithili | 6,500 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Walang | Nepali | 1,400 | 30 | Y | 1.0  | 20 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 1,042,000 | 202,000 | Y | 1.0  | 201,000 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
Yadav Dhindhor | Bhojpuri | 18,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0  | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yadav Gaoli | Bhojpuri | 93,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0  | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yadav Kaonra | Bhojpuri | 3,400 | 700 | Y | 1.0  | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yadav Rawat | Bhojpuri | 11,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0  | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yakkha | Nepali | 28,000 | 5,000 | Y | 1.0  | 2,100 | - | 200 | 30 | - | 2,600 |
Yakthumba, Limbu | Limbu | 444,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0  | 500 | - | 700 | 30 | - | 200 |
Yehlmo | Hyolmo | 12,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | - | - | 200 | 20 | - | - |
Zone Totals: 167 People Groups |
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3,320,000 |
159 |
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2,527,000 |
359,000 |
364,000 |
49,000 |
90 |
22,000 |