Nepal, Dhaulagiri state people groups

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Country:	Nepal
Province / State:	Dhaulagiri
District:	All

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

621,000

Buddhist

10.4 %

Christian

0.7 %

Hindu

87.8 %

Muslim

0.2 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.8 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ansari	100	Urdu	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhi (Hindu traditions)	400	Nepali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	4,100	Nepali	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Bania unspecified	40	Maithili	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bantar	20	Maithili	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	20	Urdu	0	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhote	80	Nepali	1	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bote-Majhi	200	Bote	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Hill	132,000	Nepali	0	130,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,400
Brahmin Terai	30	Maithili	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhantyal	9,400	Nepali	1	5,500	-1 -	3,500	200	-1 -	200
Chhetri	109,000	Nepali	1	105,000	-1 -	2,500	100	-1 -	1,400
Darjee	35,000	Nepali	1	34,000	-1 -	900	300	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	20	Maithili	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandharva	300	Nepali	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangai	30	Nepali	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	1,900	Nepali	1	1,800	-1 -	50	50	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghale	20	Ghale, Southern	4	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	12,000	Gurung	2	100	-1 -	11,000	500	-1 -	700
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	70	Maithili	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Maithili	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	86,000	Nepali	1	79,000	-1 -	6,300	800	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	30	Bhojpuri	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanjar (Hindu traditions)	20	Maithili	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	300	Maithili	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kisan	700	Kurux	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	60	Maithili	1	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kulung	-1 Unknown	Kulung (Nepal)	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumal	2,500	Nepali	1	2,100	-1 -	300	90	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	20	Bhojpuri	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Loba	2,900	Lhowa	1	-1 -	-1 -	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	20	Maithili	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	158,000	Nepali	1	128,000	-1 -	28,000	1,500	-1 -	900
Majhi	600	Nepali	1	500	-1 -	20	30	-1 -	20
Miyan	600	Urdu	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	70	Maithili	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	9,300	Newar	1	7,100	-1 -	2,000	70	-1 -	200
Pashtun, Pathan	30	Urdu	0	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	700	Nepali	2	600	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	80
Rongkup-Lepcha	800	Lepcha	1	40	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sarki	33,000	Nepali	1	31,000	-1 -	1,200	500	-1 -	70
Sayyid	100	Urdu	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	400	Urdu	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	200	Sherpa	4	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	50	Maithili	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	20	Maithili	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	40	Sunwar	1	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	1,900	Tamang, Eastern	2	-1 -	-1 -	1,600	100	-1 -	100
Teli (Hindu traditions)	200	Maithili	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	3,100	Nepali	4	1,500	-1 -	1,500	80	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali Marphali	1,500	Thakali	1	100	-1 -	1,400	30	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	11,000	Nepali	1	11,000	-1 -	500	200	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu unspecified	600	Tharu, Dangaura	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	100	Maithili	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	100	Limbu	1	70	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 55	621,000		49 ●	545,000	1,300	65,000	4,600	0	5,100

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Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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