Nepal, Lumbini state people groups

South Asia Peoples website

Country:	Nepal
Province / State:	Lumbini
District:	All

Major People Groups

172

Major Unreached People Groups

162

Total Population

3,267,000

Buddhist

4.1 %

Christian

0.7 %

Hindu

87.8 %

Muslim

7.2 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.2 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adibasi Janajati	50	Nepali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ahar	1,400	Awadhi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	6,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Maithili	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Muslim traditions)	500	Urdu	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhi (Hindu traditions)	3,800	Nepali	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baha'i	50	Nepali	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Bahna (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Maithili	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	24,000	Nepali	0	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90
Bangali (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Maithili	1	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	7,400	Bhojpuri	0	7,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Bania Agrahari	1,800	Bhojpuri	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Kasaundhan	1,900	Bhojpuri	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahur	1,300	Bhojpuri	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Rauniar	800	Bhojpuri	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	29,000	Maithili	0	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Bantar	60	Maithili	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baramu	100	Nepali	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bari (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Maithili	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	9,400	Maithili	0	9,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	400	Maithili	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	400	Urdu	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhand (Muslim traditions)	200	Urdu	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhar	1,100	Bhojpuri	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	46,000	Maithili	0	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Kharbind	11,000	Bhojpuri	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Kharot	6,300	Bhojpuri	0	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Mallah Mewat	3,500	Maithili	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Nikhad	2,300	Bhojpuri	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhote	300	Nepali	1	60	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bind	2,300	Maithili	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bote-Majhi	4,400	Bote	1	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhumihar	3,200	Maithili	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	600	Maithili	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Hill	557,000	Nepali	0	555,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	800
Brahmin Jijhotia	200	Maithili	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	1,600	Maithili	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Khandelwal	300	Maithili	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sakaldwipi	1,600	Maithili	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	400	Maithili	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sawaria	3,600	Awadhi	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Terai	12,000	Maithili	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	87,000	Maithili	1	86,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Chamling	20	Chamling	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chepang, Tsepang	300	Chepang	2	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhantyal	1,200	Nepali	1	500	-1 -	600	70	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	282,000	Nepali	1	279,000	-1 -	2,100	300	-1 -	300
Chidimar	200	Bhojpuri	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Danuwar Rai	200	Danuwar	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darai	2,600	Darai	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	53,000	Nepali	1	52,000	-1 -	500	200	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Maithili	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	6,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhandi	2,200	Bhojpuri	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanuk	1,000	Maithili	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dharkar	1,900	Bhojpuri	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhimal	20	Dhimal	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	2,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi	700	Awadhi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Kanaujia	1,800	Awadhi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	300	Maithili	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Muslim traditions)	1,800	Bhojpuri	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dura	20	Nepali	1	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	46,000	Maithili	0	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Maithili	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gaddi (Muslim traditions)	300	Urdu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandharva	1,500	Nepali	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Gangai	70	Nepali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	10,000	Nepali	1	9,800	-1 -	50	200	-1 -	-1 -
Gonrhi	70	Bhojpuri	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Goriya (Hindu traditions)	200	Awadhi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain	300	Maithili	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghale	300	Ghale, Southern	4	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	44,000	Gurung	2	2,800	-1 -	36,000	2,900	-1 -	3,100
Hajam	8,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	8,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halalkhor (Hindu traditions)	60	Maithili	1	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Maithili	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	50	Hindi	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	60	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	100	Maithili	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	51,000	Bhojpuri	0	51,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	40	Maithili	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	9,300	Maithili	1	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Jaiswal	1,000	Maithili	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kamar	40	Nepali	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	158,000	Nepali	1	155,000	-1 -	1,700	2,000	-1 -	40
Kandu	1,800	Bhojpuri	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanjar (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Maithili	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	4,500	Maithili	1	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Sribastab	600	Awadhi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khas	600	Nepali	0	500	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatwa	100	Maithili	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koch (Hindu traditions)	30	Rajbanshi	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	19,000	Maithili	1	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Koli (Hindu traditions)	600	Awadhi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kori	8,800	Awadhi	0	8,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumal	48,000	Nepali	1	47,000	-1 -	500	900	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Maithili	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	68,000	Bhojpuri	0	68,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lhomi, Shing Saapa	20	Lhomi	1	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions)	32,000	Bhojpuri	0	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Maithili	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Lohorung	20	Yamphu, Southern	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	200	Maithili	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	527,000	Nepali	1	447,000	-1 -	71,000	7,800	-1 -	800
Majhi	2,800	Nepali	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	200
Mal (Hindu traditions)	70	Maithili	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Maithili	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Maithili	1	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Maithili	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Maithili	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Manihar	500	Bhojpuri	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mech	-1 Unknown	Boro (India)	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Miyan	4,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Maithili	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda, Horo	50	Maithili	2	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Murao (Hindu traditions)	500	Awadhi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	7,100	Maithili	1	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	19,000	Maithili	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Hindu traditions)	600	Bhojpuri	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	61,000	Newar	1	51,000	-1 -	9,600	700	-1 -	100
Oraon, Dhangar	300	Kurux	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Pashtun, Pathan	4,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Bhojpuri	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	3,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qassab	300	Urdu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	500	Urdu	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	2,600	Nepali	2	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	900
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	40,000	Maithili	0	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	200	Rajbanshi	4	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Rajbhar	6,200	Bhojpuri	1	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Rajdhob	200	Maithili	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raji	20	Raji	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Maithili	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	15,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bais (Muslim traditions)	1,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Muslim traditions)	2,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Nau	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Muslim traditions)	1,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	400	Urdu	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rongkup-Lepcha	20	Lepcha	1	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	300	Santhali	2	200	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	100
Sarki	50,000	Nepali	1	49,000	-1 -	400	500	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	11,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	158,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	158,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	1,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	900	Sherpa	4	-1 -	-1 -	900	20	-1 -	-1 -
Silpkar (Hindu traditions)	900	Nepali	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Maithili	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	800	Maithili	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	1,200	Sunwar	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	10,000	Tamang, Eastern	2	500	-1 -	8,000	1,200	-1 -	400
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Maithili	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	100	Maithili	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	39,000	Maithili	1	39,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	1,700	Nepali	4	600	-1 -	1,100	50	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	29,000	Nepali	1	28,000	-1 -	200	800	-1 -	-1 -
Thami	100	Thangmi	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu Khawas	300	Nepali	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu unspecified	253,000	Tharu, Dangaura	1	249,000	-1 -	-1 -	4,300	-1 -	20
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Awadhi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	143,000	Maithili	0	142,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Dhindhor	6,800	Maithili	0	6,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	1,500	Awadhi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	4,600	Awadhi	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions)	31,000	Awadhi	0	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kaonra	500	Maithili	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	1,700	Maithili	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakkha	800	Yakkha	1	600	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	600	Limbu	1	300	-1 -	100	20	-1 -	70
Yehlmo	90	Hyolmo	1	40	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 172	3,267,000		162 ●	2,867,000	235,000	133,000	24,000	60	7,200

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1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
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