Nepal, Narayani state people groups

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Country:	Nepal
Province / State:	Narayani
District:	All

Major People Groups

159

Major Unreached People Groups

150

Total Population

3,353,000

Buddhist

11.0 %

Christian

1.5 %

Hindu

76.0 %

Muslim

10.8 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.7 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Abdul	300	Urdu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Adibasi Janajati	70	Nepali	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Amat	100	Maithili	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	22,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Maithili	1	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhi (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Nepali	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baha'i	30	Nepali	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Bahna (Hindu traditions)	5,300	Maithili	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Nepali	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Bangali (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Maithili	1	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	4,000	Bhojpuri	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90
Bania Agrahari	800	Bhojpuri	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Rauniar	1,500	Bhojpuri	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	31,000	Maithili	0	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bantar	1,000	Maithili	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bantawa	70	Bantawa	1	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baramu	100	Nepali	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bari (Hindu traditions)	900	Maithili	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	4,400	Maithili	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Muslim traditions)	600	Urdu	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	400	Urdu	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhar	1,900	Bhojpuri	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	4,400	Maithili	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhote	900	Nepali	1	200	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bind	32,000	Maithili	0	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Bote-Majhi	3,700	Bote	1	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhumihar	2,300	Maithili	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	2,200	Maithili	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Hill	321,000	Nepali	0	315,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	6,200
Brahmin Jijhotia	400	Maithili	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Joshi	500	Maithili	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	1,600	Maithili	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Khandelwal	400	Maithili	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	600	Maithili	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sakaldwipi	200	Maithili	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	300	Maithili	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sawaria	1,300	Awadhi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Terai	15,000	Maithili	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	94,000	Maithili	1	94,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	300
Chamling	70	Chamling	0	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	30
Chepang, Tsepang	56,000	Chepang	2	39,000	-1 -	12,000	4,700	-1 -	90
Chhantyal	100	Nepali	1	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	180,000	Nepali	1	177,000	-1 -	500	500	-1 -	1,900
Chidimar	3,200	Bhojpuri	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Churaute	20	Nepali	0	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Danuwar Rai	9,600	Danuwar	1	9,500	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Darai	9,600	Darai	1	9,400	-1 -	70	100	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	22,000	Nepali	1	21,000	-1 -	70	400	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Maithili	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	5,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanuk	38,000	Maithili	0	38,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Dharkar	200	Bhojpuri	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhimal	200	Dhimal	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	1,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi	700	Awadhi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Kanaujia	300	Awadhi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	3,400	Maithili	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dura	600	Nepali	1	200	-1 -	400	50	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	66,000	Maithili	0	66,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	50
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	3,400	Maithili	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gaddi (Muslim traditions)	200	Urdu	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandharva	700	Nepali	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Gangai	400	Nepali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	7,700	Nepali	1	7,400	-1 -	100	200	-1 -	-1 -
Gonrhi	600	Bhojpuri	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghale	2,900	Ghale, Southern	4	-1 -	-1 -	2,600	200	-1 -	80
Gurung Ghaleg	51,000	Gurung	2	7,300	-1 -	41,000	2,600	-1 -	300
Hadi	700	Maithili	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	17,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halalkhor (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Maithili	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Maithili	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	90	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -
Jirel	50	Jirel	1	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	5,800	Bhojpuri	0	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	56,000	Maithili	1	56,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Jaiswal	1,400	Maithili	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	1,100	Maithili	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kamar	200	Nepali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	54,000	Nepali	1	52,000	-1 -	1,200	800	-1 -	20
Kandu	115,000	Bhojpuri	0	115,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Kanjar (Hindu traditions)	100	Maithili	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kawar	200	Maithili	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Maithili	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Khatwa	1,500	Maithili	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kisan	100	Kurux	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koch (Hindu traditions)	100	Rajbanshi	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	78,000	Maithili	1	78,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Kumal	20,000	Nepali	1	19,000	-1 -	300	400	-1 -	50
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	30,000	Maithili	1	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	135,000	Bhojpuri	0	135,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions)	60	Bhojpuri	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	33,000	Maithili	0	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	35,000	Maithili	0	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	72,000	Nepali	1	65,000	-1 -	5,200	1,000	-1 -	700
Majhi	10,000	Nepali	1	9,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	900
Mal (Hindu traditions)	200	Maithili	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	5,600	Maithili	1	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	61,000	Maithili	1	61,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Maithili	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Maithili	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Manihar	700	Bhojpuri	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mech	-1 Unknown	Boro (India)	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mewahang	100	Mewahang, Eastern	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Miyan	6,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Maithili	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	32,000	Maithili	1	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Nachhiring	20	Nachiring	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	31,000	Maithili	0	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Bhojpuri	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	86,000	Newar	1	72,000	-1 -	12,000	900	-1 -	700
Oraon, Dhangar	3,500	Kurux	1	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	300
Pahari	2,200	Nepali	1	1,700	-1 -	400	20	-1 -	50
Pashtun, Pathan	1,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	800	Bhojpuri	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	6,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qassab	100	Urdu	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	4,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	19,000	Nepali	2	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	4,700
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	36,000	Maithili	0	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	200	Rajbanshi	4	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70
Rajbhar	1,300	Bhojpuri	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajdhob	200	Maithili	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raji	200	Raji	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Maithili	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	500	Maithili	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sampang	-1 Unknown	Sampang	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	200	Santhali	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Sarki	11,000	Nepali	1	10,000	-1 -	600	400	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	15,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	269,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	269,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	10,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	400	Sherpa	4	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	29,000	Maithili	1	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	4,200	Maithili	1	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	2,400	Sunwar	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	30
Tajpuriya	100	Rajbanshi	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	343,000	Tamang, Eastern	2	21,000	-1 -	290,000	31,000	-1 -	1,100
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	25,000	Maithili	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	35,000	Maithili	1	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	108,000	Maithili	1	108,000	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions)	900	Maithili	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	500	Nepali	4	300	-1 -	200	30	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	7,600	Nepali	1	7,000	-1 -	300	300	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuria	1,800	Bhojpuri	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thami	300	Thangmi	1	300	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu Khawas	20	Nepali	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu unspecified	213,000	Tharu, Dangaura	1	209,000	-1 -	-1 -	3,800	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	200	Awadhi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Walang	30	Walungge	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	198,000	Maithili	0	198,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Yadav Dhindhor	2,000	Maithili	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gaoli	16,000	Maithili	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kaonra	700	Maithili	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	1,900	Maithili	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakkha	5,000	Yakkha	1	2,200	-1 -	200	30	-1 -	2,700
Yakthumba, Limbu	1,500	Limbu	1	600	-1 -	700	30	-1 -	200
Yehlmo	300	Hyolmo	1	-1 -	-1 -	200	20	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 159	3,353,000		150 ●	2,549,000	363,000	370,000	49,000	90	22,000

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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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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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