Nepal, Lumbini state people groups

South Asia Peoples website

Country:	Nepal
Province / State:	Lumbini
District:	All

Total People Groups

172

Unreached People Groups

162

Total Population

3,018,000

Buddhist

4.0 %

Christian

0.7 %

Hindu

87.9 %

Muslim

7.1 %

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	30	Nepali	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ahar	1,200	Awadhi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	6,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	9,600	Maithili	1	9,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Muslim traditions)	500	Urdu	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhi (Hindu traditions)	3,500	Nepali	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baha'i	50	Nepali	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Bahna (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Maithili	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Nepali	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90
Bangali (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Maithili	1	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	6,800	Bhojpuri	0	6,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Bania Agrahari	1,700	Bhojpuri	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Kasaundhan	1,700	Bhojpuri	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahur	1,200	Bhojpuri	0	1,200	-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	50	Maithili	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baramu	90	Nepali	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bari (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Maithili	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	8,500	Maithili	0	8,500	-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	10,000	Bhojpuri	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Kharot	5,800	Bhojpuri	0	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Mallah Mewat	3,200	Maithili	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Nikhad	2,100	Bhojpuri	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhote	200	Nepali	1	60	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bind	2,100	Maithili	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bote-Majhi	4,000	Bote	1	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhumihar	2,900	Maithili	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	500	Maithili	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Hill	507,000	Nepali	0	506,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700
Brahmin Jijhotia	200	Maithili	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	1,500	Maithili	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Khandelwal	200	Maithili	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sakaldwipi	1,400	Maithili	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	400	Maithili	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sawaria	3,300	Awadhi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Terai	11,000	Maithili	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	79,000	Maithili	1	78,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Chamling	20	Chamling	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chepang, Tsepang	200	Chepang	2	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhantyal	1,100	Nepali	1	500	-1 -	600	60	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	257,000	Nepali	1	254,000	-1 -	1,900	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	2,400	Darai	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	48,000	Nepali	1	48,000	-1 -	500	200	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Maithili	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	5,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhandi	2,000	Bhojpuri	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanuk	900	Maithili	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dharkar	1,700	Bhojpuri	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhimal	20	Dhimal	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	2,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi	600	Awadhi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Kanaujia	1,700	Awadhi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	300	Maithili	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Muslim traditions)	1,700	Bhojpuri	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dura	20	Nepali	1	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	42,000	Maithili	0	42,000	-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	1,400	Nepali	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Gangai	70	Nepali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	9,100	Nepali	1	8,900	-1 -	40	200	-1 -	-1 -
Gonrhi	60	Bhojpuri	0	60	-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	40,000	Gurung	2	2,500	-1 -	32,000	2,700	-1 -	2,800
Hajam	7,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halalkhor (Hindu traditions)	60	Maithili	1	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	9,400	Maithili	0	9,400	-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)	46,000	Bhojpuri	0	46,000	-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	900	Maithili	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kamar	40	Nepali	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	144,000	Nepali	1	141,000	-1 -	1,600	1,800	-1 -	40
Kandu	1,600	Bhojpuri	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanjar (Hindu traditions)	900	Maithili	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	4,100	Maithili	1	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Sribastab	500	Awadhi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khas	500	Nepali	0	500	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatwa	100	Maithili	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koch (Hindu traditions)	20	Rajbanshi	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Maithili	1	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Koli (Hindu traditions)	500	Awadhi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kori	8,000	Awadhi	0	8,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumal	44,000	Nepali	1	42,000	-1 -	500	800	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Maithili	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	62,000	Bhojpuri	0	62,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lhomi, Shing Saapa	20	Lhomi	1	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions)	29,000	Bhojpuri	0	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Maithili	0	11,000	-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	479,000	Nepali	1	408,000	-1 -	65,000	7,100	-1 -	700
Majhi	2,500	Nepali	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	200
Mal (Hindu traditions)	70	Maithili	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Maithili	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	25,000	Maithili	1	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Maithili	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Maithili	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Manihar	400	Bhojpuri	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mech	-1 Unknown	Boro (India)	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Miyan	4,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	3,400	Maithili	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda, Horo	50	Maithili	2	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Murao (Hindu traditions)	500	Awadhi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	6,500	Maithili	1	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Maithili	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Hindu traditions)	600	Bhojpuri	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	55,000	Newar	1	46,000	-1 -	8,800	600	-1 -	90
Oraon, Dhangar	200	Kurux	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Pashtun, Pathan	4,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Bhojpuri	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	3,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,000	-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	2,400	Nepali	2	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	800
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	36,000	Maithili	0	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	100	Rajbanshi	4	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Rajbhar	5,600	Bhojpuri	1	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	90	-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)	1,900	Maithili	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	15,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bais (Muslim traditions)	1,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Muslim traditions)	2,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Nau	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Muslim traditions)	1,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	300	Urdu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rongkup-Lepcha	-1 Unknown	Lepcha	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	300	Santhali	2	200	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	90
Sarki	46,000	Nepali	1	45,000	-1 -	400	500	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	10,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	144,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	144,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	1,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	800	Sherpa	4	-1 -	-1 -	800	20	-1 -	-1 -
Silpkar (Hindu traditions)	800	Nepali	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Maithili	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	700	Maithili	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	1,100	Sunwar	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	9,100	Tamang, Eastern	2	400	-1 -	7,300	1,100	-1 -	400
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Maithili	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	100	Maithili	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	36,000	Maithili	1	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	1,600	Nepali	4	600	-1 -	1,000	50	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	27,000	Nepali	1	26,000	-1 -	200	700	-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)	1,400	Awadhi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	143,000	Maithili	0	142,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Dhindhor	6,200	Maithili	0	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	1,400	Awadhi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	4,200	Awadhi	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Awadhi	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kaonra	500	Maithili	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	1,600	Maithili	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakkha	700	Yakkha	1	500	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	500	Limbu	1	300	-1 -	100	20	-1 -	70
Yehlmo	70	Hyolmo	1	40	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 172	3,018,000		162 ●	2,654,000	215,000	121,000	22,000	60	6,600

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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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