Nepal, Sudurpashchim state people groups

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Country:	Nepal
Province / State:	Sudurpashchim
District:	All

Total People Groups

112

Unreached People Groups

104

Total Population

2,682,000

Buddhist

1.1 %

Christian

1.1 %

Hindu

97.4 %

Muslim

0.2 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.3 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adibasi Janajati	100	Nepali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	800	Urdu	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Maithili	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhi (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Nepali	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baha'i	500	Nepali	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Bahna (Hindu traditions)	500	Maithili	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	27,000	Nepali	0	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Bangali (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Maithili	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	200	Bhojpuri	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Bania unspecified	2,200	Maithili	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Bantar	50	Maithili	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bari (Hindu traditions)	40	Maithili	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	50	Maithili	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	100	Maithili	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhote	1,700	Nepali	1	70	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bote-Majhi	500	Bote	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bohara	400	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Hill	346,000	Nepali	0	342,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,800
Brahmin Terai	1,500	Maithili	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Byansi	1,300	Humla	0	1,300	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	800	Maithili	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhantyal	60	Nepali	1	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	1,114,000	Nepali	1	1,109,000	-1 -	3,000	400	-1 -	1,700
Churaute	90	Nepali	0	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Danuwar Rai	400	Danuwar	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darai	400	Darai	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	68,000	Nepali	1	68,000	-1 -	600	200	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Maithili	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	60	Urdu	0	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhandi	20	Bhojpuri	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanuk	700	Maithili	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhimal	90	Dhimal	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	600	Maithili	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Muslim traditions)	40	Bhojpuri	0	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dura	-1 Unknown	Nepali	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	400	Maithili	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	400	Maithili	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandharva	100	Nepali	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangai	80	Nepali	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	300	Nepali	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Goriya (Hindu traditions)	200	Awadhi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghale	20	Ghale, Southern	4	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	4,700	Gurung	2	400	-1 -	4,000	200	-1 -	100
Hajam	300	Urdu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halalkhor (Hindu traditions)	70	Maithili	1	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	900	Maithili	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	600	Bhojpuri	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	200	Maithili	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	220,000	Nepali	1	216,000	-1 -	2,100	1,200	-1 -	100
Kandu	80	Bhojpuri	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanjar (Hindu traditions)	200	Maithili	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	500	Maithili	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koch (Hindu traditions)	20	Rajbanshi	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	100	Maithili	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumal	2,300	Nepali	1	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Maithili	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	600	Bhojpuri	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Bhojpuri	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	32,000	Maithili	0	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	100	Maithili	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	59,000	Nepali	1	51,000	-1 -	7,100	700	-1 -	200
Majhi	800	Nepali	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	40
Mali (Hindu traditions)	300	Maithili	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	500	Maithili	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mech	100	Boro (India)	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mewahang	40	Mewahang, Eastern	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Miyan	80	Urdu	0	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	100	Maithili	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	400	Maithili	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Maithili	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Hindu traditions)	50	Bhojpuri	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	7,500	Newar	1	6,000	-1 -	1,400	80	-1 -	70
Oraon, Dhangar	200	Kurux	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pahari	200	Nepali	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	80	Urdu	0	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	100	Urdu	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	80	Urdu	0	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	1,200	Nepali	2	800	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	300
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	300	Maithili	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	300	Rajbanshi	4	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Rajbhar	700	Bhojpuri	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raji	2,200	Raji	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	400	Maithili	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	300	Urdu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raute	600	Nepali	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	50	Santhali	2	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sarki	45,000	Nepali	1	44,000	-1 -	600	500	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	200	Urdu	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	2,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	300	Urdu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	200	Sherpa	4	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpkar (Hindu traditions)	59,000	Nepali	0	59,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	700	Maithili	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Maithili	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	600	Sunwar	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tajpuriya	20	Rajbanshi	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	6,800	Tamang, Eastern	2	40	-1 -	5,600	1,100	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	100	Maithili	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	200	Maithili	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Maithili	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	300	Nepali	4	300	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	118,000	Nepali	1	116,000	-1 -	1,900	500	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuria	30	Bhojpuri	0	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thami	600	Thangmi	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu Khawas	-1 Unknown	Nepali	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu Rana	76,000	Tharu, Dangaura	1	75,000	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu unspecified	439,000	Tharu, Dangaura	1	414,000	-1 -	-1 -	23,000	-1 -	1,900
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Awadhi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Maithili	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakkha	200	Yakkha	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Yakthumba, Limbu	800	Limbu	1	700	-1 -	30	40	-1 -	60
Yehlmo	40	Hyolmo	1	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 112	2,682,000		104 ●	2,611,000	4,700	28,000	29,000	0	9,300

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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%
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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