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The Government of Nepal legally abolished and criminalized any caste-based discrimination, including "untouchability" (the ostracism of a specific caste) - in 1963. [2] With Nepal's step towards freedom and equality, Nepal, previously ruled by a Hindu monarchy , was a Hindu nation which has now become a secular state . [ 3 ]
Ethnic Groups of Nepal by District, NHPC 2021. Ethnographic map of Nepal (Gurung 1998) Nepal ethnic groups Magar girls in ethnic dress. Magars are the most populous Janajati group in Nepal. Ethnic groups in Nepal are delineated using language, ethnic identity or the caste system in Nepal. They are categorized by common culture and endogamy ...
Guru Maharaj Narayan Gautam Khatri known as "Swami Hamsananda", Hindu saint and founder of Swargadwari Temple complex of Nepal in the 20th century Dhruba Chandra Gautam , Nepalese writer and novelist Pushpa Bhusal Gautam , former deputy speaker of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal
Unlike other common-origin ethnic or caste groups in Nepal, the Newars are regarded as an example of a nation community with a relict identity, derived from an ethnically diverse, previously existing polity. The Newar community within it consists of various strands of ethnic, racial, caste and religious heterogeneity, as they are the ...
Previously, the 2011 Nepal census showed Chhetris as the largest Hindu adherents in the nation with 4,365,113 people which was 99.3% of total Chhetri population. [39] In Nepal's hill districts the Chhetri population rises to 41% compared to 31% Brahmin and 27% other castes. This greatly exceeds the Kshatriya portion in most regions with ...
Bahun (Nepali: बाहुन), also known as Hill Brahmins, [3] are a Brahmin varna among the Khas of Nepal. They are a sub-caste of the Kanyakubja Brahmin [4] [5] [6] while their origins are from Kannauj [7] and the Himalayan belt of South Asia. According to the 2011 Nepal census, Bahun is the second most populous group after Chhetri. [8]
This term is a Nepali cognate of the Indian Kshatriya title Thakur, which translates to 'master of the estate'. [3] The term denotes the royal descendants of kings of Baise Rajya and Chaubisi Rajya. During the height of their influence, the Thakuri caste played a pivotal role in shaping the political landscape of Nepal.
Dhimal again finds their position in H. H. Risley's "The Tribes and Castes of Bengal" where Risley pointed out that "Dhimal, Dhemal, Maulik, a non-Aryan tribe of the Darjeeling and Nepal Terai …. belong to the same main stock with Kocch … rapidly losing their tribal identity by absorption into the large heterogeneous Rajbansi caste".