| Total population | |
|---|---|
 Nepal 11,258[1] | |
| Languages | |
| Bote language, Nepali | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism 88%, Prakriti 9.5%, Christianity 2.06%[2] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Majhi, Tharu, Danuwar, Darai people |
The Bote people are an ethnic group indigenous to the inner Terai regions of Nepal.[3] They speak Bote language. The Bote people are well-known for ferrying travellers across the rivers through the boats, which often are prepared from the trunks of the trees. They are scattered around the bank of Kaligandaki, Narayani and Rapti River of Nepal. Bote and Majhi people are known as the ‘King of water’. Their ancestral occupation is fishing, boating and searching gold in the river whose settlement is nearby river and forest.[4] The dialect and culture of Bote people in several ways is similar to that of the Danuwars, Darai, Tharus and Majhi.
- ^ National Statistics Office (2021). National Population and Housing Census 2021, Caste/Ethnicity Report. Government of Nepal (Report).
- ^ Central Bureau of Statistics (2014). Population monograph of Nepal (PDF) (Report). Vol. II. Government of Nepal.
- ^ "Population Monograph of Nepal Volume II (Social Demography)" (PDF).
- ^ Times, Nepali (2020-10-31). "Chitwan's Bote people in a changing world". nepalitimes.com. Retrieved 2023-12-27.