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_Sankhuwasabha,_Nepal.jpg) Statue of king Yalamber | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 2.5 million+ | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Nepal | 1,334,877 (2021)[1] |
 India | 1,000,000 (approx) |
 Bhutan | 60,507 |
| Languages | |
| Kiranti languages (Sino-Tibetan languages)[2] | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly •81% Kiratism or Animism Other Religions : •19% Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism[3] | |
The Kirati people, also spelled as Kirant or Kiranti, are Sino-Tibetan ethnolinguistic groups living in the Himalayas, mostly the Eastern Himalaya extending eastward from Nepal to North East India (predominantly in the Indian state of Sikkim and the northern hilly regions of West Bengal, that is, Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts).
- ^ "Census Nepal caste-ethnicity results".
- ^ "Boyd Michailovsky. Kiranti Languages. The Sino-Tibetan Languages, 2017. halshs-01705023" (PDF).
- ^ "Caste ethnicity and religion of Nepal Ministry of Health" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2021.