थारू | |
|---|---|
 A Tharu woman in traditional dress | |
| Total population | |
| c. 1.96 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Nepal | 1,807,124[1] |
| Lumbini | 732,069 |
| Sudurpaschim | 397,822 |
| Madhesh | 301,038 |
| Koshi | 209,519 |
| Bagmati | 110,284 |
| Gandaki | 47,619 |
| Karnali | 8,773 |
 India:Bihar | 159,939[2] |
| Uttar Pradesh | 105,291 |
| Uttarakhand | 91,342 |
| Languages | |
| Tharu languages, Nepali, Hindi | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism 94%, Buddhism 3.2%, Christianity 1.7%, Prakriti 0.7%, Baháʼí 0.03%[3] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
The Tharu people are an ethnic group indigenous to the Terai in southern Nepal and northern India.[4][5][6] They speak Tharu languages.[7] They are recognized as an official nationality by the Government of Nepal.[8] In the Indian Terai, they live foremost in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The Government of India recognizes the Tharu people as a scheduled Indian tribe.[9][10]
- ^ National Statistics Office (2021). National Population and Housing Census 2021, Caste/Ethnicity Report. Government of Nepal (Report).
- ^ General & Census Commissioner (2011). A-11 Individual Scheduled Tribe Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India (Report). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ Central Bureau of Statistics (2014). Population monograph of Nepal (PDF) (Report). Vol. II. Government of Nepal.
- ^ Bista, D. B. (1971). "Tharu". People of Nepal (Second ed.). Kathmandu: Ratna Pustak Bhandar. pp. 108–118.
- ^ Rajaure, D. P. (1981). "Tharus of Dang: the people and the social context" (PDF). Kailash. 8 (3/4): 155–185.
- ^ Krauskopff, G. (1995). "The anthropology of the Tharus: an annoted bibliography" (PDF). Kailash. 17 (3/4): 185–213.
- ^ Guneratne, A. (2002). Many tongues, one people: The making of Tharu identity in Nepal. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0801487285.
- ^ Lewis, M. P.; Simons, G. F.; Fennig, C. D., eds. (2014). "Tharu, Chitwania: a language of Nepal". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (Seventeenth ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
- ^ Verma, S. C. (2010). "The eco-friendly Tharu tribe: A study in socio-cultural dynamics". Journal of Asia Pacific Studies. 1 (2): 177–187.
- ^ Raghavan, V. R., ed. (2012). "Strategic Overview". Internal Conflicts: Military Perspectives. New Delhi: Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. pp. 15–176. ISBN 9789382573401.