Darai people

Darai people
Total population
18,695 [1]
Regions with significant populations
Nepal, India
Languages
Darai language, Nepali
Religion
Hinduism 95%, Christianity 2.51%, Prakriti 2.2% [2]
Related ethnic groups
Tamang, Chaudhary

Darai people (Nepali:दरै) are an indigenous ethnic tribal community native to Nepal.[3] Most of their population live in hills and inner terai of Nepal in the banks of Narayani river with the largest concentration in Tanahu, Chitwan, Gorkha and Nawalparasi districts. They are known as Daroe, Darhi, Daraie, Daras, Darad and Darai. According to census of 2021 their population is 18,695. [3][4]

  1. ^ National Statistics Office (2021). National Population and Housing Census 2021, Caste/Ethnicity Report. Government of Nepal (Report).
  2. ^ Central Bureau of Statistics (2014). Population monograph of Nepal (PDF) (Report). Vol. II. Government of Nepal.
  3. ^ a b Khadka, Shree Krishna (2017), SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS OF DARAI COMMUNITY, Department of Sociology/Anthropology Patan Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University
  4. ^ "Darai Indigenous Society Nepal - Who is Darai". daraisociety.page.tl. Retrieved 2023-12-17.