| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
 Nepal: Sunsari, Morang | |
| Languages | |
| Tharu languages, Nepali | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism, traditional beliefs (Dhami) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Dhimal, Rajbanshi people, various endogamous subgroups of Tharu people |
Lampucchwa Tharu or Morangiya Tharu is one of the endogamous subgroups of Tharu people[2] which are an ethnic group indigenous to the Terai, the southern foothills of the Himalayas in Nepal and India. Likewise Morangiya Tharu dwells in the Eastern plain or Terai of Nepal. They can be found mainly in the districts of Morang and Sunsari.[3] Though found in two districts, they are called by Morangiya Tharu as those two districts were one district before 1962. Within the group, they refer to themselves as Morangiya Tharu, but people from other regions would call them Lampucchwa (as the women have tail-like structures on their dress).
- ^ Turner, R. L. (1961). A Comparative and Etymological Dictionary of the Nepali Language. London: Routledge.
- ^ McLean, J. (1999). "Conservation and the impact of relocation on the Tharus of Chitwan, Nepal". Himalayan Research Bulletin. XIX (2): 38–44.
- ^ Krauskopff, G. (1995). "The anthropology of the Tharus: an annotated bibliography" (PDF). Kailash. 17 (3/4). Kathmandu: Ratna Pustak Bhandar: 189–190. Retrieved April 11, 2011.