Pahari people (Nepal)

Pahadi people/Parbatiya people
पहाडी/पर्वतिया
Total population
15,015[1]
Regions with significant populations
   Nepal
Religion
Hinduism 91.17% (2011)[2]
Related ethnic groups
Garhwali, Kumauni, Madhesi, Nepalis[3][4]

The Pahadi people (Devanagari: पहाडी; IPA: [pahaɽi]; Pahāḍi, also called Pahadi and Parbati) are an Indo-Aryan group living in the hilly region (Pahad) of Nepal. Most Paharis, however, identify as members of constituent subgroups and castes within the larger Pahari community such as Brahmin (Bahun in Nepal), Kshatriya (Chhetri in Nepal) and Dalits.

The name Pahadi derives from pahad (पहाड), meaning "hill", and corresponds to the Hill Region foothills of Himalayan in the where the Paharis inhabit. Nepali interpretation generally includes Pahari as constituting the dominant Khas, indicating a contrast to that of these Indo-Aryan ethnicities with that of the Tibetan or Janjati origins like Magar, Tamang, Gurung, Kirat, among others. Pahari may also contrast geography alone.[5][6][4][7][8]

  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. ^ Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Andrea Matles Savada, ed. (1991). Nepal: A Country Study. Federal Research Division. Social Classes and Stratification.
  4. ^ a b Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Andrea Matles Savada, ed. (1991). Nepal: A Country Study. Federal Research Division. Ethnic Groups.
  5. ^ Lewis, M. Paul, ed. (2009). "Languages of Nepal". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16 ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
  6. ^ "Pahādī". Encyclopædia Britannica online. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  7. ^ Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Andrea Matles Savada, ed. (1991). Nepal: A Country Study. Federal Research Division. Language.
  8. ^ Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Andrea Matles Savada, ed. (1991). Nepal: A Country Study. Federal Research Division. The Hill Region.