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| pop1 = 3,226,903 12.2% of Nepal (2011)<ref name="cbsb">{{Cite web|url=http://cbs.gov.np/image/data/Population/Population%20Monograph%20of%20Nepal%202014/Population%20Monograph%20V02.pdf|title=Nepal Census 2011|access-date=2017-04-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918043750/http://cbs.gov.np/image/data/Population/Population%20Monograph%20of%20Nepal%202014/Population%20Monograph%20V02.pdf|archive-date=2017-09-18|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
| pop1 = 3,226,903 12.2% of Nepal (2011)<ref name="cbsb">{{Cite web|url=http://cbs.gov.np/image/data/Population/Population%20Monograph%20of%20Nepal%202014/Population%20Monograph%20V02.pdf|title=Nepal Census 2011|access-date=2017-04-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918043750/http://cbs.gov.np/image/data/Population/Population%20Monograph%20of%20Nepal%202014/Population%20Monograph%20V02.pdf|archive-date=2017-09-18|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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| languages = [[Nepali language|Nepali]] (Khas-Kura) |
| languages = [[Nepali language|Nepali]] (Khas-Kura) |
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| religions = [[Hinduism in Nepal|Hinduism]] 99.56% (2011), [[Christianity]] 0.31% (2011)<ref>https://nepal.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/Population%20Monograph%20V02.pdf</ref> |
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Minority: [[Christianity]] 0.31% (2011)<ref>https://nepal.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/Population%20Monograph%20V02.pdf</ref> |
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A Bahun Girl in traditional attire | |
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 Nepal | 3,226,903 12.2% of Nepal (2011)[1] |
| Languages | |
| Nepali (Khas-Kura) | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism 99.56% (2011), Christianity 0.31% (2011)[2] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Chhetri | |
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Khas Bahun (Template:Lang-ne) are a Brahmin varna among the Khas Hindus of Nepal. Their origins are from the of Himalayan belt of South Asia. According to the 2011 Nepal census, Bahun is the second most populous group after Chhetri.[3]
According to 1854 Muluki Ain (Nepalese Legal Code), Bahuns were regarded as caste among sacred thread bearers (Tagadhari) and twice-born Hindus.[4]
Few surnames are listed below
- Acharya
- Arjel
- Banjara
- Baral
- Bhatta
- Bhattarai
- Chaulagain
- Dahal
- Dhital
- Dhakal
- Gautam
- Khanal
- Lamichhane
- Luitel
- Pandey
- Pathak
- Pokhrel
- Poudel
- Rijal
- Rimal
- Subedi
- Adhikari
- Ghimire
Demography
According to the 2011 Nepal census, Bahuns (referred as Hill-Brahmin) are the second most populous group after Khas Chhetri with 12.2% of Nepal's population (or 32,26,903 people).[5] Bahun are the second largest Hindu group with a population of 3,212,704 (99.6% of Bahuns).[5] Bahuns are the largest group in 15 districts in Nepal: Jhapa, Morang, Kathmandu, Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Rupandehi, Kaski, Syangja, Parbat, Gulmi and Arghakhanchi. Among these, Bahuns in Parbat (35.7%), Arghakhanchi (32.8%), Dhading (30.9%), Chitwan (28.6%), Kaski (27.8%) and Gulmi (25.2%) consist more than 25% of the district population. Kathmandu has largest Bahun population with 410,126 people (23.5%).[5]
Bahuns have the highest civil service representation with 39.2% of Nepal's bureaucracy while having only 12.1% of Nepal's total population. The civil service representation to population ratio is 3.2 times for Bahuns which is fourth in Nepal. khas/Chhetris represent 1.6 times in civil services to their percentage of population, which is the highest in Nepal.[6] As per the Public Service Commission, Brahmins (33.3%) and Chhetris (15.01%) were two largest caste group to obtain governmental jobs in F.Y. 2017-18 even though 45% governmental seats are reserved for women, Madhesis, other caste and Tibetan tribes, people with disability and those from the backward regions.[7] Similarly, in the fiscal 2018–19, Bahuns (24.87%) and Chhetris (9.63%) maintained 35% of their proportion in civil service as per Public Service Commission.[8]
Geographic distribution
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, 3,226,903 people (12.2% of the population of Nepal were Bahun (Hill Brahmins).[9] The frequency of Bahun (Hill Brahmins) by province was as follows:
- Gandaki Province (21.5%)
- Bagmati Province (18.3%)
- Sudurpashchim Province (13.0%)
- Lumbini Province (12.5%)
- Koshi Province (12.1%)
- Karnali Province (8.3%)
- Madhesh Province (2.3%)
The frequency of Bahun (Hill Brahmins) was higher than national average (12.2%) in the following districts:
- Parbat (35.8%)
- Arghakhanchi (32.8%)
- Syangja (30.9%)
- Chitwan (28.7%)
- Kaski (27.9%)
- Gulmi (25.3%)
- Jhapa (23.8%)
- Nawalpur (23.8%)
- Kathmandu (23.7%)
- Kavrepalanchok (21.5%)
- Baglung (19.5%)
- Nuwakot (19.0%)
- Baitadi (18.6%)
- Palpa (17.5%)
- Kalikot (17.1%)
- Darchula (16.7%)
- Kanchanpur (16.0%)
- Rupandehi (15.9%)
- Dadeldhura (15.8%)
- Gorkha (15.2%)
- Rasuwa (15.2%)
- Dhading (15.0%)
- Bhaktapur (14.2%)
- Makwanpur (14.1%)
- Ilam (13.9%)
- Terhathum (13.3%)
- Morang (13.1%)
- Lalitpur (13.0%)
- Lamjung (12.8%)
- Kailali (12.4%)
Notable people
- Madhav Prasad Devkota
- Chabilal Upadhyaya[10][circular reference]
- Ranga Nath Poudyal[11]
- Krishna Prasad Koirala and Koirala family[12]
- Matrika Prasad Koirala[12]
- Tanka Prasad Acharya[13]
- Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala[12]
- Girija Prasad Koirala[12]
- Krishna Prasad Bhattarai[14]
- Man Mohan Adhikari[15]
- KP Sharma Oli
- Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda)[16][17]
- Madhav Kumar Nepal[18]
- Baburam Bhattarai[19]
See also
References
- ^ "Nepal Census 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
- ^ https://nepal.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/Population%20Monograph%20V02.pdf
- ^ "Nepal Census 2011" (PDF).
- ^ Sherchan 2001, p. 14.
- ^ a b c "Nepal Census 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
- ^ Dhakal, Amit (11 June 2014). "निजामती सेवामा सबैभन्दा बढी प्रतिनिधित्व राजपूत, कायस्थ र तराई ब्राम्हण". Setopati.
- ^ "Brahmins and Chhetris land most government jobs". kathmandupost.com.
- ^ "Brahmins and Chhetris continue to dominate entry into civil service". kathmandupost.com.
- ^ 2011 Nepal Census, District Level Detail Report
- ^ Chabilal Upadhyaya - Wikipedia
- ^ Raj, Prakash A. (2006). Dancing Democracy: The power of a Third Eye. Rupa & Company. ISBN 9788129109460.
- ^ a b c d "Girija Prasad Koirala: The architect of democracy in Nepal". Dawn. 23 March 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ Westminster legacies. UNSW Press. 2005. ISBN 978-0-86840-848-4. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ^ "Flight of a free bird". My Republica. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ Goldenberg, Suzanne (4 May 1999). "Man Mohan Adhikari". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ "CPN Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal elected as 39th Prime Minister of Nepal". Xinhuanet. Archived from the original on August 5, 2016. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
- ^ "Prachanda elected Prime Minister of Nepal". The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
- ^ "CPN-UML Comrades Apart". Spotlight Nepal Magazine. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
- ^ "Caste no bar". Nepali Times. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
Bibliography
- Dor Bahadur Bista (1991). Fatalism and Development: Nepal's Struggle for Modernization. Orient Blackswan. ISBN 978-81-250-0188-1.
- Subba, Tanka Bahadur (1989). Dynamics of a hill society: Nepalis in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas. Mittal Publications. ISBN 9788173041143.
- John T Hitchcock (1978). "An Additional Perspective on the Nepali Caste System". In James F. Fisher (ed.). Himalayan Anthropology: The Indo-Tibetan Interface. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-90-279-7700-7.
- Richard Burghart (1984). "The Formation of the Concept of Nation-State in Nepal". The Journal of Asian Studies. 44 (1): 101–125. doi:10.2307/2056748. JSTOR 2056748. S2CID 154584368.
- Whelpton, John (2005). A History of Nepal. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521804707.
- Sherchan, Sanjay (2001). Democracy, pluralism and Change: An Inquiry into Nepalese context. Chhye Pahhuppe. ISBN 9789993354390.
- Nepala Rajakiya Pragya Pratisthana (2001). Journal of Nepalese Literature, Art and Culture. Vol. 4. Nepal: Royal Nepal Academy.
- Witzel, Michael (1993). "Toward a History of the Brahmins". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 113 (2): 264–268. doi:10.2307/603031. ISSN 0003-0279. JSTOR 603031.
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