Islam in Nepal

Mosque in Kathmandu, Nepal

Islam is a minority religion in Nepal. According to the 2011 Nepal census, Nepal has 1 million Muslims comprising 4.4% of the population of Nepal.

Islam is thought to have been introduced by the Bangladeshi Muslims, Pakistani Muslims and Indian Muslims settling in Nepal. Ahmadis maintain a small presence in Nepal.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Nepal census, there are around 1.164 million Muslims in Nepal. Almost all of them live in Terai Region. Districts with large Muslim concentrations are: Rautahat (19.7%), Banke (19.0%), Kapilvastu (18.2%), Parsa (14.5%), Mahottari (13.3%), Bara (13.0%) and Sunsari (11.5%). There are only 21,866 Muslims in the capital city of Kathmandu (1.25% of the total population).

See also

• Nepali Muslims
• Islam in South Asia

External links

• Haque, Md. Mozammil. "Islam in Nepal". Wordpress. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
• Sharma, Sudhindra (May 1995). "How the crescent fares in Nepal". Himal. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
• Sijapati, Megan Adamson. Islamic Revival in Nepal: Religion and a New Nation. New York and London, Routledge Press, 2011. South Asia edition, Delhi 2013.
• Siddique, Muhammad (2001). "Muslim Population in the Kingdom of Nepal: Some Outstanding Features" (PDF). Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. 21 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 18, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2011.