Bhojpuri people
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 55 million[citation needed] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| India (Bihar, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand), Gujarat and Nepal | |
| Languages | |
| Bhojpuri, Hindi | |
| Religion | |
 Hinduism ·  Islam ·  Buddhism ·  Jainism ·  Christianity · Others |
The Bhojpuri people or Bhojpuris (Bhojpuri/Hindi: भोजपुरिया) are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group from the Indian subcontinent who speak Bhojpuri and inhabit the Bhojpuri-Purvanchal region. This area is now divided between the western part of the Indian state of Bihar, the eastern part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, and the northeastern part of the Indian state of Jharkhand, along with some neighbouring districts in the Madhesh of Nepal.[1][2] Bihar's districts with significant Bhojpuri speaking population are Bhojpur (named after Bhojpuri itself), Buxar, Kaimur, Sasaram, Saran, Siwan, Gopalganj, Muzzaparpur and Champaran districts. A significant diaspora population of Bhojpuris can be found in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, other parts of the Caribbean, Fiji, South Africa, and Mauritius.[3]
Language
Bhojpuri is spoken by around 50 million people.[4] It is native to Bhojpur reign of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Bhojpuri is sociolinguistically considered one of the Hindi dialects although it officially belongs to the geographic Bihari branch of Eastern Indo-Aryan languages.
Cuisine
Bhojpuri cuisine is part of North Indian cuisine. It is mild and spice is less used.
Notable people
- Manoj Tiwari, Actor, singer and Politician
- Ravi Kishan, Actor
- Dinesh Lal Yadav, Anchor, actor, producer
- Khesari Lal Yadav, Actor and Singer
- Shweta Tiwari, Actress
- Amrapali Dubey, Actress
- Pawan Singh, Actor and Singer
- Rakesh Mishra, Actor and Singer
References
- ^ "Economic and Socio-cultural Dimensions of Regionalisation: An Indo-U.S.S.R. Collaborative Study". pp. 392–409. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Language, Religion and Politics in North India". p. 69. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Journal of Mauritian Studies, Volume 2, Issue 1". pp. 34–37. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 27 August 2019.