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Pahari people
Regions with significant populations
 IndiaHimachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Punjab[1]
   Nepal[2][3][1]
 PakistanAzad Kashmir, Galliat hill tract of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Languages
Pahari languages, also Hindi and Urdu
Religion
Hinduism, Shamanism, Islam
Related ethnic groups
Nepali (Madhesi and Himali), Indian (Simla, Kashmiri)[4][5]
For the "Pahari" of Bangladesh, see Jumma people.

The Pahari people (Pahāṛī; पहाड़ी), also called Pahadi, is a wide term applied to social groups of Pahari speaking Indo-Aryan people of the Himalayas living in Nepal, India and Pakistan. They constitute the majority population of the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. In Jammu and Kashmir they are the third largest socio-linguistic group. Pahari people form a plurality in Nepal also, where nearly one-third of people are Pahari.

The name Pahari derives from Pahar (पहाड़), meaning "hill", referring to the Himalayan Hill Region in India, Nepal and Pakistan which the Pahari inhabit. The term Pahari may be used to contrast with the groups of Tibetan origin, Indian origin and indigenous communities such as Bhotiyas of the Himalayas.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pahādī". Encyclopædia Britannica online. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  2. ^ "Chapter 1.7 Population Distribution by Caste/Ethnic Groups and Sex for Nepal, 2001" (PDF). Statistical Yearbook 2009. Government of Nepal, Central Bureau of Statistics. 2001. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
  3. ^ Lewis, M. Paul, ed. (2009). "Languages of Nepal". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16 ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
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