TABLE 16 : POPULATION BY CASTE/ETHNIC GROUP AND SEX
S.NO.	CASTE/ETHNIC GROUP		TOTAL					MALE	FEMALE
		code1	NUMBER	q5_caste	TOTAL	%	CUMULATIVE  %
	NEPAL		22736934	TOTAL	22736934	100.00	100.00	11359378	11377556
1	CHHETRI		3593496	CHHETRI	3593496	15.80	15.80	1774709	1818787
2	BRAHMAN - HILL		2896477	BRAHMAN - HILL	2896477	12.74	28.54	1426915	1469562
3	MAGAR		1622421	MAGAR	1622421	7.14	35.68	784828	837593
4	THARU		1533879	THARU	1533879	6.75	42.43	774924	758955
5	TAMANG		1282304	TAMANG	1282304	5.64	48.07	641361	640943
6	NEWAR		1245232	NEWAR	1245232	5.48	53.54	620213	625019
7	MUSLIM		971056	MUSLIM	971056	4.27	57.81	501793	469263
8	KAMI		895954	KAMI	895954	3.94	61.75	432937	463017
9	YADAV		895423	YADAV	895423	3.94	65.69	473421	422002
10	RAI		635151	RAI	635151	2.79	68.49	312363	322788
11	GURUNG		543571	GURUNG	543571	2.39	70.88	259376	284195
12	DAMAI/DHOLI		390305	DAMAI/DHOLI	390305	1.72	72.59	188329	201976
13	LIMBU		359379	LIMBU	359379	1.58	74.17	174760	184619
14	THAKURI		334120	THAKURI	334120	1.47	75.64	164643	169477
15	SARKI		318989	SARKI	318989	1.40	77.05	153681	165308
16	TELI		304536	TELI	304536	1.34	78.38	158647	145889
17	CHAMAR, HARIJAN, RAM		269661	CHAMAR/ HARIJAN/ RAM	269661	1.19	79.57	138878	130783
18	KOIRI		251274	KOIRI	251274	1.11	80.68	130424	120850
19	KURMI		212842	KURMI	212842	0.94	81.61	111638	101204
20	SANYASI		199127	SANYASI	199127	0.88	82.49	98006	101121
21	DHANUK		188150	DHANUK	188150	0.83	83.32	97507	90643
22	MUSAHAR		172434	MUSAHAR	172434	0.76	84.07	88041	84393
23	DUSADH/PASWAN/PASI		158525	DUSADH/PASWAN/PASI	158525	0.70	84.77	82173	76352
24	SHERPA		154622	SHERPA	154622	0.68	85.45	77511	77111
25	SONAR		145088	SONAR	145088	0.64	86.09	72331	72757
26	KEWAT		136953	KEWAT	136953	0.60	86.69	70815	66138
27	BRAHMAN - TARAI		134496	BRAHMAN - TARAI	134496	0.59	87.28	70623	63873
28	BANIYA		126971	BANIYA	126971	0.56	87.84	67308	59663
29	GHARTI/BHUJEL		117568	GHARTI/BHUJEL	117568	0.52	88.36	58023	59545
30	MALLAH		115986	MALLAH	115986	0.51	88.87	59649	56337
31	KALWAR		115606	KALWAR	115606	0.51	89.38	61221	54385
32	KUMAL		99389	KUMAL	99389	0.44	89.81	48883	50506
33	HAJAM/THAKUR		98169	HAJAM/THAKUR	98169	0.43	90.25	51617	46552
34	KANU		95826	KANU	95826	0.42	90.67	50706	45120
35	RAJBANSI		95812	RAJBANSI	95812	0.42	91.09	48234	47578
36	SUNUWAR		95254	SUNUWAR	95254	0.42	91.51	48065	47189
37	SUDHI		89846	SUDHI	89846	0.40	91.90	47198	42648
38	LOHAR		82637	LOHAR	82637	0.36	92.27	42270	40367
39	TATMA		76512	TATMA	76512	0.34	92.60	39606	36906
40	KHATWE		74972	KHATWE	74972	0.33	92.93	38643	36329
41	DHOBI		73413	DHOBI	73413	0.32	93.26	38350	35063
42	MAJHI		72614	MAJHI	72614	0.32	93.57	36367	36247
43	NUNIYA		66873	NUNIYA	66873	0.29	93.87	35224	31649
44	KUMHAR		54413	KUMHAR	54413	0.24	94.11	28289	26124
45	DANUWAR		53229	DANUWAR	53229	0.23	94.34	26192	27037
46	CHEPANG (PRAJA)		52237	CHEPANG (PRAJA)	52237	0.23	94.57	26685	25552
47	HALUWAI		50583	HALUWAI	50583	0.22	94.79	26387	24196
48	RAJPUT		48454	RAJPUT	48454	0.21	95.01	25905	22549
49	KAYASTHA		46071	KAYASTHA	46071	0.20	95.21	23343	22728
50	BADHAE		45975	BADHAE	45975	0.20	95.41	24160	21815
51	MARWADI		43971	MARWADI	43971	0.19	95.61	23205	20766
52	SANTHAL/SATAR		42698	SANTHAL/ SATTAR	42698	0.19	95.79	21515	21183
53	DHAGAR/JHAGAR		41764	JHAGAR/ DHAGAR	41764	0.18	95.98	20892	20872
54	BANTAR		35839	BANTAR	35839	0.16	96.13	18139	17700
55	BARAE		35434	BARAE	35434	0.16	96.29	18479	16955
56	KAHAR		34531	KAHAR	34531	0.15	96.44	18109	16422
57	GANGAI		31318	GANGAI	31318	0.14	96.58	15808	15510
58	LODHA		24738	LODHA	24738	0.11	96.69	13018	11720
59	RAJBHAR		24263	RAJBHAR	24263	0.11	96.80	12755	11508
60	THAMI		22999	THAMI	22999	0.10	96.90	11392	11607
61	DHIMAL		19537	DHIMAL	19537	0.09	96.98	9646	9891
62	BHOTE		19261	BHOTE	19261	0.08	97.07	9959	9302
63	BING/BINDA		18720	BING/ BINDA	18720	0.08	97.15	9641	9079
64	BHEDIYAR/GADERI		17729	BHEDIYAR/ GADERI	17729	0.08	97.23	9342	8387
65	NURANG		17522	NURANG	17522	0.08	97.31	9198	8324
66	YAKKHA		17003	YAKKHA	17003	0.07	97.38	8132	8871
67	DARAI		14859	DARAI	14859	0.07	97.45	7195	7664
68	TAJPURIYA		13250	TAJPURIYA	13250	0.06	97.50	6532	6718
69	THAKALI		12973	THAKALI	12973	0.06	97.56	6216	6757
70	CHIDIMAR		12296	CHIDIMAR	12296	0.05	97.61	6516	5780
71	PAHARI		11505	PAHARI	11505	0.05	97.67	5803	5702
72	MALI		11390	MALI	11390	0.05	97.72	5884	5506
73	BANGALI		9860	BANGALI	9860	0.04	97.76	5680	4180
74	CHHANTEL		9814	CHHANTEL	9814	0.04	97.80	4545	5269
75	DOM		8931	DOM	8931	0.04	97.84	4631	4300
76	KAMAR		8761	KAMAR	8761	0.04	97.88	4516	4245
77	BOTE		7969	BOTE	7969	0.04	97.91	3881	4088
78	BRAHMU/BARAMU		7383	BRAHMU/ BARAMU	7383	0.03	97.95	3441	3942
79	GAINE		5887	GAINE	5887	0.03	97.97	2857	3030
80	JIREL		5316	JIREL	5316	0.02	98.00	2582	2734
81	ADIBASI/JANAJATI		5259	ADIBASI/ JANAJATI	5259	0.02	98.02	2558	2701
82	DURA		5169	DURA	5169	0.02	98.04	2377	2792
83	CHURAUTE		4893	CHURAUTE	4893	0.02	98.06	2532	2361
84	BADI		4442	BADI	4442	0.02	98.08	2152	2290
85	MECHE		3763	MECHE	3763	0.02	98.10	1830	1933
86	LEPCHA		3660	LEPCHA	3660	0.02	98.12	1935	1725
87	HALKHOR		3621	HALKHOR	3621	0.02	98.13	1848	1773
88	PUNJABI/SIKH		3054	PUNJABI/SIKH	3054	0.01	98.15	1567	1487
89	KISAN		2876	KISAN	2876	0.01	98.16	1382	1494
90	RAJI		2399	RAJI	2399	0.01	98.17	1111	1288
91	BYANGSI		2103	BYANGSI	2103	0.01	98.18	1094	1009
92	HAYU		1821	HAYU	1821	0.01	98.19	892	929
93	KOCHE		1429	KOCHE	1429	0.01	98.19	693	736
94	DHUNIA		1231	DHUNIA	1231	0.01	98.20	614	617
95	WALUNG		1148	WALUNG	1148	0.01	98.20	574	574
96	JAINE		1015	JAINE	1015	0.00	98.21	551	464
97	MUNDA		660	MUNDA	660	0.00	98.21	357	303
98	RAUTE		658	RAUTE	658	0.00	98.21	346	312
99	YEHLMO		579	YEHLMO	579	0.00	98.22	281	298
100	PATHARKATA/KUSWADIYA		552	KUSWADIYA/ PATHARKATTA	552	0.00	98.22	286	266
101	KUSUNDA		164	KUSUNDA	164	0.00	98.22	85	79
102	DALIT/UNIDENTIFIED DALIT		173401	UNIDENTIFIED DALIT	173401	0.76	98.98	85063	88338
103	UNIDENTIFIED CAST/ETHNIC GROUP		231641	UNIDENTIFIED CASTE	231641	1.02	100.00	116569	115072