Birupakshya ancestor of Kirati people erected by ancient kirati kings of nepal
near the Pashupati Aryaghat.
Total population
2.5 millions+ (approx)
Regions with significant populations
Nepal
1,334,877 (2021)[1]
India
1,000,000 (approx)
Bhutan
34,561
Languages
Kirati languages (Sino-Tibetan languages)[2]
Religion
Predominantly •81% Kiratism or Animism Other Religions : •19% Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism[3]
The Kirati people, also spelled as Kirant, are Sino-Tibetan ethnolinguistic groups and indigenous peoples of the Himalayas, mostly the Eastern Himalaya extending eastward from Nepal to Northern India (predominantly in the Indian States of Sikkim and Darjeeling & Kalimpong hills of northern West Bengal
Khukuri with chakmak and karda. Kirati traditional knife. It is said that the Khukuri was first used by Kiratis who came to power in Nepal before the Lichchavi age, around the 7th century.[dubious – discuss][citation needed]
^"Census Nepal caste-ethnicity results".
^"Boyd Michailovsky. Kiranti Languages. The Sino-Tibetan Languages, 2017. halshs-01705023" (PDF).
^"Caste ethnicity and religion of Nepal Ministry of Health" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
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