Back شعب كيراتي Arabic Кіраты Byelorussian किरात लोग Bihari কিরাত জাতি Bengali/Bangla Kirati Spanish Kirantis French किरात लोग Hindi Kirat Italian 키라티인 Korean Kiratai Lithuanian
_Sankhuwasabha,_Nepal.jpg) Statue of king Yalamber | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 2.5 million+ | |
| 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] | |
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The Kirati people, also spelled as Kirant or Kiranti, are Sino-Tibetan ethnolinguistic groups and indigenous peoples of the Himalayas, mostly the Eastern Himalaya extending eastward from Nepal to North East India (predominantly in the Indian state of Sikkim and the northern hilly regions of West Bengal, that is, Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts).
- ^ "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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