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
.jpg) 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 north eastern India (predominantly in the Indian States of Sikkim and Darjeeling & Kalimpong hills of northern West Bengal
- ^ "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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