Pahari people (Nepal)

Pahadi people/Parbatiya people

पहाडी/पर्वतिया
Total population
15,015[1]
Regions with significant populations
Nepal
Religion
Hinduism 91.17% (2011)[2]
Related ethnic groups
Garhwali, Kumauni, Jaunsari, Nepalis[3][4]

The Pahadi people (Devanagari: पहाडी; IPA: [pahaɽi]; Pahāḍi, also called Pahadi and Parbati) are an indigenous group of the Himalayas. Most Indo-Aryan Paharis, however, identify as members of constituent subgroups and castes within the larger Pahari community such as Brahmin (Bahun in Nepal), Kshatriya (Chhetri in Nepal) and Dalits.

The name Pahadi derives from pahad (पहाड), meaning "hill", and corresponds to the Himalayan Hill Region which the Paharis inhabit. Nepali interpretation generally includes Pahari as constituting the dominant Khas, indicating a contrast to that of these Indo-Aryan ethnicities with that of the Tibetan or Janjati origins like Magar, Tamang, Gurung, Kirat, among others. Pahari may also contrast geography alone.^{[5][6][4][7][8]}