धिमाल | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
 Nepal 25,643 (2021)[1] | |
 India 900[2] | |
| Languages | |
| Dhimal, Nepali, Bengali | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism 56.1% (2011), Kiratism 40.9% (2011)[3] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
The Dhimal or Dhemal (Sanskrit: धिमाल) are ethnic group residing in the eastern Terai of Nepal and West Bengal of India. They are a Sino-Tibetan-speaking ethnic group of the eastern Terai. They mainly reside in Morang and Jhapa districts of Nepal and Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. They are respected as the "First Nepalese Citizens" of Damak municipality and are also Scheduled Indian tribes in West Bengal.[4]
- ^ National Statistics Office (2021). National Population and Housing Census 2021, Caste/Ethnicity Report. Government of Nepal (Report).
- ^ Biswas, Subir (December 2008). "Demographic Profile and Population Dynamics of the Dhimals: A Forgotten Ethnic Group of North Bengal". The Oriental Anthropologist: A Bi-Annual International Journal of the Science of Man. 8 (1–2): 271–281. doi:10.1177/0976343020080119. S2CID 202926467.journals.sagepub.com
- ^ Central Bureau of Statistics (2014). Population monograph of Nepal (PDF) (Report). Vol. II. Government of Nepal.
- ^ Mahendra Ratna Multiple Campus for the partial fulfillment for the Master's Degree in Sociology. "LIFESTYLE CHANGE OF DHIMAL COMMUNITY" (PDF).