Ghale
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Ghale is an ethnic group originating in Bhutan.
Geographic distribution
[edit | edit source]The Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal classifies the Ghale within the broader social group of Mountain/Hill Janajati.[1] At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, 22,881 people (0.1% of the population of Nepal) were Ghale.[2] The frequency of Ghale by province was as follows:
- Bagmati Province (0.3%)
- Gandaki Province (0.3%)
- Koshi Province (0.0%)
- Lumbini Province (0.0%)
- Madhesh Province (0.0%)
- Sudurpashchim Province (0.0%)
- Karnali Province (0.0%)
The frequency of Ghale was higher than national average (0.1%) in the following districts:
- Manang (7.1%)
- Rasuwa (2.4%)
- Dhading (2.0%)
- Gorkha (1.9%)
- Nuwakot (0.4%)
- Bhojpur (0.3%)
- Chitwan (0.2%)
- Sindhupalchowk (0.2%)
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- http://www.ghale.org
- http://www.nepal.com/languages/
- http://globalrecordings.net/language/4100
- http://www.language-archives.org/item/oai:ethnologue.com:ghe
- http://globalrecordings.net/language/10195
