Sunuwar people
सुनुवार, कोइँच | |
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 Kirati Koinch Sunuwar | |
| Total population | |
 Nepal 78,910 (2021)[1] | |
| {{{region3}}} | File:Flag of India.svg India |
| Sikkim | 3,795(2006)[2] |
| Languages | |
| Sunuwar, Nepali | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly: Kiratism • Hinduism 92.29% • Christianity 7.23% (2011)[3] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
The Sunuwar or Koinch are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group (Nepali:सुनुवार जाति|Sunuwār Jāti), a Kirati tribe native to Nepal, parts of India (West Bengal and Sikkim) and southern Bhutan. They speak the Sunuwar language. According to the 2001 census of Nepal, 17% of the tribe follow the Kirant religion and adopt the Mundhum (Kiranti) culture.[4]
The Kõinchs (Sunuwar) number 82,705 in total.[5][6] The term ‘Kõinchs’ is also the name of the mother tongue. Other terms like Mukhiya or Mukhia are exonyms of the tribe. Sunuwar have a distinct language, religion, culture and social customs.[7]
Demographics
[edit | edit source]The Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal classifies the Sunuwar as a subgroup within the broader social group of Mountain/Hill Janajati.[8] At the time of the Nepal census of 2011, 55,712 people (0.2% of the population of Nepal) were Sunuwar. The frequency of Sunuwar by province was as follows:
- Bagmati Province (0.5%)
- Koshi Province (0.5%)
- Madhesh Province (0.1%)
- Gandaki Province (0.0%)
- Lumbini Province (0.0%)
- Sudurpashchim Province (0.0%)
- Karnali Province (0.0%)
The frequency of Sunuwar was higher than the national average (0.2%) in the following districts:[9]
- Ramechhap (4.2%)
- Okhaldhunga (3.0%)
- Sindhuli (2.7%)
- Ilam (1.3%)
- Taplejung (1.1%)
- Dolakha (1.0%)
- Panchthar (1.0%)
- Udayapur (0.9%)
- Jhapa (0.3%)
- Khotang (0.3%)
- Lalitpur (0.3%)
- Solukhumbu (0.3%)
Photos
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Sunuwar girl
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Sunuwar culture
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Sunuwar Udhuali Sadhar
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Sunuwar people
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Sunuwar Koich Puki at Tudikhel
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Sunuwar Koich Puki and Nakhipot
See also
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References
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- ^ Population Monograph of Nepal, Volume II
- ^ 2011 Nepal Census, District Level Detail Report