Bhujel or Gharti is a caste group in Nepal.

The inhabitants living near the Bhuji Khola river called Bhujel. Bhujel are divided into four subcaste – Bhujyal, Gharti, Nisel and Khawas. ^[1] Most of the Bhujel of Nepal speaks Nepali language but some of them also speak Bhujel language.

Demographics

The Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal classifies the Bhujel (called Gharti/Bhujel in the Nepal census) as a subgroup within the broader social group of Mountain/Hill Janajati.^[2] At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, 118,650 people (0.4% of the population of Nepal) were Bhujel. The frequency of Bhujel people by province was as follows:

• Gandaki Province (1.3%)
• Koshi Province (0.8%)
• Bagmati Province (0.6%)
• Lumbini Province (0.2%)
• Madhesh Province (0.1%)
• Karnali Province (0.0%)
• Sudurpashchim Province (0.0%)

The frequency of Bhujel people was higher than national average (0.4%) in the following districts:^[3]

• Tanahun (2.5%)
• Syangja (2.4%)
• Lamjung (2.3%)
• Okhaldhunga (2.1%)
• Solukhumbu (1.9%)
• Bhojpur (1.7%)
• Khotang (1.7%)
• Ramechhap (1.6%)
• Dolakha (1.5%)
• Sindhuli (1.5%)
• Kaski (1.4%)
• Tehrathum (1.3%)
• Dhankuta (1.2%)
• Dhading (1.0%)
• Gulmi (1.0%)
• Arghakhanchi (0.9%)
• Jhapa (0.9%)
• Kavrepalanchok (0.9%)
• Sindhupalchowk (0.9%)
• Udayapur (0.9%)
• Chitwan (0.8%)
• Gorkha (0.8%)
• Ilam (0.7%)
• Palpa (0.6%)
• Sunsari (0.6%)
• Nuwakot (0.5%)
• Parbat (0.5%)
• Pyuthan (0.5%)
• Sankhuwasabha (0.5%)

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