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Nepali Brahmins of Khas descent
Ethnic group
Bahun (Nepali : बाहुन ), also known as Hill Brahmins ,[3] are a Brahmin varna among the Khas of Nepal . They are Sub caste of the Kanyakubja Brahmin [4] [5] [6] while their origins are from Kannauj [7] and the Himalayan belt of South Asia. According to the 2011 Nepal census , Bahun is the second most populous group after Chhetri .[8]
According to 1854 Muluki Ain , the first Nepalese civil code, Bahuns were regarded as caste among sacred thread bearers (Tagadhari ) and twice-born Hindus.
Origin
Traditionally, Bahuns were members of the Khas community together Chhetris . Possibly due to political power of the Khasa Malla kingdom , Khas Brahmins and Khas Kshatriyas had high social status in the present-day western Nepal. Bahuns, regarded as upper class Khas group together with Chhetris , were associated mostly with the Gorkha Kingdom and its expansion .[13]
Demography
According to the 2011 Nepal census , Bahuns (referred as Hill-Brahmin) are the second most populous group after Khas Chhetri with 12.2% of Nepal's population (or 3,226,903 people).[14] Bahun are the second largest Hindu group in Nepal with a population of 3,212,704 (99.6% of Bahuns).[14] Bahuns are the largest group in 15 districts in Nepal: Jhapa , Morang , Kathmandu , Chitwan , Nawalparasi , Rupandehi , Kaski , Syangja , Parbat , Gulmi and Arghakhanchi . Among these, Bahuns in Parbat (35.7%), Arghakhanchi (32.8%), Dhading (30.9%), Chitwan (28.6%), Kaski (27.8%) and Gulmi (25.2%) consist more than 25% of the district population. Kathmandu has largest Bahun population with 410,126 people (23.5%).[14]
Bahuns have the highest civil service representation with 39.2% of Nepal's bureaucracy while having only 12.1% of Nepal's total population. The civil service representation to population ratio is 3.2 times for Bahuns which is fourth in Nepal. khas/Chhetris represent 1.6 times in civil services to their percentage of population, which is the highest in Nepal.[15] As per the Public Service Commission , Brahmins (33.3%) and Chhetris (20.01%) were two largest caste group to obtain governmental jobs in F.Y. 2017-18 even though 45% governmental seats are reserved for women, indigenous and ethnic minorities, Madhesis, dalits, people with disability and those from the backward regions.[16] Similarly, in the fiscal 2018–19, Bahuns (24.87%) and Chhetris (9.63%) maintained 35% of their proportion in civil service as per Public Service Commission.[17]
Geographic distribution
According to the 2021 Nepal census , 3,292,373 people (11.29%) of the population of Nepal are Bahun (Hill Brahmins).[18] The frequency of Bahun (Hill Brahmins) by province was as follows:
The frequency of Bahun (Hill Brahmins) was higher than national average (12.2%) in the following districts:
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References
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^ Declan Quigley, David Gellner (2017). Contested Hierarchies: A Collaborative Ethnography of Caste Among the Newars of Kathmandu. edited by David Gellner & Declan Quigley . Macmillan and Company limited. p. 199.
^ Chaturvedi, Shyam lal (1945). In Fraternity with Nepal, An Account of the Activities Under the Auspices of the Wider Life Movement for the Furtherance and Consolidation of the Indo-Nepalese Cultural Fellowship . p. 65.
^ Hachhethu, Krishna (2023). Nation-Building and Federalism in Nepal . p. 40.
^ Hachhethu, Krishna (2023). Nation-Building and Federalism in Nepal . p. 40.
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^ Dhakal, Amit (11 June 2014). "निजामती सेवामा सबैभन्दा बढी प्रतिनिधित्व राजपूत, कायस्थ र तराई ब्राम्हण" . Setopati .
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^ "Brahmins and Chhetris continue to dominate entry into civil service" . kathmandupost.com .
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^ Chabilal Upadhyaya - Wikipedia
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