Brahman-Hill

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The Brahman-Hill is an ethnic group of Nepal making up 12.5% of the country's population.

The Brahman caste includes lots of sub division (family names) that includes

• Acharya, Adhikari, Aryal/Arjyal/Arjel
• Bastakoti, Bhattarai, Bastola, Bhurtel[1], Bhandari, Bhatta, Baral, Basyal,
• Chalise,Chaulagain, Chapagain
• Dahal, Dhakal, Dhungel, Devkota, Dhungana, Dallakoti, Dumre
• Gajurel, Gautam, Gurangain, Ghimire
• Humagain
• Joshi
• Kafle, Kharel, Khatiwada, Koirala, Kalakheti, Khanal, Kattuwal
• Lamichhane
• Mishra, Marasheni
• Nepal, Neupane, Niraula
• Ojha
• Pokhrel, Paudel, Pandey, Pudasiani, Pyakurel, Pant, Pathak, Pangeni
• Regmi
• Sharma, Subedi, Sapkota, Sangraula
• Tiwari, Timilsina, Tripathi
• Wagle
• Upadhyaya, Upreti, Uprety

and many more.

[edit] External links

• The complete reference to Brahmins: Material from this site has been borrowed for this article with the permission form Dr. Vepachedu: [2]
• A Long List of Brahmin Castes and Sub-castes

[edit] See also

• Brahmin
• Hinduism
• Forward Castes
• Classification of Brahmins