Total population | |
---|---|
c. 2.5 million+ | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Nepal | 1,334,877 (2021)[1] |
India | 1,000,000 (approx) |
Bhutan | 60,507 |
Languages | |
Kiranti languages (Sino-Tibetan languages)[2] | |
Religion | |
Predominantly •81% Kiratism or Animism Other Religions : •19% Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism[3] |
The Kirati people, also spelled as Kirant or Kiranti, are Sino-Tibetan ethnolinguistic groups and indigenous peoples of the Himalayas, mostly the Eastern Himalaya extending eastward from Nepal to North East India (predominantly in the Indian state of Sikkim and the northern hilly regions of West Bengal, that is, Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts).