Sunuwar people

Sunuwar, Sunwar, Koinch
सुनुवार, कोइँच
	Kirati Koinch Sunuwar
Total population
	Nepal 78,910 (2021)
	India
Sikkim	3,795(2006)
Languages
	Sunuwar, Nepali
Religion
	Predominantly: Kiratism • Hinduism 92.29% • Christianity 7.23% (2011)
Related ethnic groups
	Rai; Limbu; Yakkha; Jirel; Hayu; Thami;

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

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:

The frequency of Sunuwar was higher than 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%)

References

"Central Bureau of Statistics". Cbs.gov.np. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
"Sunuwar.org". Sunuwar.org. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
[1] Archived 2013-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
"Sunuwar Samaj Hong Kong". Sunuwarsamajhk.org. 2011-09-23. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
[2] Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
[3] Archived 2013-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
"Sunuwar Dress - Home". Facebook. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
"Sunuwar: Sunuwar". Sunuwardurga.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2017-07-01.

^ National Statistics Office (2021). National Population and Housing Census 2021, Caste/Ethnicity Report. Government of Nepal (Report).
^ "LINGUISTIC AND RELIGIOUS MINORITIES UNDER SSP LED GOVERNMENT" (PDF).
^ Central Bureau of Statistics (2014). Population monograph of Nepal (PDF) (Report). Vol. II. Government of Nepal.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2011-04-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ National Statistics Office (2021). National Population and Housing Census 2021, Caste/Ethnicity Report. Government of Nepal (Report).
^ "LINGUISTIC AND RELIGIOUS MINORITIES UNDER SSP LED GOVERNMENT" (PDF).
^ A Grammar of Sunuwar. Dörte Borchers. 2008. ISBN 978-9004167094. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
^ Population Monograph of Nepal, Volume II
^ 2011 Nepal Census, District Level Detail Report

[1] National Statistics Office (2021). National Population and Housing Census 2021, Caste/Ethnicity Report. Government of Nepal (Report).

[2] "LINGUISTIC AND RELIGIOUS MINORITIES UNDER SSP LED GOVERNMENT" (PDF).

[3] Central Bureau of Statistics (2014). Population monograph of Nepal (PDF) (Report). Vol. II. Government of Nepal.

[4] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2011-04-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] National Statistics Office (2021). National Population and Housing Census 2021, Caste/Ethnicity Report. Government of Nepal (Report).

[6] "LINGUISTIC AND RELIGIOUS MINORITIES UNDER SSP LED GOVERNMENT" (PDF).

[7] A Grammar of Sunuwar. Dörte Borchers. 2008. ISBN 978-9004167094. Retrieved 27 August 2018.

[8] Population Monograph of Nepal, Volume II

[9] 2011 Nepal Census, District Level Detail Report

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