Islam in Nepal

Islam is a minority religion in Nepal. According to the 2011 Nepal census, Nepal has 1 million Muslims comprising 4.4% of the population of Nepal.[1]

Mosque in Kathmandu, Nepal
Islam by country
 Islam portal

Islam is thought to have been introduced by the Bangladeshi Muslims, Pakistani Muslims and Indian Muslims settling in Nepal.[2] Ahmadis maintain a small presence in Nepal.[3]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Nepal census, there are around 1.164 million Muslims in Nepal. Almost all of them live in Terai Region. [4] Districts with large Muslim concentrations are: Rautahat (19.7%), Banke (19.0%), Kapilvastu (18.2%), Parsa (14.5%), Mahottari (13.3%), Bara (13.0%) and Sunsari (11.5%). There are only 21,866 Muslims in the capital city of Kathmandu (1.25% of the total population).

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See also

Notes
  1. Government of Nepal. Central Bureau of Statistics., Nepal in figures 2006 (PDF), Kathmandu., archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-09
  2. NEPAL IN FIGURES 2006 - Government of Nepal Archived 2008-04-09 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Sijapati, Megan Adamson (2011). Islamic Revival in Nepal: Religion and a New Nation. London and New York: Rouledge.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2018-12-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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