Sunuwar people

 ( Indigenous Peoples Of Nepal ) 

The Sunuwar or Koinch are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group (Nepali language:सुनुवार जाति| Sunuwār Jāti), a Kirati people 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 Mundhum religion and adopt the Mundhum (Kiranti) culture.

The Kõinchs (Sunuwar) number 82,705 in total. 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.

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Demographics The Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal classifies the Sunuwar as a subgroup within the broader social group of Mountain/Hill Janajati. Population Monograph of Nepal, Volume II 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:

• Bagmati Province (0.5%)
• Koshi Province (0.5%)
• Madhesh Province (0.1%)
• Gandaki Province (0.0%)
• Lumbini Province (0.0%)
• Sudurpashchim Province (0.0%)
• Karnali Province (0.0%)

The frequency of Sunuwar was higher than national average (0.2%) in the following districts: 2011 Nepal Census, District Level Detail Report

• Ramechhap (4.2%)
• Okhaldhunga (3.0%)
• Sindhuli (2.7%)
• Ilam District (1.3%)
• Taplejung (1.1%)
• Dolakha District (1.0%)
• Panchthar (1.0%)
• Udayapur (0.9%)
• Jhapa District (0.3%)
• Khotang District (0.3%)
• Lalitpur (0.3%)
• Solukhumbu (0.3%)

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See also

• Phalate or Falate
• Khijee or Khiji
• Bhujee
• Prette or Priti
• Ragani

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