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Chepang people
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (November 2014) |
चेपाङ | |
|---|---|
 Chepang children | |
| Total population | |
| 84,364[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Nepal | |
| Languages | |
| Chepang • Nepali | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism 64.5% • Christianity 25.5% • Prakriti 9.7%[2] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bhujel, Tibetans, Mongols |
The Chepang (Nepali: चेपाङ जाति), also known as Chewang,[3] are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group from the rugged ridges of the Mahabharat mountain range of central Nepal.[4]
With increasing populations, lack of arable land and few irrigation options, malnutrition has been a historic problem for the Chepang despite forest supplements. The Chepang have often been characterized as the poorest of Nepal's poor.[4] Forced teenage pregnancies are common.[5] Chepang men and women are basically egalitarian and no social ranking exists as it does in caste Nepalese society. Many Chepang cannot read and write due to a lack of education beyond elementary school, and this illiteracy stands in contrast to the great gains Nepal has been making in reducing illiteracy.[6] They are mostly located in Dhading District, Chitwan District, Gorkha District, Makwanpur District, and Tanahun District.[7]
- ^ National Statistics Office (2021). National Population and Housing Census 2021, Caste/Ethnicity Report. Government of Nepal (Report).
- ^ Central Bureau of Statistics (2014). Population monograph of Nepal (PDF) (Report). Vol. II. Government of Nepal.
- ^ https://www.ncard.org.np/categorydetail/chepang.html ; visum 2020-06-10
- ^ a b Beine, Caughley and Shrestha. 2012. Chepang Then and Now: Life and Change Among the Chepang of Nepal. Blurb Books.
- ^ "Scores of teen moms in Chepang community". The Himalayan Times. 2015-12-14. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
- ^ "Children in Chitwan deprived of education past primary level".
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