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Indian Nepali
Regions with significant populations
Terai region, Kathmandu, Biratnagar, Birganj, Jhapa, Mahakali, Butwal, Chitwan
Languages
Bhojpuri, Maithili, Marwari, Bangla, Various Nepalese languages
Religion
Hinduism Buddhism Islam Jainism
Related ethnic groups
Burmese Indians Indians in China

Indian Nepali, Indian Nepalese or Indo Nepalese are people residing in Nepal who have their heritage from regions of what is now the Republic of India, predominantly since Mughal India and British India during which they started migrating to the Kingdom of Nepal. The Marwadi people have lived in Nepal for several hundred years. They came to Nepal from Rajasthan as traders and flourished in Nepal where there was very little trade activity then. Now the Marwaris control majority of top businesses of Nepal. There are also a few Punjabis and Bengalis in major cities of Nepal. A plenty of Muslims have also immigrated from India to Nepal. A majority of them are involved in low profile works like rickshaw pullers, cobblers, tailors, scavengers etc. Some run small businesses also. In 2001, it was estimated that around 4 million Indians had migrated to Nepal over the previous 35 to 40 years while an estimated 7 million migrated from Nepal to India mostly for work.^[1]^[2]

References

^ https://lib.icimod.org/enwiki/api/files/4003b203-c144-4cf9-9bed-48a5ad2c09ff/1139.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjex42z1Y_qAhUyheYKHaRWAKkQFjAHegQIDhAK&usg=AOvVaw3lkum5JJrLIm07yZWQymLG ^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Where big can be bothersome". The Hindu. 7 January 2001. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

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Indian diaspora

Africa

Southeast	Kenya Madagascar Mauritius Bihari Tamil Mozambique Réunion¹ (Malbars) Seychelles Tamil Tanzania Uganda Zambia
Elsewhere	Botswana Egypt Ghana South Africa (Tamil) Zimbabwe

Americas

Caribbean	Barbados Belize Dominican Republic Grenada Guadeloupe² Guyana Haiti (Marabou) Jamaica Martinique² Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago U.S. Virgin Islands
Latin America	Argentina Brazil Chile French Guiana² Mexico Panama Peru Uruguay Venezuela
Anglo-America	Canada Anglo-Indian Punjabi Sindhi Tamil British Columbia Vancouver Toronto United States by location Bengali Indo-Caribbean Gujarati Punjabi Punjabi Mexican Sindhi Tamil Telugu

Asia

South	Afghanistan Punjabi Bangladesh Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka Bharatha Chetty Tamil Telugu
Southeast	Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Klingalese Mardijker Tamil Malaysia Chitty Gujarati Jawi Peranakan Malayali Punjabi Tamil Telugu Penang Sabah Sarawak Myanmar Mizo Tamil Philippines Singapore Chitty Tamil Thailand Vietnam
East	China Hong Kong Japan Korea Taiwan
West	Bahrain Iran Israel Jews Kuwait Lebanon Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Turkey United Arab Emirates

Europe

Eastern	Poland Russia
Northern	Finland Sweden
Southern	Cyprus Italy Tamil Malta Portugal Spain
Western	France Tamil Germany Tamil Ireland Netherlands Switzerland Tamil United Kingdom London Indo-Caribbean Gujarati Punjabi Sindhi Tamil

Oceania

Australia
- Malayali
- Punjabi
- Tamil
- Sindhi
Fiji
- Gujarati
- South Indian
New Caledonia³
New Zealand

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+'''Indian Nepali''', '''Indian Nepalese''' or '''Indo Nepalese''' are [[Nepali people|people residing in Nepal]] who have their heritage from regions of what is now the [[Republic of India]], predominantly since [[Mughal India]] and [[British India]] during which they started migrating to the [[Kingdom of Nepal]]. The [[Marwari people|Marwadi]] people have lived in Nepal for several hundred years. They came to Nepal from [[Rajasthan]] as traders and flourished in Nepal where there was very little trade activity then. Now the Marwaris control majority of top businesses of Nepal. There are also a few Punjabis and Bengalis in major cities of Nepal. A plenty of Muslims have also immigrated from India to Nepal. A majority of them are involved in low profile works like rickshaw pullers, cobblers, tailors, scavengers etc. Some run small businesses also. In 2001, it was estimated that around 4 million Indians had migrated to Nepal over the previous 35 to 40 years while an estimated 7 million migrated from Nepal to India mostly for work.<ref name=icimod>https://lib.icimod.org/enwiki/api/files/4003b203-c144-4cf9-9bed-48a5ad2c09ff/1139.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjex42z1Y_qAhUyheYKHaRWAKkQFjAHegQIDhAK&usg=AOvVaw3lkum5JJrLIm07yZWQymLG {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref><ref name=TheHindu>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/01/07/stories/05071343.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015044439/http://hindu.com/2001/01/07/stories/05071343.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 October 2012|title=Where big can be bothersome|date=7 January 2001|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref>
-'''Indian Nepali''', '''Indian Nepalese''' or '''Indo Nepalese''' are [[Nepali people|people residing in Nepal]] who have their heritage from regions of what is now NEPAL.
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