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]

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]

Mosque in Kathmandu, Nepal

Contents
Demographics
See also
Notes
External links

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).

See also
Nepali Muslims
Islam in South Asia

Notes
1. Government of Nepal. Central Bureau of Statistics., Nepal in figures 2006 (https://web.archive.
org/web/20080409125126/http://www.cbs.gov.np/Nepal%20in%20figure/nepal%20in%20figure
s%202006.pdf) (PDF), Kathmandu., archived from the original (http://www.cbs.gov.np/Nepal%2
0in%20figure/Nepal%20in%20Figures%202006.pdf) (PDF) on 2008-04-09
2. NEPAL IN FIGURES 2006 - Government of Nepal (http://www.cbs.gov.np/Nepal%20in%20figur
e/nepal%20in%20figures%202006.pdf) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/2008040912512
6/http://www.cbs.gov.np/Nepal%20in%20figure/nepal%20in%20figures%202006.pdf) 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" (https://web.archive.org/web/20190416060749/http://www.nmc.gov.np/site/cm
 s/9). Archived from the original (http://www.nmc.gov.np/site/cms/9) on 2019-04-16. Retrieved
2018-12-13.

External links
Haque, Md. Mozammil. "Islam in Nepal" (http://islaminnepal.wordpress.com/). Wordpress.
Retrieved April 7, 2011.
Sharma, Sudhindra (May 1995). "How the crescent fares in Nepal" (https://web.archive.org/we
b/20120320064521/http://www.himalmag.com/component/content/article/3033-How-the-cresen
t-fares-in-Nepal.html). Himal. Archived from the original (http://www.himalmag.com/component/
content/article/3033-How-the-cresent-fares-in-Nepal.html) on March 20, 2012. Retrieved
April 7, 2011.
Sijapati, Megan Adamson. Islamic Revival in Nepal: Religion and a New Nation (https://www.a
mazon.com/Islamic-Revival-Nepal-Routledge-Contemporary/dp/0415618746). New York and
London, Routledge Press, 2011. South Asia edition, Delhi 2013.
Siddique, Muhammad (2001). "Muslim Population in the Kingdom of Nepal: Some Outstanding
Features" (https://web.archive.org/web/20110818154346/http://ipac.kacst.edu.sa/eDoc/2006/1
59831_1.pdf) (PDF). Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. 21 (2). Archived from the original (http:/
/ipac.kacst.edu.sa/eDoc/2006/159831_1.pdf) (PDF) on August 18, 2011. Retrieved April 7,
2011.

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