Ghale

The Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal classifies the Ghale within the broader social group of Mountain/Hill Janajati.^[1] At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, 22,881 people (0.1% of the population of Nepal) were Ghale.^[2] The frequency of Ghale by province was as follows:

• Bagmati Province (0.3%)
• Gandaki Province (0.3%)
• Koshi Province (0.0%)
• Lumbini Province (0.0%)
• Madhesh Province (0.0%)
• Sudurpashchim Province (0.0%)
• Karnali Province (0.0%)

The frequency of Ghale was higher than national average (0.1%) in the following districts:

• Manang (7.1%)
• Rasuwa (2.4%)
• Dhading (2.0%)
• Gorkha (1.9%)
• Nuwakot (0.4%)
• Bhojpur (0.3%)
• Chitwan (0.2%)
• Sindhupalchowk (0.2%)