Paudel

Poudel (Nepali: पौडेल, pouḍel), also spelled as Poudel, Paudyal, and Poudyal is a surname found among the Bahun or Hill Brahmin people of western Nepal.^[1]

It derives from the town of Paudhi in Uttarakhand, India.^[1]

There are 2 types of Poudel some are called "Kalo Paudel" and some are called "Seto Paudel". They are of Atreya gotra and have three pravaras (tripravara) which are Atreya, Archanan, Shyavshrav. Most of the Paudel worship Dare as their kuladevata (family deity) and some worship Varaha as their kuladevata.

Notable people bearing the surname include:

• Ram Chandra Poudel, president of Nepal since 2023
• Modanath Paudel popularly known as Modanath Prasrit, Nepali writer, politician and activist
• Bal Chandra Poudel (born 1961), Nepali politician
• Ananta Prasad Paudel (born 1962), Nepali politician
• Lekhnath Paudyal (1885–1966), poet
• Prakash Sharma Poudel, Nepali politician
• Purusottam Poudel, Nepalese politician
• Ranga Nath Poudyal, Nepali politician and Prime Minister
• Shivahari Poudel, Nepalese actor
• Usha Poudel, Nepalese dancer and actress
• Rohit Kumar Paudel, Nepalese cricketer
• Bishnu Prasad Paudel, Nepalese politician