Brahman-Hill

The Brahman-Hill is an ethnic group of Nepal making up 12.5% of the country's population.

The Brahman caste includes lots of sub division (family names) that includes

* Acharya, Adhikari, Aryal/Arjyal/Arjel
* Bastakoti, Bhattarai, Bastola, Bhurtel [http://bhurtel.com] , Bhandari, Bhatta, Baral, Basyal,
* Chalise,Chaulagain, Chapagain
* Dahal, Dhakal, Dhungel, Devkota, Dhungana, Dallakoti, Dumre
* Gajurel, Gautam, Gurangain, Ghimire
* Humagain
* Joshi
* Kafle, Kharel, Khatiwada, Koirala, Kalakheti, Khanal, Kattuwal
* Lamichhane
* Mishra, Marasheni
* Nepal, Neupane, Niraula
* Ojha
* Pokhrel, Paudel, Pandey, Pudasiani, Pyakurel, Pant, Pathak, Pageni
* [http://regmi.com.np Regmi]
* Sharma, Subedi, Sapkota, Sangraula
* Tiwari, Timilsina, Tripathi
* Wagle
* Upadhyaya, Upreti, Upretyand many more.

External links

* [http://www.vedah.net/manasanskriti/Brahmins.html The complete reference to Brahmins] : Material from this site has been borrowed for this article with the permission form Dr. Vepachedu: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Successful_requests_for_permission/The_Vepachedu_Educational_Foundation]
* [http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/people/brahmins/list.htm A Long List of Brahmin Castes and Sub-castes]

ee also

*Brahmin
*Hinduism
*Forward Castes
*Classification of Brahmins