Bista (Nepali:बिष्ट) is a family name of people of Nepal belonging to Chhetri groups of Kshatriya varna. They are Hindu with a local Masto deity. They speak Nepali language as mother tongue. Bistas are one of the five Kaji families to be granted the hereditary dignity of Kaji along with Thapa, Pande, Basnet/Basnyat and Kunwar. The origin of Nepalese Bistas are from Indian and migrated into Nepal. In India Bista/Bistas are spelled as Bisht/Bishts or Bist/Bists and are titled as Rajputs, they are mostly found in Indian state of Uttarakhand.