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Bahun

बाहुन
Traditional Bahun priest at Kathmandu
Total population
32,26,903 (12.2% of Nepal's population)
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Nepali language
Religion
Hinduism
Related ethnic groups
Khas people, Chhetri, Kumaoni people, Garhwali people

Bahun (Nepali: बाहुन) is a local colloquial term for the Nepali-speaking Brahmins. They belong to Khas ethnic Paharis in Nepal . According to 2011 Nepal census, Bahun stands as second largest group in Nepal with 12.2% of Nepal's population (or 32,26,903 peoples).

Traditionally, Bahuns (called "Khas Brahmins") were member of Khas community together with "Khas Rajputs" (also called Chhetri). Possibly due to political power of the Khasa Malla kingdom, Khas Bahun and Khas Rajput had high social status as immigrant plain Brahmins and Rajputs in the present-day western Nepal.

Nepali Brahmin (Bahun) priest at Ghanteshwar temple in Doti, Nepal