Nepalese Other Erotic

This residual category covers Nepalese populations not enumerated in the other composition rows — approximately 14.5% of the population. Includes approximately 100+ smaller ethnic and caste groups: the Janajati Indigenous communities (Sunuwar, Yakkha, Sherpa-related groups, Chepang, Dhimal, Majhi, Bote, Darai, Kumal, Danuwar, Chhantyal, Hyolmo, Walung, Bhote, Lhomi, Walungge, etc.), various Madhesi and hill caste communities not enumerated above, plus the Dalit communities (Damai/Pariyar, Kami/Bishwakarma, Sarki, Sunar, Badi, Gaine/Gandharva, Halkhor, Doom, etc., predominantly hill-Dalit and Terai-Dalit sub-populations facing substantial caste-based marginalization documented in Dalit-rights advocacy and the post-2006 Constitutional reforms).