text: Geographical distribution At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, 798,658 people (2.97% of the population of Nepal) identified as Gurung. The proportions of Gurung people by province was as follows:
  Gandaki Province (11.4%)
  Bagmati Province (2.2%)
  Koshi Province (1.4%)
  Lumbini Province (0.9%)
  Karnali Province (0.7%)
  Sudurpashchim Province (0.2%)
  Madhesh Province (0.2%)
  The proportions of Gurung people were higher than national average in the following districts:
  Manang (57.1%)
  Lamjung (31.4%)
  Mustang (20.1%)
  Gorkha (19.8%)
  Kaski (16.7%)
  Tanahun (11.6%)
  Syangja (9.0%)
  Dolpa (7.1%)
  Chitwan (6.8%)
  Dhading (5.6%)
  Sankhuwasabha (5.4%)
  Taplejung (4.6%)
  Parbat (3.7%)
  Rasuwa (3.1%)
  Tehrathum (2.9%)
  Ilam (2.9%)
  Nawalpur (2.9%)
  Kathmandu (2.6%)
  Rupandehi (2.0%).
  Religion
  Roughly two third of Gurung follow Buddhism ,while around one third follow Hinduism and around 2 % follow Christianity.The Gurung Dharma include Bon Lam (Lama), Ghyabri (Ghyabring) and  Pachyu (Paju).  Lamas perform Buddhist rituals as needed, such as in birth, funeral, other family rituals (such as in Domang, Tharchang) and in Lhosar. Lamas perform Buddhist ceremonies primarily in Manang, Mustang, and elsewhere. Some Gurung villages have kept remnants of a pre-Buddhist form of the ‘Bon' religion, which flourished over two thousand years ago across much of Tibet and Western China. They have also kept aspects of an even older shamanic belief system that served as a counter to the Bon religion.