text: Nepal Numbering about 750,000, the Rai people mainly inhabit the eastern part of Nepal. Linguists have identified up to 28 different Rai languages, most of them mutually unintelligible.
  The 2011 Nepal census classifies the Rai people within the broader social group of Mountain/Hill Janajati. At the time of the Nepal census of 2011, 620,004 people (2.3% of the population of Nepal) were Rai. The frequency of Rai people by province was as follows:
  Koshi Province (11.3%)
  Bagmati Province (1.5%)
  Gandaki Province (0.3%)
  Madhesh Province (0.2%)
  Lumbini Province (0.1%)
  Karnali Province (0.0%)
  Sudurpashchim Province (0.0%)
  The frequency of Rai people was higher than national average (2.3%) in the following districts:
  Khotang (36.8%)
  Bhojpur (32.1%)
  Ilam (23.8%)
  Dhankuta (19.8%)
  Solukhumbu (19.7%)
  Udayapur (17.3%)
  Panchthar (13.8%)
  Sankhuwasabha (10.7%)
  Okhaldhunga (10.0%)
  Sunsari (6.6%)
  Taplejung (5.1%)
  Morang (5.0%)
  Jhapa (4.7%)
  Nuwakot (3.6%)
  Lalitpur (2.7%)
  India, Bhutan and other countries
  Rai predominate in the Indian states of Sikkim, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Kurseong, Mirik and Dooars of West Bengal. Rai is the single largest ethnic community in Sikkim. Rai population is mostly found in the south, west and east of Sikkim. with a large number of Rai also living in Assam and other northeastern states, the Kingdom of Bhutan and some have recently migrated to the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, the United States and other countries.
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