| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 51 million[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| India (Bhojpuri region; Western Bihar, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Western Jharkhand) and Nepal (Western Madhesh, Eastern Lumbini) | |
 Nepal 1,820,795[2] | |
| Languages | |
| Bhojpuri, Hindi, Urdu | |
| Religion | |
Majority: HinduismMinority: | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Indo-Aryan peoples |
The Bhojpuri people, also known as Bhojpuriya-sawb (Devanagari: भोजपुरीया सब; Kaithi: 𑂦𑂷𑂔𑂣𑂳𑂩𑂲𑂨𑂰 𑂮𑂥; Romanized: bhojapuriyā sab) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent who speak the Bhojpuri-language and inhabit the Bhojpur-Purvanchal region. This area is now divided between the western part of the Indian state of Bihar, the eastern part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, western Jharkhand, along with some neighbouring districts in the Madhya Pradesh and Madhesh and Lumbini of Nepal.[3][4] A significant diaspora population of Bhojpuris can be found in Trinidad and Tobago, Netherlands, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, other parts of the Caribbean, Fiji, South Africa, and Mauritius.[5]
- ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ National Statistics Office (2021). National Population and Housing Census 2021, Caste/Ethnicity Report. Government of Nepal (Report).
- ^ Roy Burman, B. K.; Chandra Sekhar, A. (1972). "Economic and Socio-cultural Dimensions of Regionalisation: An Indo-U.S.S.R. Collaborative Study". pp. 392–409. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ Brass, Paul R. (2005). Language, Religion and Politics in North India. p. 69. ISBN 9780595343942. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Journal of Mauritian Studies, Volume 2, Issue 1". 2003. pp. 34–37. Retrieved 18 March 2017.