Adhikari (

Devanāgarī Devanagari ( ; , , Sanskrit pronunciation: ), also called Nagari (),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, , page 83 is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental writing system), based on the a ...

: अधिकारी, Sinhala: අදිකාරී) (also spelled Adhikary or Adhicary) belongs to Brahmins and Rajput caste native to the

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, mainly found in

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, and

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

.Adhikari of Kumaon region of Uttarakhand are Rajputs,but it also depends on region. Another regions, majorly West Bengal, Adhikari are Brahmins. It is found among several groups including

Bengalis Bengalis (singular Bengali bn, বাঙ্গালী/বাঙালি ), also rendered as Bangalee or the Bengali people, are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the ...

Biharis The Biharis () is a demonym given to the inhabitants of the Indian state of Bihar. Bihari people can be separated into three main Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic groups, Bhojpuris, Maithils and Magadhis. They are also further divided into a vari ...

Sinhalese Sinhala may refer to: * Something of or related to the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka * Sinhalese people * Sinhala language, one of the three official languages used in Sri Lanka * Sinhala script, a writing system for the Sinhala language ** Sinha ...

Marathis The Marathi people ( Marathi: मराठी लोक) or Marathis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as ...

, Nepalese and

Kumaonis Kumaonis, also known as Kumaiye and Kumain (in Nepal), are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group who speak Kumaoni language as their first-language and live mostly in Kumaon region in the Indian Himalayas . Kumaoni is also used as an addr ...

. Adhikari is literally translated as ''Officer''.

Notable people

People with this surname include: * Anil Adhikari, Nepalese rapper better known by his stage name

Yama Buddha Yama (Devanagari: यम) or Yamarāja (यमराज), is a deity of death, dharma, the south direction, and the underworld who predominantly features in Hindu and Buddhist religion, belonging to an early stratum of Rigvedic Hindu deities ...

Ayush Adhikari Ayush Adhikari (born 30 July 2000) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters. Club career Youth and early career After impressing for Delhi state team during the U14 nationals, A ...

, professional footballer from uttrakhand *

Amrit Bhushan Dev Adhikari Amrit Bhushan Dev Adhikari ( as, অমৃতভূষণ দেৱ অধিকাৰী; 1858–1942). Back in 1810 Saka (Shaka era), king of gauripur, Bahadur organised "All Goalpara convention". The hidden agenda behind this was to make Goal ...

, Indian writer from Assam *

Bharat Mohan Adhikari Bharat Mohan Adhikari ( ne, :ne:भरतमोहन अधिकारी, भरतमोहन अधिकारी) (4 May 1936 – 2 March 2019) was a Nepali politician and freedom fighter. He became the Ministry of Finance (Nepal), Minis ...

, Nepalese politician * Deepak Adhikari, Indian film personality, better known as Dev *

Dibyendu Adhikari Dibyendu Adhikari (born 24 December 1976) is an Indian politician from the state of West Bengal in India. He has been elected to Lok Sabha from Tamluk in 2019 as a member of Trinamool Congress. Dibyendu Adhikari's father Sisir Adhikari and elder ...

, Indian politician *

Gangadhar Adhikari Dr. Gangadhar Adhikari (8 December 1898 – 21 November 1981) was a prominent Marxist theoretician and prolific writer as well as one of the main apologists for Islamist separatism in India. He was the former general secretary of the Communist ...

, Indian communist leader * Haribhakta Adhikari, Indian politician *

Hemu Adhikari Colonel Hemchandra "Hemu" Ramachandra Adhikari (31 July 1919 – 25 October 2003) was an Indian cricketer, representing his country as both a player and a coach in a career that spanned three decades. Life and career A talented right-h ...

, Indian cricketer *

Indra Adhikari Indra Adhikari (or I. P. Adhikari) is a Bhutanese journalist in exile. He was the founder of Bhutan News Service. He was a former Bhutanese refugee, forced to leave Bhutan along with his family in 1992. He started ''The Shangrila Sandesh'' in 20 ...

, Bhutanese journalist in exile *

Keki Adhikari Keki Adhikari ( ne, केकी अधिकारी; born December 17, 1989) is a Nepalese film actress and a professional model. She has appeared in numerous music videos, television commercials, print ads and Nepali movies. She started off ...

, Nepalese actress *

Khagaraj Adhikari Khagaraj Adhikari ( ne, खगराज अधिकारी) is a nepalese politician and was Minister of Home Affairs of Government of Nepal. He served in this post since 4 June 2021 but was removed from the post by Supreme Court on 22 June ...

, Nepalese politician from Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) *

Kshetra Pratap Adhikary Kshetra Pratap Adhikary ( ne, क्षेत्रप्रताप अधिकारी; 1943 (March/April) – 14 April 2014) was a Nepali poet, writer and lyricist. Adhikari is best known as the lyricist of the song Ma Ta Laligurans Bhay ...

, Nepalese lyricist *

Man Mohan Adhikari Man Mohan Adhikari (Magi) ( ne, मन मोहन अधिकारी 9 June 1920 – 26 April 1999) was the 31st Prime Minister of Nepal from 1994 to 1995, representing the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist). He is the ...

, 31st Prime Minister of Nepal * Michael Sushil Adhikari, Bangladesh politician * Miriam Adhikari, South African physician *

Mohamed Adhikari Mohamed Adhikari is a professor of history and author of several books on both Coloured identity and politics in South Africa as well as on settler colonialism and genocide. He is a professor at the University of Cape Town. He was born in Cape To ...

, South African professor *

Mohan Chandra Adhikari Mohan Chandra Adhikari ( ne, मोहनचन्द्र अधिकारी) is a former communist politician in Nepal. He is from a Brahmin family in Morang District. Adhikari studied B.A., but didn't appear in the final exams. Adhikari ha ...

, Nepalese communist politician * Nanda Prasad Adhikari, Nepalese activist * Narayan Prasad Adhikari, Nepalese politician *

Nisha Adhikari Nisha Adhikari is a Nepali film actress and model. Adhikari made her acting debut in a comedy programme called ''Gharbeti Ba'' on Kantipur Television. Her debut movie was '' Mission Paisa'' (2009) starring Nikhil Upreti, which was one of the ...

, Nepalese actress and model *

Rabindra Prasad Adhikari Rabindra Prasad Adhikari ( Nepali: रबिन्द्र प्रसाद अधिकारी) (4 May 1969 – 27 February 2019) was a Nepali politician and three-time parliamentarian, belonging to the Nepal Communist Party (NCP). He was ...

, Nepalese politician from

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* Rajesh Singh Adhikari, Indian soldier * Ram Nath Adhikari, Nepalese politician * Rana X. Adhikari, American experimental physicist *

Ranu Devi Adhikari Ranu Devi Adhikari ( ne, रानुदेवी अधिकारी) (27 November 1936 – 30 April 2020) was a singer of Nepal. She was also one of the prominent leaders of the Nepali Congress party. She was the first female singer of Radio ...

, Nepalese singer *

Sadhan Kumar Adhikari Sadhan Kumar Adhikari is a Brazilian-Indian professor of physics, since 1991, at the Institute of Theoretical Physics (IFT) of the São Paulo State University (UNESP). Early life Sadhan Kumar Adhikari was born to Nalini Ranjan and Mira Adhikar ...

, Indian physics professor * Saroj Kumar Nath Adhikari, Bangladeshi educationist and political activist *

Shantidas Adhikari Shantidas Adhikari, popularly known as Shantidas Gosai or Shantidas Goswami, was a Hindu preacher from Sylhet who converted King Pamheiba of Manipur from traditional Meitei religion to Hinduism in 1717 C.E. He composed the "Vijay Panchali" (also ...

, Indian Hindu missionary *

Sisir Adhikari Sisir Kumar Adhikari (born 19 September 1941) is an Indian politician who represented Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency from 2009 till 2021. He is a former Union Minister of State for Rural Development in the Manmohan Singh government. He was th ...

, Indian politician *

Suvendu Adhikari Suvendu Adhikari (born 15 December 1970) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party who is the current Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 10 May 2021. He is a member of the West Bengal Legislative ...

, Indian politician

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