Adhikari (

Devanāgarī Devanagari ( ; in script: , , ) is an Indic script used in the Indian subcontinent. It is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental Writing systems#Segmental systems: alphabets, writing system), based on the ancient ''Brāhmī script, Brā ...

: अधिकारी, Sinhala: අදිකාරී,

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: অধিকারী; also spelt Adhikary) is a surname originating in the

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. Those having their surname as Adhikari are mainly found in

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and Indian states of

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and also in fewer parts of Southern

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such as

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Purnea Purnia (; also romanized and officially known as Purnea) is the fourth largest city of Bihar and is emerging as the largest economic hub in North Bihar. It serves as the administrative headquarters of both Purnia district and Purnia divisio ...

etc. as these areas have a greater influence of

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and many

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have settled in these area. In Bengal Adhikari surname is mainly found among Baishnab , and other communities as well. In Nepal, Adhikari are of both

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and

Chhetri Chhetri (Kshetri, Kshettri, Kshetry or Chhettri), ( ; IAST: ''Kṣetrī'') historically called Kshettriya or Kshetriya or Khas are Nepali language, Nepali speaking people historically associated with the warrior class and administration, some of ...

Clan. The surname is also found among several groups including

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, Sinhalese,

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, Nepalese, Kamatapuri and Kumaonis. Adhikari is literally translated as ''Officer''.

Notable people

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

, Indian professional footballer *

Amrit Bhushan Dev Adhikari Amrit Bhushan Dev Adhikari (1858–1942). Back in 1810 Saka (Shaka era), king of gauripur, Bahadur organised "All Goalpara convention". The hidden agenda behind this was to make Goalpara a Bengali speaking district. But not even the king of Goal ...

, Indian writer from Assam *

Bharat Mohan Adhikari Bharat Mohan Adhikari () (4 May 1936 – 2 March 2019) was a Nepali politician, economist. He became the Minister of Finance of Nepal in the 1994-95 government of Prime Minister Man Mohan Adhikari. He was the first communist Finance Minister w ...

, 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 was elected to Lok Sabha from Tamluk in 2019 as a member of Trinamool Congress. Dibyendu Adhikari's father Sisir Adhikari and elder bro ...

, Indian politician * Gangadhar Adhikari, 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 both as a player and a coach in a career that spanned three decades. He received the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime ...

, Indian cricketer * Indra Adhikari, Bhutanese journalist in exile *

Keki Adhikari Keki Adhikari (; born 17 December 1989) is a Nepalese film actress. She has appeared in music videos, television commercials, print ads and Nepali movies. She started off her career featuring in music videos before she made her acting debut wi ...

, Nepalese actress * Khagaraj Adhikari, Nepalese politician from Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) * Kshetra Pratap Adhikary, Nepalese lyricist *

Man Mohan Adhikari Man Mohan Adhikari (Magi) (; 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 was the first communist Prime Minister in Nepal and ...

, 31st Prime Minister of Nepal *

Michael Sushil Adhikari Michael Sushil Adhikari (1924–1997) was a Christian Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former State Minister. Early life He was born on 14 January 1924 in Kathira, Barisal, East Bengal, British Raj. He graduated from Bishnupur Missio ...

, Bangladesh politician * Miriam Adhikari, South African physician *

Mohamed Adhikari Muhammad 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 ...

, South African professor *

Mohan Chandra Adhikari Mohan Chandra Adhikari () 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 had been a follower of Pushpa Lal Shrestha, but turned more ...

, Nepalese communist politician * Nanda Prasad Adhikari, Nepalese activist * Narayan Prasad Adhikari, Nepalese politician * Nisha Adhikari, 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 Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari, MVC (25 December 1970 – 30 May 1999), was an Indian Army officer who died during the Kargil War. He was posthumously awarded the second highest Indian military honour, the Maha Vir Chakra for bravery on the ...

, Indian soldier *

Ram Nath Adhikari Ram Nath Adhikari () is a Nepalese politician. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress. In the 2022 Nepalese general election, he was elected as the member of the 2nd Federal Parliament of Ne ...

, Nepalese politician * Rana X. Adhikari, American experimental physicist * Ranu Devi Adhikari, Nepalese singer * Sadhan Kumar Adhikari, Indian physics professor * Saroj Kumar Nath Adhikari, Bangladeshi educationist and political activist *

Shantidas Adhikari Shantidas Gosai or Shantidas Goswami, also known as Shantidas Adhikari, was a Hindu preacher from Sylhet, Bengal. He composed the ''Vijay Panchali'' (also spelt ''Bijoy Panchali'' in Bengali), in which he projected the land of Manipur in northe ...

, 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 2024. 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 who has served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party since May 2021. Adhikari previously worked in the state ministry for the W ...

, Indian politician

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