Rajdhob or Rajdhov is an indigenous group of people based mainly in

Terai The Terai or Tarai is a lowland region in parts of southern Nepal and northern India that lies to the south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas, the Sivalik Hills and north of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. This lowland belt is characterised by ...

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. In general, they are categorized as Madhesi.

Demography

The total Rajdhob population in Nepal is estimated to be 15,391 among them 7,849 males and 7,542 females. Saptari district of

Madhesh Province Madhesh Province () is a Provinces of Nepal, province of Nepal in the Terai region with an area of covering about 6.5% of the country's total area. It has a population of 6,126,288 as per the 2021 Nepal census, making it Nepal's most densely po ...

has 13,423 Rajdhob people which is the highest of all.

Surnames

# Mandal/Madar() # Khadga() # Raut() # Majhi() # Singh # Adhikari() # Das() # Laugi() # Sant() # Ishar() # Kapair() # Bishwas() # Pramani() # Paik() # Parihast() # Padey() # Paikra() # Gami()

Inclusiveness

As of 18 December 2019, only three of total Rajdhoves are in Nepal Army.

Language

Mainly they speak Maithili and

Angika Angika (also known as ''Anga'', ''Angikar'' or ''Chhika-Chhiki'') is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken in some parts of the Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand, as well as in parts of Nepal. Angika is closely related to neighbouring Indi ...

. Nepali,

Bhojpuri Bhojpuri may refer to: * Bhojpuri language, an Indo-Aryan language of India and Nepal * Bhojpuri grammar, grammatical rules of the language * Bhojpuri nouns, nouns of the language * Bhojpuri people, people who speak the language * Bhojpuri region ...

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and English are the preferable secondary language.

Events

1. Honour programme of

Satya Narayan Mandal Satya Narayan Mandal (Nepali: सत्यनारायण मंडल) is a Nepalese politician and the former party leader of Province No. 2. He was a member of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) till 2022 general el ...

in DDC, Saptari meeting hall,

Rajbiraj Rajbiraj () is a mid-sized municipality located in the south-eastern part of Madhesh Province of Nepal. The city is also called the "Pink City of Nepal" because the township was designed in 1938 based on influence from the "Indian Pink City" Ja ...

was organized by the Rajdhob Federation India/Nepal on 16 December 2017. This is the honorific moment after his win in the election of

Provincial Assembly of Province No. 2 The Madhesh Provincial Assembly ( Nepali/ Maithili/Bhojpuri: मधेश प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Madhesh Province, one of the seven Provinces in Nepal, The assembly is seated in the provinc ...

2. Rajdhov Diwas: Rajdhov people organize a meeting day every year on the day of

Saraswati Puja Vasant Panchami , also rendered Vasanta Panchami and Saraswati Puja in honour of the Hindu goddess Saraswati, is a festival that marks the preparation for the arrival of spring. The festival is celebrated in Indian religions in different ways ...

. They spend some time together and discuss the issues for the upliftment of Rajdhoves.

Poem

-Yugal Kishor Rajdhov

Notable persons

# Birendra Majhi - Mayor of Hanumannagar Kankalini Municipality, Saptari district #

– CPNUML leader, former youth and sports minister of Nepal and first minister from Rajdhoves. #

CK Raut Chandra Kant Raut (), popularly known as Dr. CK Raut, is a Nepalese Member of Parliament (MP), computer engineer, former United States Defense programmer, author, politician, activist. He is a gold medalist in the Bachelor of Engineering from ...

- President of

Janamat Party The Janamat Party () is a Nepalese political party. The party stands as a national party in Nepal and is the eighth-largest party since the 2022 general election. History Formation Formerly known as Alliance for Independent Madhesh, it was ...

Nepal # Prakash Mani Raut - National President of Backward Castes Association, Nepal # Sameer Satyarth - Director at Raidonnews Media Group

Notes

References

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