Surjapuri people
सुरजापुरी | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| est. 2-3 million (2011 census and later estimates) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Parts of northeastern Bihar and northern West Bengal in India, parts of Bangladesh and southeastern Nepal | |
| Languages | |
| Surjapuri | |
| Religion | |
| Islam, Hinduism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bengali people, Maithili people, Nashya Shaikh people, Rajbanshi people |
The Surjapuri people are an ethnolinguistic community primarily found in the eastern Gangetic plains of South Asia. They are concentrated in parts of northern Bihar and northern West Bengal in India and have populations in adjacent districts of Bangladesh and eastern Nepal. The group is closely associated with the Surjapuri language, an Indo-Aryan tongue of the Bengali-Assamese branch, and the community includes both Muslim and Hindu adherents.