Bihari Hindus
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 Bihari Hindu women having Chhath festival. |
Bihari Hindus are ethnic groups of Bihar, who follows Hinduism.[1] They are mostly present in Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. A large community of them are also settled in Nepal, Mauritius and Fiji through diaspora.[2][3] In modern times, many of them are settled in United States, Australia, United Arab Emirates and other nations as technicians, engineers, labourers and other employement purpose.[4][5] The Bihari culture is directly influenced by Hinduism, including cuisine, literature and music.[6]
Ethnic population[change | change source]
Hindus constitute for nearly 82.7% of Bihar population, as of 2011.
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Kumar, Avinash. Bihari Blues (in Hindi). Sankalp Publishers. ISBN 9-788-194-80148-1.
- ↑ "Bihar Diaspora - bihar news information portal". www.bihar.com. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
- ↑ Younger, Paul (2010). New Homelands: Hindu Communities in Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad, South Africa, Fiji, and East Africa. Oxford University Press. pp. 87. ISBN 9-780-195-39164-0.
- ↑ "Nitish seeks help from Bihari diaspora for state's industrial growth". The Hindu. PTI. 2021-01-17. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ Jan 12, Piyush Tripathi / TNN /; 2021; Ist, 22:30. "Nitish Kumar to interact with Bihari diaspora in US | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
{{cite web}}:|last2=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Pathak, Prabhu Nath (1988). Society and Culture in Early Bihar, C. A.D. 200-600. Commonwealth Publishers. p. 1.
Other websites[change | change source]
- RoadWayS, Singh (8 May 2020). Bihari Hindus in Myanmar (YouTube) (in Hindi).