Bhojpuri people explained

Group:	Bhojpuri people
Population:	^[1]
Popplace:	India (Bhojpuri region; Western Bihar, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Western Jharkhand) and Nepal (Western Madhesh, Eastern Lumbini)
Pop1:	1,820,795
Ref1:	^[2]
Rels:	Majority: Hinduism Minority:
Langs:	Bhojpuri, Hindi, Urdu
Related Groups:	other Indo-Aryan peoples

The Bhojpuri people, also known as Bhojpuriya-sawb (Devanagari: भोजपुरीया सब; Kaithi: ; Romanized: bhojapuriyā sab) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent who speak the Bhojpuri-language and inhabit the Bhojpur-Purvanchal region. This area is now divided between the western part of the Indian state of Bihar, the eastern part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, western Jharkhand, along with some neighbouring districts in the Madhya Pradesh and Madhesh and Lumbini of Nepal.^[3] ^[4] A significant diaspora population of Bhojpuris can be found in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, other parts of the Caribbean, Fiji, South Africa, Mauritius, United States, Canada, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.^[5]

Culture

Language and literature

See main article: Bhojpuri language and Bhojpuri literature. Bhojpuri is spoken by around 50 million people.^[6] It is native to Bhojpuri region of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Bhojpuri is sociolinguistically considered one of the "Hindi dialects" although it linguistically belongs to the geographic Bihari branch of Eastern Indo-Aryan languages. The first Bhojpuri novel Bindiã was written by Ram Nath Pandey in 1955. It was published by Bhojpuri Sansad, Jagatganj, Varanasi. Bhikhari Thakur's was famous writer of Bhojpuri language. His famous book is Bidesiya.^[7] ^[8]

Cuisine

See main article: Bhojpuri cuisine. Bhojpuri cuisine is part of North Indian cuisine. It is mild and spice is less used. It has majorly influenced the cuisine of the Caribbean, Fiji, Mauritius, and South Africa.

Influence and reputation

According to G.A. Grierson, Bhojpuriya people have influenced all over India and called them people from energetic race and has called them the Civilizer of Hindostan. In order to compare Bhojpuriyas with Maithils and Magahiya he writes:^[9]

He further writes that Bhojpuri people form the fighting nation of Hindostan, and has praised for grab any opportunity. He writes:

Notable people

Notes and References

Web site: Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. www.censusindia.gov.in. 3 December 2019.
2021 . National Population and Housing Census 2021, Caste/Ethnicity Report . National Statistics Office . Government of Nepal .
Web site: Economic and Socio-cultural Dimensions of Regionalisation: An Indo-U.S.S.R. Collaborative Study . 18 March 2017 . 392–409. Roy Burman . B. K. . Chandra Sekhar . A. . 1972 .
Book: Language, Religion and Politics in North India . 18 March 2017 . 69. 9780595343942 . Brass . Paul R. . 2005 .
Web site: Journal of Mauritian Studies, Volume 2, Issue 1 . 2003 . 18 March 2017 . 34–37.
Web site: Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. www.censusindia.gov.in. 27 August 2019.
Dr. Viveki Rai, Bhojpuri Katha Sahity ke vikaas
http://hindi.webdunia.com/literature-remembrance/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A5-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AF-1140616058_1.htm भोजपुरी साहित्य के संत-रामनाथ पांडेय
Web site: Linguistic Survey of India . 2022-08-09 . dsal.uchicago.edu.