Khas people

Khas people () are people of Indo-Iranian ethno-linguistic group. They are indigenous native speakers of Nepali language ("Khas Kura"; translit.Khas speech) which is an Indo-Iranian language. Khas people have been referred as "Parbatiya" and "Pahari" or "Gorkhali". Khas are most dominant faction in Nepal. They are around 31% of Nepal but nearly two thirds of government officials. The word “Khas” is little used in modern times. Khas peoples call themselves by their group names such as Bahun, Kshetri, Sanyasi/Sannesi, Kami, Damai, etc.
History.
Khas people have been described as of Indo-Iraian genes thus unrelated to darker Indic people of India. . Khas people consists of Bahun (Khas Brahmin), Chhetri &amp; Thakuri (Khas Kshatriyas), Sanyasi, Kami, Damai, Gandharbha/Gaine, Badi and Sarki people. Many historians referred dominant Thakuri and Chhetri as Khas Rajputs.
Modern day.
Khas people continue Hindu religion with some ancestral deity called Masto gods.
Khas family names.
Bahun, Chhetri &amp; Thakuri.
Acharya, Adhikari, Aryal, Bam,Saun (Saud or Samant), Baral, Basnet/Basnyat, Bhandari, Bhattarai, Bista/Bisht, Bhatta, Budhathoki, Chand, Chauhan,Chaulagain, Chhetri, Dahal, Devkota, Dhakal, Dhungel, Dulal, Gautam, Ghimire, Kalauni, Karki, Kattel, Katuwal, Khand, Khadka, Khanal, Khatri/K.C., Koirala, Kunwar, Lohani, Oli, Mainali, Pathak, Panta, Pandey, Hamal, Malla, Poudel/Paudyal/Poudar(hill), Pokharel, Rana, Rijal, Regmi, Rimal, Sitoula, Sapkota, Shah, Sen, Shahi, Silwal, Singh, Thakuri, Thapa, Upadhyay, Wagle, Wasti, Air, Aidi, khadayat, kathayat, pela, bhat, ter, bohra, pali,budal, chaisir, danga, rawal, pujara, mahat, mahra etc.
Sanyasi (Dasnami).
Bharati, Giri, Puri, Yogi, etc.
Khas Dalits.
Badi, Bishwakarma/B.K., Damai, Dholi, Gandharbha, Kami, Nagarchi, Pariyar, Ranapaheli, Sarki, Sundas, etc.