Karki (surname)

Karki (Devanagari: कार्की) is a Chhetri surname from Nepal and a Kumaoni Rajput clan in Uttarakhand.

Khasa Kingdom

Karki was a title given to tax collecting officers in the medieval Khasa Kingdom. A branch of Karki Chhetris were also given the title of Raja of Pyuthan. The sub-clans of Karki Chhetris in Nepal are:

• Lama Karki: Lama Karki belong to Shreepali clan so they are also known as Shreepali Karki. They belong to the Parashara gotra and are believed to be from Lamathada in the Sinja Valley of the Khasa Kingdom.
• Sutar Karki: Sutar Karki trace their ancestry to Jasodhar Pandit, who obtained the Karki title in Sutarkot, Dailekh

Karki Rajput clan of Kumaon

Karki is a Rajput clan from the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand.

Notable people

Notable people who bear the surname Karki include:

• Bipin Karki, Nepali actor
• Dipak Karki, several Nepali politicians
• Ek Raj Karki, Nepali politician
• Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, Nepali politician
• Hari Krishna Karki, Nepali judge and former Chief Justice of Nepal
• Hikmat Kumar Karki, Nepali politician and former Chief Minister of Koshi Province
• Kedar Karki, Nepali politician and Chief Minister of Koshi Province
• Lokman Singh Karki, Nepali civil servant and former head of CIAA
• Mallika Karki, Nepali singer
• Neelam Karki "Niharika", Nepali poet
• Priyanka Karki, Nepali actress
• Ram Karki, Nepali politician
• Sushila Karki, Nepali interim Prime Minister, former Chief Justice of Nepal
• Sushma Karki, Nepali actress
• Swarup Singh Karki, Kaaji and later, Dewan of the Kingdom of Nepal (c.1775 – c.1777)
• Vidhan Karki, Nepali film director

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