Adhikari ( Devanāgarī: अधिकारी, Sinhala: අදිකාරී) (also spelled Adhikary or Adhicary) belongs to Brahmins and Rajput caste native to the Indian subcontinent, mainly found in Nepal, India, and

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

.Adhikari of Kumaon region of Uttarakhand are Rajputs,but it also depends on region. Another regions, majorly West Bengal, Adhikari are Brahmins. It is found among several groups including Bengalis, Biharis,

Sinhalese Sinhala may refer to: * Something of or related to the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka * Sinhalese people * Sinhala language Sinhala ( ; , ''siṁhala'', ), sometimes called Sinhalese (), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language prima ...

, Marathis, Nepalese and

Kumaonis Kumaonis, also known as Kumaiye and Kumain (in Nepal), are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group who speak Kumaoni language as their first-language and live mostly in Kumaon region in the Indian Himalayas . Kumaoni is also used as an addr ...

. Adhikari is literally translated as ''Officer''.

Notable people

People with this surname include: * Anil Adhikari, Nepalese rapper better known by his stage name

Yama Buddha Yama (Devanagari: यम) or Yamarāja (यमराज), is a deity of death, dharma, the south direction, and the underworld who predominantly features in deva (Hinduism), Hindu and deva (Buddhism), Buddhist religion, belonging to an early s ...

* Ayush Adhikari, professional footballer from uttrakhand *

Amrit Bhushan Dev Adhikari Amrit Bhushan Dev Adhikari ( as, অমৃতভূষণ দেৱ অধিকাৰী; 1858–1942). Back in 1810 Saka (Shaka era), king of gauripur, Bahadur organised "All Goalpara convention". The hidden agenda behind this was to make Goal ...

, Indian writer from Assam * Bharat Mohan Adhikari, Nepalese politician * Deepak Adhikari, Indian film personality, better known as Dev * Dibyendu Adhikari, Indian politician * Gangadhar Adhikari, Indian communist leader *

Haribhakta Adhikari Haribhakta Adhikari is a Nepalese politician. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha The Pratinidhi (the Viceroy) was an important member of the ministry in the Maratha Empire. The title of ''Pratinidhi'' means ''the representative of the King,' ...

, Indian politician * Hemu Adhikari, Indian cricketer * Indra Adhikari, Bhutanese journalist in exile * Keki Adhikari, Nepalese actress *

Khagaraj Adhikari Khagaraj Adhikari ( ne, खगराज अधिकारी) is a nepalese politician and was Minister of Home Affairs of Government of Nepal. He served in this post since 4 June 2021 but was removed from the post by Supreme Court on 22 June ...

, Nepalese politician from Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) * Kshetra Pratap Adhikary, Nepalese lyricist * Man Mohan Adhikari, 31st Prime Minister of Nepal *

Michael Sushil Adhikari Michael Sushil Adhikari (1924–1997) was a Christian Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former State Minister. Early life He was born on 14 January 1924 in Kathira, Barisal, East Bengal, British Raj. He graduated from Bishnupur Mission ...

, Bangladesh politician * Miriam Adhikari, South African physician *

Mohamed Adhikari Mohamed Adhikari is a professor of history and author of several books on both Coloured identity and politics in South Africa as well as on settler colonialism and genocide. He is a professor at the University of Cape Town. He was born in Cape To ...

, South African professor *

Mohan Chandra Adhikari Mohan Chandra Adhikari ( ne, मोहनचन्द्र अधिकारी) is a former communist politician in Nepal. He is from a Brahmin family in Morang District. Adhikari studied B.A., but didn't appear in the final exams. Adhikari ha ...

, Nepalese communist politician * Nanda Prasad Adhikari, Nepalese activist *

Narayan Prasad Adhikari Narayan Prasad Adhikari (Nepali language, Nepali: नारायण प्रसाद अधिकारी) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), CPN (Maoist). In the 2008 Nepalese Constituent Ass ...

, Nepalese politician * Nisha Adhikari, Nepalese actress and model * Rabindra Prasad Adhikari, Nepalese politician from CPN UML *

Rajesh Singh Adhikari Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari, MVC (25 December 1970 – 30 May 1999), was an Indian Army officer who died during the Kargil War. He was posthumously awarded the second highest Indian military honour, the Maha Vir Chakra for bravery on the ...

, Indian soldier *

Ram Nath Adhikari Ram Nath Adhikari ( ne, रामनाथ अधिकारी) is a Nepalese politician. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress. In the 2022 Nepalese general election, he was elected as ...

, Nepalese politician * Rana X. Adhikari, American experimental physicist *

Ranu Devi Adhikari Ranu Devi Adhikari ( ne, रानुदेवी अधिकारी) (27 November 1936 – 30 April 2020) was a singer of Nepal. She was also one of the prominent leaders of the Nepali Congress party. She was the first female singer of Radio ...

, Nepalese singer *

Sadhan Kumar Adhikari Sadhan Kumar Adhikari is a Brazilian-Indian professor of physics, since 1991, at the Institute of Theoretical Physics (IFT) of the São Paulo State University (UNESP). Early life Sadhan Kumar Adhikari was born to Nalini Ranjan and Mira Adhikar ...

, Indian physics professor *

Saroj Kumar Nath Adhikari Saroj Kumar Nath Adhikary (1938-1971) was a Bangladeshi educationist and political activist who was killed by the Pakistan Army in Bangladesh Liberation War; and who is viewed as a "martyr" in Bangladesh. Early life Adhikary was born on 1 January ...

, Bangladeshi educationist and political activist * Shantidas Adhikari, Indian Hindu missionary *

Sisir Adhikari Sisir Kumar Adhikari (born 19 September 1941) is an Indian politician who represented Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency from 2009 till 2021. He is a former Union Minister of State for Rural Development in the Manmohan Singh government. He was t ...

, Indian politician *

Suvendu Adhikari Suvendu Adhikari (born 15 December 1970) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party who is the current Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 10 May 2021. He is a member of the West Bengal Legislati ...

, Indian politician

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