Paudel

Poudel (Nepali: पौडेल, pouḍel), also spelled as Poudel, Paudyal, and Poudyal is a surname found among the Bahun or Hill Brahmin people of western Nepal.^[1]

Paudel
पौडेल

Language	Nepali
Origin
Word/name	Nepal
Meaning	Someone from Paudhi, Uttarakhand, India
Other names
Variant forms	Paudel, Poudel, Paudyal, Poudyal

It derives from the town of Paudhi in Uttarakhand, India.^[1]

There are 2 types of Poudel some are called "Kalo Paudel" and some are called "Seto Paudel". They are of Atreya gotra and have three pravaras (tripravara) which are Atreya, Archanan, Shyavshrav. Most of the Paudel worship Dare as their kuladevata (family deity) and some worship Varaha as their kuladevata.

Notable people bearing the surname include:

• Ram Chandra Poudel, president of Nepal since 2023
• Modanath Paudel popularly known as Modanath Prasrit, Nepali writer, politician and political Activist
• Bal Chandra Poudel (born 1961), politician of Nepali Congress
• Ananta Prasad Paudel (born 1962), Member of the Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly
• Lekhnath Paudyal (1885–1966), poet (author of "A Parrot in a Cage")
• Prakash Sharma Poudel, Member of Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly
• Purusottam Poudel, Nepalese politician and government minister
• Ranga Nath Poudyal, first Brahmin Prime Minister of Nepal in 1838
• Shivahari Poudel, Nepalese actor in the TV show Jire Khursani
• Usha Poudel, Nepalese dancer and actress
• Rohit Kumar Paudel, Nepalese cricketer, the youngest cricketer to hit an international half century and the captain of Nepal national cricket Team
• Bishnu Prasad Paudel, Nepalese politician, vice-chairman of Communist Party of Nepal