[1]Hijama, also known as cupping, are an ethnic group in India known for practicingcupping therapy. The word Hijama has been derived from theArabic wordAl Hajm, means "sucking", referring to this therapy. A practitioner was called aHijama inArab countries, and the name was used in India as well.^{[1][verification needed]}

TheCentral Bureau of Statistics of Nepal classifies the Hajjam (called Hajam in the Nepal census) as a subgroup within the broader social group ofMadheshi Other Caste.^[2] At the time of the2011 Nepal census, 117,758 people (0.4% of the population of Nepal) were Hajjam. The frequency of Hajjam by province was as follows:

• Madhesh Province (1.4%)
• Lumbini Province (0.5%)
• Koshi Province (0.3%)
• Bagmati Province (0.1%)
• Gandaki Province (0.0%)
• Karnali Province (0.0%)
• Sudurpashchim Province (0.0%)

The frequency of Hajjam was higher than national average (0.4%) in the following districts:^[3]

• Saptari (1.5%)
• Dhanusha (1.4%)
• Parsa (1.4%)
• Rautahat (1.4%)
• Siraha (1.4%)
• Mahottari (1.3%)
• Sarlahi (1.3%)
• Bara (1.2%)
• Kapilvastu (1.1%)
• Banke (0.9%)
• Parasi (0.9%)
• Rupandehi (0.8%)
• Morang (0.6%)
• Sunsari (0.5%)

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