Number of Nepali Speakers in India

Nepali or Gorkhali is an Indo-aryan language mainly spoken in Nepal, India and it's neighbouring countries mainly Bhutan and Burma. In Northeast India there are several million Nepali speakers. A considerable number of Nepali-speaking Indian peoples are also present in many Indian cities such as Kolkata, Delhi, Bangalore, Vishakhapatnam, Goa, Bihar, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Chennai, Mumbai, and Hyderabad.

According to Encarta 2007 data, India has 16.1 million speakers of Nepali Language. The linguistic data of 2011 census has not been made public.
The Ethnologue website counts 42 million (2012) speakers of Nepali worldwide
(See Pic: World map with significant Nepali language speakers.)

Nepali Greetings

There is a huge population of Nepali/Gorkhali speaking people in India. Unfortunately, like many  other regional languages, the young generation is wary of using their mother tongue. The parents are also happy to use Hindi or Hinglish as a preferred tongue to talk at home with their kids. We should not forget that one's mother tongue us a part of one's cultural identity , and ignoring it may lead to rootlessness and misdirection. Presenting a list of common Nepali greetings taken from Wikipedia.

Hello                       नमस्ते
Nice to meet you. तपाइ संग भेटेर खुशी लाग्याे
How are you?        तपाइ सन्चै हुनुहून्छ?
My name is Ram. मेराे नाम राम हाे ।
I am from India.   म भारतबाट हाे ।
Good morning      सबैजनालाइ शुभ-प्रभात।
to all of you.
Goodnight            शुभ-रात्री
Day.                       दिन
Evening.                साँझ
I am thirsty.          म तिर्खाएकाे छु।
I am hungry.         म भाेकाएकाे छु।
Tasty.                     मिठाे ।
I am sorry.             क्षमा गर्नुहाेस।
Where is the          नुहाउने स्थान कहाँ छ ?
bathroom?
Thank you.             धन्यवाद ।