People of thecho

Like other villages. Thecho village development committee is also inhabited by the people of different casts. Newar is the main ethnic group and among Newars Maharjan (Jyapu ) cast is in the majority.

Ward No.	Cast
1	Maharjan ,Kapali,Napit
2	Maharjan
3	Maharjan
4	Maharjan ,Napit
5	MaharjanDorji,Kapali, Kasai
6	Gwalanand
7	Maharjan, Gwalanand
8	Khadk,Thapa,Khattri, Pokharel,sharma,PaudelBista,Pande,Bista,Magar
9	Khadka,Thapa,Khatri,Sharma,Bista,Chame,Giri, Magar ,Pandey,Silwal

This shows that this is a Newar dominated village. Newar are very few at ward Nine and eight. According to the 1987 census, conducted by Lalipur district development committee, the main ethnic groups are as follow:

S.No.	Ethnic group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
1.	Newar	2802	2484	5286	82.43
2.	Khatri, Chhatri, Magar, Thapa	549	518	1067	16.64
3.	Damai	25	23	48	0.75
4	Kami	5	7	12	0.19
		3381	3032	6413	100.00

This data shows that Newar is the major ethnic group which comprises 82.43 percent of the total population. Most of the Newars are involved in agriculture but when they are free from their work in the fields, they remain busy in different cottage industries.