Based on census data taken in 2011, the total population of Magar Kham is estimated to be about 69,000 speakers.

As previously stated, these four major dialects are mutually unintelligible and bear unique grammatical innovations indicative of different languages.

Based on the census data taken in 2011, the total population of Magar Kham speakers is estimated to be about 69,000 persons.

In some communities (Sheshi and Eastern Parbate), parents have shifted to speaking Nepali with their children, and the speaker population is gradually decreasing.

Ethnologue has assigned the following EGIDS levels to each variety: The UNESCO Endangered Languages Project has classified Gamal Kham as "Vulnerable.