Jatapu people

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The Jatapu people are a designated Scheduled Tribe in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha [1] Jatapus are an Adivasi tribe and are traditionally pastoral farmers. [2] Through acculturation the Jatapus speak Odia and Telugu and have in many ways adopted the culture of the surrounding Odia people and Telugu people. [3] There were over one million Jatapus in 1991.

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References

  1. "List of notified Scheduled Tribes" (PDF). Census India. pp. 13, 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  2. "Atlas of Endangered Alphabets: Indigenous and minority writing systems, and the people who are trying to save them". Endangeredalphabets.net. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. "Studies Jatapus". Aptribes.gov.in. Welfare Department Govt of A.P. 16 February 2012. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

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