The Jatapu people are a designated Scheduled Tribe in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha Jatapus are an Adivasi tribe and are traditionally pastoral farmers. Through acculturation the Jatapus speak Odia and Telugu and have in many ways adopted the culture of the surrounding Odia people and Telugu people. There were over one million Jatapus in 1991.
References
- "List of notified Scheduled Tribes" (PDF). Census India. pp. 13, 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- "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.
- "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.
Further reading
- von Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph (1982). Tribes of India: The Struggle for Survival. University of California Press. pp. 77–79. ISBN 978-0-52004-315-2.
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