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Many Oraon migrated to tea gardens of Assam, West Bengal and Bangladesh as well as to countries like Fiji, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Mauritius during British rule, where they were known as Hill Coolies. [8] [13] They are listed as a Scheduled Tribe in seven Indian states for the purpose of reservation system. [14]
The following list shows the 33 largest Scheduled Tribes according to the Census in India 2011 (76% ≈ 80 of a total of 104 million members) with their population development (population explosion from +25%), their proportions and their gender distribution (number of female relatives per 1000 male) as well as the populated states/territories ...
Jatra Bhagat (1888–1916) was an Indian tribal freedom fighter and social reformist. He was the founder of Tana Bhagat Movement among the Oraon tribe. [3] [2] [4] [5] [6]Tana Bhagat alias Jatra Oraon was born in September 1888 at Chingari Navatoli village in Gumla district of Jharkhand.
Scheduled Tribes (also known as "tribals" or "adibasi/adivasi") are specific indigenous peoples whose status is acknowledged to some formal degree by national legislation. Scheduled tribes of the Indian state of West Bengal, as recognized by the Constitution of the Indian Republic ; a total of 40 distinct tribes.
The various tribes can be categorised into different major linguistic groupings, such as Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Austroasiatic, Tibeto-Burman, and Andamanese. [6] About 25% of the Munda people and Oraon people, and 60% of the Kharia people of Jharkhand (population about 130,000), are
Kurukh (/ ˈ k ʊr ʊ x / or / ˈ k ʊr ʊ k /; [4] Devanagari: कुँड़ुख़, Kurukh pronunciation:), also Kurux, Oraon or Uranw, [5] is a North Dravidian language spoken by the Kurukh (Oraon) and Kisan people of East India.
Oraon may refer to: Oraon people or Kurukh, an ethnic group of India Oraon language or Kurukh, their Dravidian language; Persons with the surname
The term "Scheduled Tribes" signifies specific indigenous groups whose status is formally acknowledged to some extent by Indian legislation, often colloquially referred to as "tribals" or "adibasi." In adherence to the Constitution of the Indian Republic, the state of Odisha officially recognizes a total of 64 distinct tribes as Scheduled Tribes.