The Jatapu people are a designated Scheduled Tribe in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha[1] Jatapus are a Khond tribe and are traditionally pastoral farmers.[2] Through acculturation the Jatapus speak Telugu and have in many ways adopted the culture of the surrounding Telugu people.[3] 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. 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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