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Koya
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Kutchi
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Lahules |
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Magar
Eastern |
Mahali
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Mao |
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Meithei
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Miri |
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Southern |
Nishi |
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Oraon |
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Oraon
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| Indigenous Group |
Oraon (Also known as: Uraon, Khurukh)
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| Location |
India,Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal and Jharkhand states, Chota Nagpur Plateau. Also in Bangladesh.
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| Estimated Population |
1,834,000 (2008,
Wikipedia) |
| Environment |
Forest / Jungle / Tropical / Plateau
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| Lifestyle |
Sedentary
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| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Gatherer
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| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional
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| Language Family |
Kurux
Classification:
Dravidian, Northern Dravidian
Alternate Names:
, Kurukh, Kunrukh, Kunna, Kadukali, Kurka, Kisan, Kunha,
Kunhar, Kunuk, Kuda, Kora, Koda, Kola, Urang, Morva, and Birhor
Dialects:
Oraon and Kisan |
| Website URLs |
World Culture Encyclopedia
Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
Tribes of India-The Struggle for Survival by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf
People of India
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| NGOs |
None found |
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