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. Census India. 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). Retrieved 3 December 2020.
Further reading
- Tribes of India: The Struggle for Survival{{#if:von Fürer-Haimendorf|, von Fürer-Haimendorf}. University of California Press(1982). ISBN 978-0-52004-315-2