Oraon

E296333
Adivasi community ethnic group indigenous people

The Oraon are an indigenous Adivasi community of eastern and central India, known for their Kurukh language, distinct cultural traditions, and significant presence in states like Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Oraon canonical 5
Oraon people 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Adivasi community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kurukh ⓘ
surface form: Kurukh Oraon
associatedLanguageCode kur ⓘ
autonym Kurukh ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalPractice folk dance ⓘ
folk music ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
culturalRegion Adivasi belt of central India ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Kurukh people ⓘ
governedBy customary tribal councils ⓘ
hasFestival Karam festival ⓘ
Sarhul festival ⓘ
language Kurukh ⓘ
surface form: Kurukh language
languageFamily Dravidian languages ⓘ
populationCategory one of the major Adivasi groups of Jharkhand ⓘ
primaryRegion central India ⓘ
eastern India ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Chota Nagpur Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Chotanagpur Plateau
religion Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Sarnaism ⓘ
scheduledTribeStatusIn Bihar ⓘ
Chhattisgarh ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ
Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
Orissa ⓘ
surface form: Odisha

West Bengal ⓘ
scriptUsed Devanagari script ⓘ
surface form: Devanagari

Latin script ⓘ
regional Indic scripts ⓘ
significantPresenceIn Assam ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
Chhattisgarh ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ
Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
Maharashtra ⓘ
Orissa ⓘ
surface form: Odisha

West Bengal ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
traditionalBeliefSystem animism ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
forest-based livelihoods ⓘ
traditionalReligion Sarna dharma ⓘ
surface form: Kurukh Sarna dharma
traditionalSettlementType village communities ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jharkhand → hasSignificantCommunity → Oraon ⓘ
Kurukh → nativeName → Oraon ⓘ
Kurukh → spokenBy → Oraon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oraon people
North Dravidian languages → spokenBy → Oraon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oraon people
Chota Nagpur Plateau → majorTribalGroups → Oraon ⓘ
Kurux → hasAlternativeName → Oraon ⓘ
Kurux → spokenBy → Oraon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oraon people
Kurukh people → alsoKnownAs → Oraon ⓘ