Kurukh people

E403149
Dravidian people ethnic group indigenous people

The Kurukh people are an indigenous Dravidian-speaking ethnic group of central and eastern India, traditionally known as forest-dwelling cultivators with a distinct language and cultural heritage.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kurukh people canonical 5
Gondi people 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dravidian people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
agriculturalPractice rain-fed agriculture ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Oraon ⓘ
Uraon ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Chota Nagpur Plateau ⓘ
clanTerm got ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalHeritage folk tales ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
ritual songs ⓘ
ethnolinguisticIdentity Kurukh-speaking community ⓘ
ethnonym Kurukh ⓘ
governmentClassification Adivasis ⓘ
surface form: Adivasi
languageFamily Dravidian languages ⓘ
nativeLanguage Kurukh ⓘ
surface form: Kurukh language
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Sarnaism ⓘ
scriptUsed Devanagari script ⓘ
surface form: Devanagari

Latin script ⓘ
Tolong Siki ⓘ
significantPopulationIn Assam ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
Chhattisgarh ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ
Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
Orissa ⓘ
surface form: Odisha

West Bengal ⓘ
socialOrganization clan system ⓘ
subfamily North Dravidian languages ⓘ
surface form: Northern Dravidian languages
traditionalBelief animism ⓘ
traditionalDance jhumar ⓘ
karma dance ⓘ
traditionalDress dhoti ⓘ
sari ⓘ
traditionalFestival Karma festival ⓘ
Sarhul festival ⓘ
surface form: Sarhul

Sohrai ⓘ
traditionalHabitat forested areas ⓘ
traditionalInstrument mandar drum ⓘ
nagara ⓘ
traditionalMusic folk songs ⓘ
traditionalOccupation cultivation ⓘ
traditionalRegion central India ⓘ
eastern India ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Kurukh → spokenBy → Kurukh people ⓘ
North Dravidian languages → spokenBy → Kurukh people ⓘ
Dravidian peoples → majorEthnicGroup → Kurukh people ⓘ
Adilabad Gondi → spokenBy → Kurukh people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gondi people
Oraon → ethnolinguisticGroup → Kurukh people ⓘ
Kurux → spokenBy → Kurukh people ⓘ