Jatapu people

The Jatapu people are a designated Scheduled Tribe in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha Jatapus are a Adivasitribe and are traditionally pastoral farmers. Through acculturation the Jatapus speak Odia and Telugu and have in many ways adopted the culture of the surrounding Odia people and Telugu people. There were over one million Jatapus in 1991.