Jatapu people

The Jatapu people are a designated Scheduled Tribe in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.^[1] The Jatapus are an Adivasi tribe and are traditionally pastoral farmers.^[2] Through acculturation the Jatapus speak Odia and Telugu and have in many ways adopted the culture of the surrounding Odia people and Telugu people.^[3] There were over one million Jatapus in 1991.^{[according to whom?]}