The Jatapu people are a designated Scheduled Tribe in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha [1] Jatapus are a Adivasitribe 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.