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The Oraon उरांव or Kurukh कुड़ुख tribe (Kurukh: Oṛāōⁿ and Kuṛuḵẖ), also spelled Uraon, Oran, or Oram, inhabits various states across central and eastern India as well as Bangladesh. Oraons, unlike other tribes of Jharkhand and Orissa are speakers of Dravidian languages. They are much closer to native non-tribal Indian populations than other tribes. They are most probably descended from regions of Maharashtra and South India. In contrast, most other tribes are Austro-Astroloids and speak a distinct language. Traditionally, Oraons depended on the forest and farms for their ritual and economic livelihood, but in recent times they have become mainly settled agriculturalists. Small numbers of Oraons have immigrated to the northeastern part of India, where they are mainly employed in tea estates. A number of educated Oraons have settled down in metros like Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and many other cities of India including Patna, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad, Allahabad, and Lucknow. Some have even settled abroad in the US and Europe. Today a large number of Oraons live in Jharkhand, Orissa and parts of Chhatisgarh, Bihar, West Bengal. During the colonial era, the Tana Bhagats, led by their Tana saint Turia Bhagat, protested against the imperialists by not paying the 'chaukidari' tax while the Bishnu Bhagats under Bhikku Bhagat.