ORAON COMMUNITY

Brief history of Oraon (Kurukh) As like other castes, Oraon has a large history. This history consists of its attitude, religion festival, dance, song, trumpeters etc. The people who are kurukh is called Oraon race. Chotonagpur is situated West Bengal in India. This race has been living for a long time. What is more, some are living in Asam, Bhutan, Nepal, Andamans, Urisa, north state, Middle State, Gujrat and other division as like Rangpur, Dinajpur, Bugra, Rajshahi, Pabna, Serajgonj, Khulna, Dhaka and Sylhet of Bangladesh. Different communities used to live in India sub-continent. But they have been lost their identities. Anthropologist said that four different classes of non-Aryan people lived together in Aryan period. Modern aboriginal is generation of primitive culture and successor of non-Aryans. Origin of the word Oraon How to be originated ` `Kurukh’ ’ caste it has different opinions in favor of writers. According to Dr. Grierson, the people of kurukh spen

Oraon, The an ethnic community of Bangladesh mainly living in the varendra region. According to the anthropologists, they are Austric as a race and linguistically Dravidians. Hence most of the researchers identify the Oraons as the descendants of Dravid-speaking Kurukha race. The Census Report of 1881 reveals that the Oraon also used to live in the districts of mymensingh, chittagong and noakhali. There is no specific evidence on when and on what background the Oraon people migrated to Varendra region in Bangladesh from their ancestral home in India. It can only be assumed that they penetrated in into the Varendra region during the Mughal period and permanently settled there. The Census Report of 1991 recorded the number of Oraons in Bangladesh as 11,296. But presently the number has rose to 102,000. They now live mostly in the districts of Kurigram, Nilpharmari, Gaibandha, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Dinajpur, Joypurhat, Bogra, Rajshahi, Naogaon, Natore, Chapai Nawabganj,