Juanga Tribe:
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recently sought an action taken report from the district magistrate-cum-collector of Keonjhar on alleged human rights violations of the Juanga tribe, a PVTG in the district.
- Juang is one of the 13 particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) of the total 62 tribes found in Odisha.
- As per the 2011 Census, the Juang population stands at approximately 50,000.
- They are primarily concentrated in the current districts of Keonjhar and Dhenkanal in Odisha.
- Linguistically, they converse in the Juang language, a member of the Munda family within the Austroasiatic languages.
- The Juangs are known for their clan structure and kinship organisations.
