Kurux is spoken as a first language by 15,36,000 out of 43,67,000 people living in ten Indian States, Chhattisgarh (7,27,000), Jharkhand (16,07,000), Orissa (3,57,000), Bihar (1,07,000), West Bengal (8,47,000), Assam (6,48,000), Madhya Pradesh (22,000) and Tripura (8,600), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (7,000), and Arunachal Pradesh (5,800). Kurux people also live in the neighboring countries of Bangladesh (1,05,000), Nepal (42,000) and Bhutan (5,300). The total population of Kurux people is 45,19,000.

Kurux people are sometimes called Oraon. Kurux is a member of the Dravidian language family and is most closely related to the Malto and Kishan languages.

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