The tribals in Sambalpur district constitute 34.5% of the total population(2001 census). There are two types of tribal groups in the district scattered in all the nine C.D. Blocks. Those are Mundari Language Group and Dravidian Language Group. Mundari group includes tribes like the Kisans, the Orams, the Mirdhas, the Hos, the Mundas and the Kharias. The tribes like the Gonds, the Khanda, the Binjhal, the Kudas come under the Dravidian Groups.