Table 1 Demographic characterization of the seven studied populations of Orissa
| Â | POPULATION | CODE | n | SOCIAL HIERARCHY | ETHNICITY | LANGUAGE GROUP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ORIYABRAHMIN | OB | 57 | Upper Caste | Indo-Caucasoid | Indo-European |
2 | KARAN | KR | 62 | Middle Caste | Indo-Caucasoid | Indo-European |
3 | KHANDAYAT | KY | 62 | Middle Caste | Indo-Caucasoid | Indo-European |
4 | GOPE | GP | 60 | Lower Caste | Indo-Caucasoid | Indo-European |
5 | JUANG | JU | 50 | Tribe | Proto-Australoid | Austro-Asiatic |
6 | SAORA | SA | 35 | Tribe | Proto-Australoid | Austro-Asiatic |
7 | PAROJA | PR | 78 | Tribe | Proto-Australoid | Dravidian |