Oraon, Uraon or Oram on Certificates in Jharkhand
This is not the same question as a surname spelling, and treating it that way is how people get into trouble at a scrutiny. Two of these three are tied together and one is not. The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order lists the community for Jharkhand at entry 25 as Oraon, Dhangar (Oraon), so Oraon is the notified spelling. Jharkhand's own Tribal Welfare Research Institute writes that the community is also spelt Uraon, so that one is the same name. Oram is different, and we will show you why below rather than pretend otherwise. Read this before you let any office correct one into the other.
First, separate two things that look alike on paper and behave completely differently. One is the community entry on a Scheduled Tribe certificate, which is a notified category. The other is the surname on your own name, which is whatever your family's records carry. For the community entry there is a correct spelling and it is not a matter of opinion: the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order lists the Jharkhand community at entry 25 as "Oraon, Dhangar (Oraon)". That is the notified form, so a certificate that says Oraon matches the Order exactly. Next, Uraon. The Government of Jharkhand's own Tribal Welfare Research Institute writes that "The Kurukh or Oraon or Dhangar ... also spelt Uraon or Oraon, are a Dravidian ethnic group inhabiting the Indian states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Chhattisgarh". So Uraon is not a forgery and not a clerk's blunder; the State's own institute records it as a spelling of the same name. Then there is Oram, and here we will be straight with you rather than tidy. We have not found Oram recorded anywhere as a spelling of Oraon. What we did find is an account of an Oram community in Jharkhand that used Oram as a surname from the British period, recorded in old land documents, and is now moving towards clan names such as Tirkey and Lakra, with a compromise form like Sagar Tirkey (Oram). That account treats Oram as its own group throughout. So do not let anybody convert your Oram into Oraon, or your Oraon into Oram, as though it were a spelling fix. On a Scheduled Tribe file that is not a small thing.
The Notified Scheduled Tribe Entry for Oraon in Jharkhand
A Scheduled Tribe certificate does not record your opinion of how the community name is spelt. It records a notified category, and that category has one written form in the Order that creates it.
| The field | What governs it |
|---|---|
| The community entry on a Scheduled Tribe certificate | The Order. Entry 25 for Jharkhand reads Oraon, Dhangar (Oraon). A certificate written that way matches the notification word for word, and that is the safest form |
| Your own surname on your own documents | Your family's records, starting with the Class 10 certificate. The Order does not tell you how to spell your surname and never claimed to |
| The community name written inside your name, where the family uses it as a surname | Both matter. The safest position is the notified spelling, because it is the one an officer can match against the Order without thinking twice |
| Dhangar | It is inside the same entry, in the notified words Dhangar (Oraon). The Tribal Welfare Research Institute also records that in Maharashtra the community is known as Dhangad or Dhangar |
How a Jharkhand caste or Scheduled Tribe certificate is applied for and corrected is on our name change in caste certificate page, and the general spelling position across all the Jharkhand surname pairs on tribal surname spelling correction.
Oraon and Uraon Are One Name, and the State Says So Itself
If your papers carry Uraon and somebody has told you it is wrong, they are overstating it. The best answer to that claim comes from the Jharkhand Government's own research institute, not from an argument you have to make yourself.
| The word | What it is |
|---|---|
| Oraon | The notified spelling in the Order for Jharkhand, at entry 25. The safest form for a certificate's community field |
| Uraon | The same name, written differently. Recorded as an alternative spelling by the State's own Tribal Welfare Research Institute. Not a mistake, but not the notified form either |
| Kurukh | The community's own name for itself and the name of its language, which is Dravidian. You will meet it in cultural and language contexts more than on certificates |
| Dhangar | Inside the notified entry as Dhangar (Oraon), and recorded by the Institute as Dhangad or Dhangar in Maharashtra |
What to Do If Your Papers Carry Uraon
Do not panic and do not rush
Nothing about Uraon makes your certificate invalid. It is a spelling of the same name and the State's own institute records it as such.
Check whether it is the community field or your surname
These are two different questions with two different answers, and most confusion at a counter comes from mixing them up.
For the community field, prefer the notified form
Because an officer can match Oraon against the Order without pausing. Ask the issuing office for that correction if it is easy.
For your own surname, follow your papers
The Class 10 certificate leads, as it does everywhere else. Do not change your surname to match a notification that was never about your surname.
Keep the Institute's sentence with your file
Print it and keep it in the folder. It answers the question in one line, from the State's own source, without you having to argue.
Never open a correction during a pending scrutiny
If a verification is already running, settle it first. Changing a paper midway is how a simple file becomes a long one.
Oram Is Not the Same Question, and We Will Not Pretend It Is
Plenty of lists on the internet put Oraon, Uraon and Oram together as three spellings of one word. We looked, and we could not support that. Here is exactly what we found and what we did not, so you can judge it yourself.
| Your situation | What we would do |
|---|---|
| Your family has always written Oram and your certificate says Oram | Leave it alone. Consistency is what an office checks. Do not convert it to Oraon because a website said they are the same word |
| An office has offered to correct Oram to Oraon, or the reverse | Ask, in writing, under what authority and against which document. On a community entry this is not a spelling fix, and you are entitled to know what it is being treated as |
| Your own papers already carry both Oram and Oraon in different places | This needs somebody to read the actual documents, including the oldest ones, before a single application is written. Do not start correcting on a guess |
| Your family is moving from Oram to a clan name such as Tirkey or Lakra | That is a real change of surname, not a correction, and it should be settled once for the whole family. Our correction against change of name page sets out the test |
| An older patta or land record carries the name | Treat it as valuable evidence and never alter the old entry. Old land records in Jharkhand carry weight far beyond a name question |
The Order to Settle an Oraon or Uraon Spelling in Jharkhand
The first three steps cost nothing, and in most families they end the question without an application being written at all.
Separate the two fields on paper
Write down what the community entry says and what your surname says. They are different questions and they may already be fine.
Compare the community entry with the Order
Entry 25 for Jharkhand reads Oraon, Dhangar (Oraon). If your certificate matches that, that field needs nothing.
Check your Class 10 certificate for the surname
Whatever it carries leads, because it is the hardest record to change and the one everything else is judged against.
Decide the direction once, and write it down
Which spelling the family keeps, and which records move towards it. Never start correcting before this is decided.
Get the school admission register page
Ask in writing for an attested copy. This is the paper a vigilance officer reads, so you should read it first.
Correct the community field at the issuing office
If it needs it. In writing, with a copy of the notified entry and of the document carrying the settled spelling.
Move the family together, not one by one
Brothers, sisters and parents. A panel compares your father's name on your certificate with his own papers.
Update the Aadhaar and PAN last
Always last. They are matched against the school record, so they follow and never lead.
Keep the Order entry and the Institute line in the folder
Printed, with the corrected records. Two short quotations settle most counter arguments before they start.
Central Gazette Process for a Community Name Spelling From Jharkhand, Where a Correction Cannot Do It
No district in Jharkhand has a gazette counter, so the file goes from Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Hazaribagh, Deoghar or anywhere else in the state to the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054, and the notice publishes in Part IV of the Gazette of India. As reported in July 2025 the Finance Department stopped personal name change notifications from the Jharkhand Government Press with immediate effect, so there is no state alternative to fall back on.
The Eight Steps of a Name Spelling File Sent From Jharkhand
Settle the final name first
Write it out letter by letter, with the spacing you want, and then use exactly that in every paper. A corrigendum after publication is a second fee and a second wait.
Pick the category, then its proforma
For a surname spelling this is almost always the public notice for a wrongly written name, not a change of name, because you are not taking a new name. Twelve categories exist and only one is yours, and picking the wrong one is how files come back.
Type the proforma in duplicate
Two originals, signed in the old spelling, with two witnesses giving signature, full name, address and mobile number on both copies. On a wrongly written name the wrong spelling has to be quoted exactly as it is printed on each certificate named.
Get the affidavit attested at the right level
A notary for the ordinary change of name, and a First Class Magistrate of the concerned area where the different surname guidelines apply. This is the step that catches people out.
Publish and keep the original paper
One of the daily local leading newspapers, carrying both spellings in full, the father's name and the address. The whole original paper goes in the file, not a cutting.
Pay only through BharatKosh
The Non Tax Receipt Portal and nowhere else since October 2018. Select the Department of Publication by name, read the amount the portal shows on the day, pay in your own name and print the e-receipt.
Check every date, then post it yourself
Nothing in the file older than one year. Personally or by post or courier only, never through an agent or advocate. Photocopy everything first, because nothing sent in comes back.
Read the notice, then download it
Check both spellings letter by letter the day it publishes, note the page and issue number, and download the e-Gazette copy of that Part IV issue.
The Five Papers in the File, and What Is Checked in Each
| The paper | What is checked in it, clause by clause |
|---|---|
| 1. The proforma, in duplicate | That it is the right category's format; the existing full name exactly as your documents carry it, surname included; the child's new full name exactly as you settled it; the father's or husband's name; the full address with pin code; the signature in the old name; two witnesses complete with signature, full name, address and mobile number |
| 2. The affidavit or undertaking | Signed by the parent applying; the same names and address as the proforma, word for word; attested at the level the category asks for, which is a First Class Magistrate for the adopting a different surname route; on Rs 100 non-judicial stamp paper as our safe default |
| 3. The original newspaper | The original paper, not a cutting; the paper's name and date of publication visible; both of the child's names carried; the same spelling as the proforma; dated within the last year |
| 4. Photographs, identity proof and any category paper | Two self attested passport photographs of each applicant and the child, which the minor guidelines ask for specifically; identity and address proof matching the proforma address; both witnesses' proofs; and whatever the category itself demands, such as a decree or a no objection certificate where the maiden surname requirement applies |
| 5. The CD, its certificate and the BharatKosh receipt | MS Word, without the witness portion, with the name of the Guardian typed in place of the signature, which is where a minor file differs from an adult one; the certificate that the hard copy and the soft copy are the same; the forwarding letter to the Controller of Publication with a telephone number and email; the e-receipt |
The posting detail is on the sending the file to Delhi page, the wording on the proforma format page, the charge by category on the fee and undertaking page, the reasons files come back on the rejection reasons page, and the download on the download page.
What Settling an Oraon or Uraon Spelling Costs in Jharkhand
| Item | Cost | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Community entry corrected against the notified Order | The issuing office's own charges. No gazette charge at all. You are asking the office to match its own record to the notification, which is the cheapest thing on this page | A few weeks through the issuing office |
| Surname corrected where the spelling is already on a document | The issuing office's charges per record, plus Rs 10 for an RTI application if a school register page has to be obtained that way | A few weeks per office, and they can run in parallel |
| One and the same person affidavit | Rs 100 non-judicial stamp paper and the notary. Accepted by banks, employers and colleges. Usually refused by boards, passport counters and recruitment panels | The same day |
| Government printing charge | The minor guidelines print Rs 1,700 for a change of name of a minor with effect from 01.04.2016 to 31.03.2017. For comparison the adult guidelines print Rs 1,100 for the same year, and Rs 3,500 for an Indian living abroad. Every category's guidelines add that the charge varies each financial year and from case to case, so treat these as the order of the amount. What BharatKosh shows on the payment screen the day you pay is the figure that counts | Part IV publishes weekly, so allow several weeks from posting |
| Affidavit | Rs 100 non-judicial stamp paper plus the attestation. A notary is enough for an ordinary public notice. A First Class Magistrate is only for the adopting a different surname route | Notary the same day; a magistrate needs a planned court visit |
| Newspaper | Paid to the paper, charged by length | Same week |
| Post or courier to Delhi | Sent in your own name from any district, and keep the receipt | A few days each way |
| Updating the records afterwards | Aadhaar charges a fee per attempt with no refund, and the other offices have their own small charges | Several weeks across all of them |
| Our charge | Quoted on your papers before you pay anything, and confirmed in writing. We print no service price on any page of this site | |
The honest total here is usually small, because the community entry is settled against a notification and the surname is settled against your own papers. What makes it expensive is never the Government. It is a family that converted a community name on somebody's advice and then had to defend it, or that corrected one person and left the rest. Read the papers first, decide once, move the whole family together. Our corrigendum page covers a second file, and name change cost the line items in full.
Myths About the Oraon and Uraon Spelling on Certificates
| What people are told | What is actually so |
|---|---|
| Oraon, Uraon and Oram are three spellings of one word | Oraon and Uraon are. Oram we could not support, and it is not inside the notified entry. We found an account of an Oram community in Jharkhand that used Oram as its own surname from the British period. Treat it as its own name |
| Uraon on a certificate makes it invalid | No. The Government of Jharkhand's own Tribal Welfare Research Institute records the community as also spelt Uraon. It is a spelling of the same name, not a defect |
| The spelling is whatever you prefer | Not for the community entry. That follows the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, which lists the Jharkhand community at entry 25 as Oraon, Dhangar (Oraon). Your own surname is a separate question |
| Change the Class 10 certificate so everything matches | Usually the wrong direction. That is the slowest and hardest record to change. Bring the newer records towards it instead, unless there is a strong reason not to |
| An office can simply correct Oram to Oraon | Ask in writing under what authority and against which document. On a community entry that is not a spelling fix, and you are entitled to know what it is being treated as |
| Kurukh is a different tribe | It is the community's own name for itself and the name of its Dravidian language. The Institute's line begins "The Kurukh or Oraon or Dhangar" |
| Dhangar has nothing to do with it | It sits inside the notified entry as Dhangar (Oraon), and the Institute records Dhangad or Dhangar as the name used in Maharashtra |
| Sort it out when the scrutiny asks | The worst moment, because the calendar stops being yours. Settle it while nothing is pending, which is also when it is cheapest |
Key Terms in an Oraon Certificate Spelling Question
| Term | What it means in practice |
|---|---|
| Notified entry | The community as it is written in the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order. For Jharkhand, entry 25 reads Oraon, Dhangar (Oraon). This is what an officer matches against |
| Community field | The line on a Scheduled Tribe certificate naming the tribe. Governed by the Order, not by family practice |
| Surname | Part of your own name, governed by your family's records. The Order never claimed to tell you how to spell it |
| Kurukh | The community's own name for itself and the name of its Dravidian language. Appears first in the Institute's own description |
| Dhangar | Carried inside the notified entry as Dhangar (Oraon), and recorded as Dhangad or Dhangar in Maharashtra |
| Clan name | A name such as Tirkey or Lakra. In the Oram account these are replacing a common community surname, which is a change of name and not a correction |
| Patta | An old land document. Where it carries the family name it is among the oldest evidence you hold, and the entry is never altered |
| Anchor record | The document everything else is judged against, which in practice is the Class 10 certificate |
| Admission register | The school's own record of every student's name on admission. Older than the certificate and read during a Scheduled Tribe verification |
| Correction | Putting a record right against a document you already hold, or against a notification. Cheap, quick, publishes nothing |
| Change of name | Taking a name no record carries. A different application with a different cost. Moving from a community surname to a clan name is this, not a correction |
| Received stamp | The office's acknowledgement on your own copy. Without it, an application never happened |
Oraon Certificate Spelling Help Across Jharkhand
The school, the issuing office and the block are in your own district. Reading the certificates, checking the community entry against the notified Order, deciding what to touch and what to leave alone, and drafting the applications are done on your scans over WhatsApp, for every district in the state.
District pages are linked from the services page.
Send your certificates for a check
Photograph the Scheduled Tribe or caste certificate first, because the community entry is the field that matters most, then the Class 10 certificate, the school admission form if your family kept a copy, the birth record, the Aadhaar, and your father's documents. If you hold an old patta or land record carrying the name, send that too, because it is often the oldest evidence in the family. The first reply tells you whether the community entry already matches the notified entry, whether your surname needs anything at all, and, if Oram is anywhere in your papers, what we would and would not touch. We will say plainly where we are not sure. Details on the contact page.
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Oraon, Uraon or Oram: Frequently Asked Questions
Which is the correct spelling, Oraon or Uraon?
Is Oram the same as Oraon?
My certificate says Uraon. Do I have to get it changed?
What is the difference between the community field and my surname?
Where does Kurukh fit in?
And Dhangar?
Should I change my Class 10 certificate to match?
In what order do I fix the records?
Do my brothers, sisters and parents have to be done too?
Will this matter at an ST certificate verification?
Do I need a gazette for any of this?
What does it cost?
Official Sources on the Oraon Entry and Certificate Records
- The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950, as amendedThe notified list. For Jharkhand the community stands at entry 25 as Oraon, Dhangar (Oraon).
- Tribal Welfare Research Institute, Jharkhand, on the OraonThe State's own institute, recording the community as Kurukh or Oraon or Dhangar and also spelt Uraon.
- The Oram community and the use of a surname, JharkhandA heritage account, not a Government record: Oram used as a surname from the British period and the shift towards clan names such as Tirkey and Lakra.
- Kumari Madhuri Patil against Additional Commissioner, Tribal Development, 2 September 1994The Supreme Court directions on the Scrutiny Committee and the Vigilance Cell, and what the vigilance officer examines.
- JharSewa, the Jharkhand Government service portalWhere a caste or Scheduled Tribe certificate is applied for and verified in Jharkhand.
- Jharkhand Academic CouncilThe board that holds and corrects the school record your name will be judged against.
- UIDAI list of supporting documentsWhat Aadhaar accepts for a name update, which is done after the heavier records agree.
- Department of Publication, guidelines for change of nameThe twelve categories, for the rare case where a published notice is genuinely asked for.
Oraon, Uraon and Oram in Eight Lines
The short version
- The notified entry for Jharkhand is Oraon, Dhangar (Oraon), at entry 25.
- So Oraon is the safest form for the community field on a certificate.
- Uraon is the same name, and the State's own institute records it as such.
- Oram we could not establish as a spelling of Oraon, so do not convert it.
- The community field follows the Order. Your surname follows your papers.
- The Class 10 certificate leads on the surname, as it does everywhere.
- School record, then certificates, then Aadhaar and PAN last of all.
- Carry two printouts: the notified entry and the Institute's sentence.
Send us the certificate and we will tell you whether anything needs touching at all.
Scheduled Tribe certificate first, then the Class 10 certificate, the school admission form, the birth record and any old patta. We will say plainly where we are sure and where we are not.