The Kurukh tribe have large number of septs(Gotras) of the totemistic type, named after plants and animals. Members of any sept commonly abstain from killing or eating their sept totem. A man must not marry a member of his own sept nor a first cousin on the mother's side. The names show that as usual with the tribes of this part of the country the law of endogamy is by no means strict. The tribe have also a large number of  exogamous septs of the totemistic type, named after plants and animals. Majority of oraons write their septs. List of totemistic names of Kurukh septs :

Sr.Nos

Gotras

Meaning

Kerketta

Xalxo

Kujur

Minz

Beck

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Kanda

Panna

Munjni

Oroan

Ram

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Gidh

    However, those who follow Tana Bhagat principle or Sarna Dharma write Bhagat in place of gotra. Many prefer to write Oraon as second name in place of gotra. In Chhattisgarh some oroans write Say, Nikunj, Ram and Devi after their name.