The Juang are an Austroasiatic ethnic group found only in the Gonsaika hills of Keonjhar district of Odisha.

Some Juangs, however migrated to neighbouring plains of Dhenkanal district of Odisha during the Bhuiyan revolt in the late 19th century.

The Juang tradition claims that the place where the tribe originated from the earth are the Gonasika Hills, near Keonjhar, at the source of the Baitarani River.

The Juangs would exchange their baskets for salt, oil, food, money from the village traders.

[4] They celebrate festival such as Pusha Purnima, Amba Nuakhia, Pirha Puja, Akhaya Trutiya, Asarhi, Gahma etc.