The homes have very few possessions, mainly earthen pots, baskets for grains, and mats for sitting. The village street serves as a courtyard and playground. Cattle are either kept in sheds or tied to posts in the middle of the streets to avoid cattle theft. The streets are kept extremely tidy at all times. However, the women enjoy equal status with men and share in family decisions.
Boys begin working in the fields and forests at the age of five.
Women rear the children, draw water, cook, clean, and keep the house. They take special care of their hair and also use artificial hair pieces that are sold in the markets. Shining black tassels are gathered into a hair bun. They also enjoy wearing necklaces, bangle bracelets, several nose rings, and many earrings. The Jatapu are virtually all Hindus , worshipping millions of gods and goddesses.