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This is a list of the various communities originating from [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-speaking regions.

== Forward Castes ==
[[Forward caste|Forward Caste]]s do not qualify for government reservations. They are also called as Other Castes (OC) by the state governments.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rao |first=Ch Krishna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=12oxBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA93 |title=Adoption of Tissue Culture in Horticulture: A Study of Banana-Growing Farmers from a South-Indian State |date=2014-03-17 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-4438-5741-3 |pages=93 |language=en}}</ref> Those present in [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Telangana]] are:<ref>{{cite web |title=Caste, Class and Social Articulation in Andhra Pradesh: Mapping Differential Regional Trajectories |page=12 |url=http://www.odi.org.uk/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/2692.pdf |first=K. |last=Srinivasulu |publisher=Overseas Development Institute}}</ref><ref>{{citation |last=Vaugier-Chatterjee |first=Anne |chapter=Two Dominant Castes: The Socio-political System in Andhra Pradesh |editor1-last=Jaffrelot |editor1-first=Christophe |editor2-last=Kumar |editor2-first=Sanjay |title=Rise of the Plebeians?: The Changing Face of the Indian Legislative Assemblies |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=78rfCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA280 |year=2012 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-51662-7 |pages=280}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ambagudia |first1=Jagannath |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UJ0QEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA177 |title=Handbook of Tribal Politics in India |last2=Xaxa |first2=Virginius |date=2020-12-01 |publisher=SAGE Publishing India |isbn=978-93-5388-460-4 |pages=177 |language=en}}</ref>

''(arranged alphabetically)''
*[[Telugu Brahmins|Brahmin]]
*[[Kamma (caste)|Kamma]]
*[[Kapu (caste)|Kapu]] / [[Balija]]<ref name="PoI:AP">{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=K. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jA4uRbWoGfUC&q=Telaga+in+some+parts+also+use+Kapu+as+synonym |title=People of India: Andhra Pradesh |date=1992 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |isbn=978-81-7671-006-0 |pages=1817 |language=en |author-link=Kumar Suresh Singh}}</ref>
*[[Komati caste|Komati]]
*[[Raju]]
*[[Reddy]]
*[[Velama (caste)|Velama]]

Some communities within these groups are instead classified under other categories, as noted below.

== Backward Classes ==

Some communities are classified as [[Other Backward Classes]] (OBC under Central government and BC under state governments) due to social, financial, educational, and/or political discrimination.<ref>{{cite web |title=Central List Of Other Backward Classes |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvYBtdZSrP4uO%2bploAhiJHMitEMCkgxxsH%2f7oa9L5Zf2o2HH3BmrgcE}}</ref>

''(arranged alphabetically)''
*Achukatlavandlu
*Agaru
*Agnikulakshatriya
*Arekatika, Katika, Quresh (Muslim Butchers)
*Aryakshatriya, Chittari, Giniyar, Chitrakara, Nakhas
*Atagara
*Atirasa (of Polavaram, Gopalapuram, Koyyalagudem, Buttayagudem, Chagallu Mandals of West Godavari district and Devipattanam, Korukonda and Gokavaram Mandals of East Godavari District)
*Ayyaraka
*Balasanthu, Bahurupi
*Bandara
*[[Bestha]]
*[[Bhatraju]]
*[[Budabukkala]]
*Budubunjala/ Bhunjwa/ Bhadbhunja (confined to Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy Districts only)
*Chippolu (Mera)
*Chopemari
*Dasari (formerly engaged in Bhikshatana)
*[[Devanga]]
*Dommara
*Dudekula, Laddaf, Pinjari or Noorbas
*[[Idiga|Ediga]] Gowda (Gamalla, Kalalee) Goundla Settibalija (of Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari and Krishna District)
*Gajula Balija (who are traditionally associated with selling of Bangles)
*Gandla, Telikula, Devathilakula
*Gangaputra
*Gangavar
*Gangiredlavaru
*Gavara
*Godaba
*[[Golla (caste)|Golla (Yadava)]]
*Goondla
*[[Goud]]
*Gudala
*Gudia/Gudiya (confined to Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam Districts only)
*Hatkar
*Jakkala
*Jalari
*Jandra
*[[Jangam]]
*Jingar
*[[Jogi (caste)|Jogi]]
*Joshinandiwala
*Kachi
*[[Kaikadi language|Kaikadi]]
*Kandra
*Kanjara-Bhatta
*Karikalabhakthulu [[Kaikolar|Kaikolan]] or Kaikola (Sengundam or [[Sengunthar |Sengunther]])
*Karnabhakthulu
*Kasi kapadi
*Katipapala
*Kepmare or Reddika
*Kinthala Kalinga, Buragana Kalinga, Buragam Kalinga, Pandiri Kalinga, [[Kalinga_(caste)|Kalinga]]
*[[Koppula Velama]]
*Korcha, Koracha
*Koshti
*Krishnabhalija (Dasari, Bukka, Bukka Ayavar)
*Kummara or Kulala or Salivahana
*Kunapuli
*Kurakula
*Kurmi (confined to Telangana Region and also Krishna District only)
*[[Kuruba]]
*Lakkamari Kapu (confined to Telangana Region only)
*Lodh, Lodha, Lodhi
*Mali (where they are not Scheduled Tribe)
*Mandula
*Mathura
*Medari or Mahendra
*Mehtar (Muslim)
*Mondepatta Mondipatta
*Mondivaru Mondibanda Banda
*[[Mudiraju|Mudiraj]], Mutrasi Tenugollu
*[[Munnuru Kapu]] (Telangana)
*Nagaralu
*Nagavaddilu
*Nagavasam (Nagavamsa)
*[[Nai (caste)|Nayi-Brahmin (Mangali, Mangala, Bhajanthri)]]
*Nayyala
*Neelakanthi
*Neeli (Nelli)
*Nessi or Kurni
*Nokkar
*Odde, Oddilu, [[Vaddera]] Vaddelu
*[[Padmasali (caste)|Padmasali]] (Sali, Saliyan, Pattusali, Senapathulu, Thogata Sali)
*Pala-Ekari
*[[Vanniyar|Palli]]
*Pallikapu
*Pallireddi
*Pambala
*Pamula
*Pardhi (Mirshikari, Nirshikari )
*Pariki Muggula
*[[Pasi (caste)|Passi]]
*Patkar (Khatri)
*Patra
*Pattapu
*Peddammavandlu, Devaravandlu, Yellammavandlu, Mutyalammavandlu
*Perika (Perike Balija, Puragiri Kshatriya)
*Pollinati Velama (of Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam Districts)
*Pondara
*Poosala
*Rajaka, Chakali, Vannar
*Rangarez or Bhavasara Kshatriya
*Sadhuchetty
*Sarollu
*[[Satani (caste)|Satani (Chattada Srivaishnava, Chatadi)]]
*Scheduled Caste converts to Christianity and their progeny
*Siddula
*Sikligar
*Srisayana (Segidi)
*Surya Balija (Kalavanthula), Ganika
*Swakulasali
*Tammali
*Thogata, Thogati or Thogata Veerakshatriya
*Turupu Kapu and Gajula Kapu of Srikakulam, Vizianagram & Visakhapatnam Districts who are subject to social customs of divorce & remarriages among their women
*[[Uppara]] or Sagara
*Vadabalija
*Valmiki [[Boya (caste)|Boya]] (Boya Bedar, Kirataka Nishadi, Yellappi, Yellapu/Yellapondlu, Pedda Boya ) Talayari, Chunduvallu
*Vamsha Raj
*Vanjara (Vanjari)
*Vannekapu
*Vannereddi
*Vannia Vanniar Vannikula-Kshatriya
*Vanyakulakshtriya
*Veeramushti (Neetikotala), Veerabhadreeya
* Viswabrahmin or [[Viswakarma]] (Ausula or [[Kamsali]], [[Kammari]], [[Kanchari]], Vadla or Vadra or [[Vadrangi]] and Silpi)
*Yata

== Scheduled Castes ==
Scheduled Castes (SCs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups.<ref name="List of SC">{{cite web |title=Scheduled Caste Welfare – List of Scheduled Castes |url=http://socialjustice.nic.in/sclist.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913050030/http://socialjustice.nic.in/sclist.php |archive-date=13 September 2012 |access-date=16 August 2012 |publisher=Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Scheduled Castes And Scheduled Tribes |url=https://in.one.un.org/task-teams/scheduled-castes-and-scheduled-tribes/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122121505/https://in.one.un.org/task-teams/scheduled-castes-and-scheduled-tribes/ |archive-date=22 November 2021 |access-date=2021-11-21 |website=UNITED NATIONS IN INDIA}}</ref> Scheduled Castes are given [[Reservation in India|reservation status]] guaranteeing political representation, preference in promotion, quota in universities, free and stipended education, scholarships, banking services, various government schemes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=K Shiva |date=17 February 2020 |title=Reserved uncertainty or deserved certainty? Reservation debate back in Mysuru |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2020/feb/17/reserved-uncertainty-or-deserved-certainty-reservation-debate-back-in-mysuru-2104413.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121184123/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2020/feb/17/reserved-uncertainty-or-deserved-certainty-reservation-debate-back-in-mysuru-2104413.html |archive-date=21 November 2021 |access-date=29 November 2021 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref name="constitution">{{Cite web |title=THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA [As on 9th December, 2020] |url=https://legislative.gov.in/sites/default/files/COI_1.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126153125/https://legislative.gov.in/sites/default/files/COI_1.pdf |archive-date=26 November 2021 |access-date=29 November 2021 |website=[[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)#Legislative Department|Legislative Department]]}}</ref>{{Rp|35,137}}The Scheduled Castes in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are:''<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Jammanna |first1=Akepogu |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kOa2DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA222 |title=Dalits' Struggle for Social Justice in Andhra Pradesh (1956-2008): From Relays to Vacuum Tubes |last2=Sudhakar |first2=Pasala |date=2016-12-14 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-4438-4496-3 |pages=222 |language=en}}</ref>''

''(arranged alphabetically)''

* [[Adi Andhra]]
* [[Madiga]]
* [[Mala (caste)|Mala]]
* [[Relli (caste)|Relli]]

== Further Classification of Backward Classes ==
The castes considered to be backward are further categorized into 5 groups (A, B, C, D and E).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Percentage Of BC Castes Reservations, BC Castes List in Telangana State |date=14 April 2023 |url=https://teachersbadi.in/tsgo16-percentage-bccastes-reservation-bccastes-list-telanganastate/}}</ref> And the reservations for these groups are allocated based on variety of factors but mostly based on size of the population.

* GROUP-A (Aboriginal Tribes, Vimuktha Jathis, Nomadic and SemiNomadic Tribes etc.)
* GROUP-B (Vocational Groups)
* GROUP-C (Harijan Converts)
* GROUP-D (Other Classes)
* GROUP-E (Socially and Educationally Backward Classes of Muslims) introduced recently when compared to the above four groups.

== See also ==
*[[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]]
*[[List of Scheduled Tribes in India#Andhra Pradesh]]

== References ==

{{reflist}}

[[Category:Indian castes]]
[[Category:Telugu society|*]]
[[Category:Social groups of Andhra Pradesh|*]]
[[Category:Social groups of Telangana]]

List of Telugu castes - Revision history

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