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 | caste_name             = Munnuru Kapu
 | country                = India
-| region                 = Telangana
+| region                 = [[Telangana]]
-| languages              =[[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Kannada language|Kannada]]
+| languages              =[[Telugu language|Telugu]]
-| religions              = Hinduism
+| religions              = Hinduism<ref name=PP/>
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-}}
+|classification=[[Other Backward Classes]] (OBC) }}
-'''Munnuru Kapu''' is a [[Caste system in India|caste]] in [[Telangana]], India. Prior to the establishment of Telangana as a state separate from that of [[Andhra Pradesh]], of which previously it had been a region, there were four different [[Kapu (caste)|Kapu]] communities in the various districts of Andhra Pradesh, being  the Munnuru in Telangana itself, the Toorpu in the areas of [[Srikakulam district|Srikakulam]], [[Vizianagaram district|Vizianagaram]] and [[Visakhapatnam district|Visakhapatnam]], the [[Balija]] in [[Rayalaseema]] and those known simply as Kapu in the [[Godavari District|Godavari]] districts, [[Guntur district|Guntur]] and [[Krishna district|Krishna]]. Together with the [[Turpu Kapu|Turpu Kapus]], the Munnurus were already classified as a [[Other Backwards Class|Backward Caste]] in India's [[Reservation in India|system of positive discrimination]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Maoism, Democracy and Globalisation: Cross-currents in Indian Politics |first=Ajay |last=Gudavarthy |publisher=SAGE Publishing India |year=2014 |isbn=978-9-35150-425-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CxlBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT81 |page=81}}</ref>
+'''Munnuru Kapu''' is a [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-speaking caste primarily found in the Indian state of [[Telangana]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=K. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Iv5s-qwMw30C&q=Munnuru |title=People of India: Andhra Pradesh |date=1992 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |isbn=978-81-7671-006-0 |pages=846 |language=en |author-link=Kumar Suresh Singh}}</ref> This caste belongs to the [[Other Backward Class]] (OBC) category added by the [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]] . <ref>[http://www.bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in/obc/faq/andhrapradesh.pdf Central List of OBCs for the state of Andhra Pradesh] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130151355/http://www.bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in/obc/faq/andhrapradesh.pdf|date=30 November 2016}}, p. 4 (80 - Munnuru Kapu (Telangana))</ref> Traditionally, they are a community of cultivators and are distributed across Telangana.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wBNDAAAAYAAJ&q=Munnuru |title=Proceedings - Indian History Congress |date=2006 |publisher=[[Indian History Congress]] |language=en}}</ref> They are also present in [[Nanded district|Nanded]] and [[Latur district|Latur]] districts of [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="PP">{{Cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Kumar Suresh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BsBEgVa804IC&dq=Munnuru+Kapu&pg=PA1495 |title=People of India - Maharashtra |last2=Bhanu |first2=B. V. |date=2004 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7991-101-3 |series=2 |volume=30 |pages=1495, 1500 |language=en |author-link=Kumar Suresh Singh}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=K. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bfAMAQAAMAAJ&dq=Munnuru+Kapu&pg=PA1407 |title=Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles |date=1996 |publisher=[[Anthropological Survey of India]] |isbn=978-0-19-563357-3 |pages=699 |language=en}}</ref>
 == See also ==
-* [[Munnuru]]
+* [[Kapu (caste)]]
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{{infobox caste
| caste_name = Munnuru Kapu
| country = India
| region = Telangana
| languages =[[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Kannada language|Kannada]]
| religions = Hinduism
|population =
}}

'''Munnuru Kapu''' is a [[Caste system in India|caste]] in [[Telangana]], India. Prior to the establishment of Telangana as a state separate from that of [[Andhra Pradesh]], of which previously it had been a region, there were four different [[Kapu (caste)|Kapu]] communities in the various districts of Andhra Pradesh, being the Munnuru in Telangana itself, the Toorpu in the areas of [[Srikakulam district|Srikakulam]], [[Vizianagaram district|Vizianagaram]] and [[Visakhapatnam district|Visakhapatnam]], the [[Balija]] in [[Rayalaseema]] and those known simply as Kapu in the [[Godavari District|Godavari]] districts, [[Guntur district|Guntur]] and [[Krishna district|Krishna]]. Together with the [[Turpu Kapu|Turpu Kapus]], the Munnurus were already classified as a [[Other Backwards Class|Backward Caste]] in India's [[Reservation in India|system of positive discrimination]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Maoism, Democracy and Globalisation: Cross-currents in Indian Politics |first=Ajay |last=Gudavarthy |publisher=SAGE Publishing India |year=2014 |isbn=978-9-35150-425-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CxlBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT81 |page=81}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Munnuru]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Social groups of Telangana]]
[[Category:Other Backward Classes]]

Munnuru Kapu - Revision history

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