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


This is a list of the various non-SC communities originating from 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>  
== Forward Classes ==
[[Forward caste]]s do not qualify for government reservations. 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>  


''(arranged alphabetically)''
''(arranged alphabetically)''
*[[Telugu Brahmins|Brahmin]]
*[[Telugu Brahmins|Brahmin]]
*[[Kamma (caste)|Kamma]]
*[[Kamma (caste)|Kamma]]
*[[Kapu (caste)|Kapu]]
*[[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]]
*[[Komati caste|Komati]]
*[[Raju]]
*[[Raju]]  
*[[Reddy]]
*[[Reddy]]  
*[[Velama (caste)|Velama]]
*[[Velama (caste)|Velama]]


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== Backward Classes ==
== Backward Classes ==


Some communities are classified as [[Other Backward Classes]] 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>  
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)''
''(arranged alphabetically)''
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*Ayyaraka
*Ayyaraka
*Balasanthu, Bahurupi
*Balasanthu, Bahurupi
*[[Balija]]
*Bandara
*Bandara
*[[Bestha]]
*[[Bestha]]
*Bhataraju
*[[Bhatraju]]
*Budabukkala
*[[Budabukkala]]
*Budubunjala/ Bhunjwa/ Bhadbhunja (confined to Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy Districts only)
*Budubunjala/ Bhunjwa/ Bhadbhunja (confined to Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy Districts only)
*Chippolu (Mera)
*Chippolu (Mera)
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*Dommara
*Dommara
*Dudekula, Laddaf, Pinjari or Noorbas
*Dudekula, Laddaf, Pinjari or Noorbas
*Ediga Gowda (Gamalla, Kalalee) Goundla Settibalija (of Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari and Krishna District)
*[[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)
*Gajula Balija (who are traditionally associated with selling of Bangles)
*Gandla, Telikula, Devathilakula
*Gandla, Telikula, Devathilakula
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*Kepmare or Reddika
*Kepmare or Reddika
*Kinthala Kalinga, Buragana Kalinga, Buragam Kalinga, Pandiri Kalinga, [[Kalinga_(caste)|Kalinga]]
*Kinthala Kalinga, Buragana Kalinga, Buragam Kalinga, Pandiri Kalinga, [[Kalinga_(caste)|Kalinga]]
*Koppulavelama
*[[Koppula Velama]]
*Korcha, Koracha
*Korcha, Koracha
*Koshti
*Koshti
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*Mondepatta Mondipatta
*Mondepatta Mondipatta
*Mondivaru Mondibanda Banda
*Mondivaru Mondibanda Banda
*Mudiraj, Mutrasi Tenugollu
*[[Mudiraju|Mudiraj]], Mutrasi Tenugollu
*Munnurukapu (Telangana)
*[[Munnuru Kapu]] (Telangana)
*Nagaralu
*Nagaralu
*Nagavaddilu
*Nagavaddilu
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*Nessi or Kurni
*Nessi or Kurni
*Nokkar
*Nokkar
*Odde Oddilu [[Vadde raju|Vaddi]] Vaddelu
*Odde, Oddilu, [[Vaddera]] Vaddelu
*Padmasali (Sali, Saliyan, Pattusali, Senapathulu, Thogata Sali)
*[[Padmasali (caste)|Padmasali]] (Sali, Saliyan, Pattusali, Senapathulu, Thogata Sali)
*Pala-Ekari
*Pala-Ekari
*[[Vanniyar|Palli]]
*[[Vanniyar|Palli]]
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*Peddammavandlu, Devaravandlu, Yellammavandlu, Mutyalammavandlu
*Peddammavandlu, Devaravandlu, Yellammavandlu, Mutyalammavandlu
*Perika (Perike Balija, Puragiri Kshatriya)
*Perika (Perike Balija, Puragiri Kshatriya)
*Pollinativelama (of Srikakulam & Visakhapatnam Districts)
*Pollinati Velama (of Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam Districts)
*Pondara
*Pondara
*Poosala
*Poosala
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*Sadhuchetty
*Sadhuchetty
*Sarollu
*Sarollu
*Satani (Chattadasrivaishnava, Chatadi)
*[[Satani (caste)|Satani (Chattada Srivaishnava, Chatadi)]]
*Scheduled Caste converts to Christianity and their progeny
*Scheduled Caste converts to Christianity and their progeny
*Siddula
*Siddula
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*Swakulasali
*Swakulasali
*Tammali
*Tammali
*[[Telaga]]
*Thogata, Thogati or Thogata Veerakshatriya
*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
*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
*[[Uppara]] or Sagara
*Vadabalija
*Vadabalija
*Valmiki Boya (Boya Bedar, Kirataka Nishadi, Yellappi, Yellapu/Yellapondlu, Pedda Boya ) Talayari, Chunduvallu
*Valmiki [[Boya (caste)|Boya]] (Boya Bedar, Kirataka Nishadi, Yellappi, Yellapu/Yellapondlu, Pedda Boya ) Talayari, Chunduvallu
*Vamsha Raj
*Vamsha Raj
*Vanjara (Vanjari)
*Vanjara (Vanjari)
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*Vanyakulakshtriya
*Vanyakulakshtriya
*Veeramushti (Neetikotala), Veerabhadreeya
*Veeramushti (Neetikotala), Veerabhadreeya
* [[Viswabrahmin]] or [[Viswakarma]] (Ausula or Kamsali, Kammari, Kanchari, Vadla or Vadra or Vadrangi and Silpi)
* Viswabrahmin or [[Viswakarma]] (Ausula or [[Kamsali]], [[Kammari]], [[Kanchari]], Vadla or Vadra or [[Vadrangi]] and Silpi)
*Yata
*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 ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 20:28, 23 July 2023


This is a list of the various communities originating from Telugu-speaking regions.

Forward Castes

Forward Castes do not qualify for government reservations. They are also called as Other Castes (OC) by the state governments.[1] Those present in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are:[2][3][4]

(arranged alphabetically)

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.[6]

(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
  • 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 (Yadava)
  • Goondla
  • Goud
  • Gudala
  • Gudia/Gudiya (confined to Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam Districts only)
  • Hatkar
  • Jakkala
  • Jalari
  • Jandra
  • Jangam
  • Jingar
  • Jogi
  • Joshinandiwala
  • Kachi
  • Kaikadi
  • Kandra
  • Kanjara-Bhatta
  • Karikalabhakthulu Kaikolan or Kaikola (Sengundam or Sengunther)
  • Karnabhakthulu
  • Kasi kapadi
  • Katipapala
  • Kepmare or Reddika
  • Kinthala Kalinga, Buragana Kalinga, Buragam Kalinga, Pandiri Kalinga, 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
  • Mudiraj, Mutrasi Tenugollu
  • Munnuru Kapu (Telangana)
  • Nagaralu
  • Nagavaddilu
  • Nagavasam (Nagavamsa)
  • Nayi-Brahmin (Mangali, Mangala, Bhajanthri)
  • Nayyala
  • Neelakanthi
  • Neeli (Nelli)
  • Nessi or Kurni
  • Nokkar
  • Odde, Oddilu, Vaddera Vaddelu
  • Padmasali (Sali, Saliyan, Pattusali, Senapathulu, Thogata Sali)
  • Pala-Ekari
  • Palli
  • Pallikapu
  • Pallireddi
  • Pambala
  • Pamula
  • Pardhi (Mirshikari, Nirshikari )
  • Pariki Muggula
  • 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 (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 (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.[7][8] Scheduled Castes are given reservation status guaranteeing political representation, preference in promotion, quota in universities, free and stipended education, scholarships, banking services, various government schemes.[9][10]:35,137The Scheduled Castes in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are:[11]

(arranged alphabetically)

Further Classification of Backward Classes

The castes considered to be backward are further categorized into 5 groups (A, B, C, D and E).[12] 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

References

  1. ↑ Rao, Ch Krishna (17 March 2014). Adoption of Tissue Culture in Horticulture: A Study of Banana-Growing Farmers from a South-Indian State. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-4438-5741-3.
  2. ↑ Srinivasulu, K. "Caste, Class and Social Articulation in Andhra Pradesh: Mapping Differential Regional Trajectories" (PDF). Overseas Development Institute. p. 12.
  3. ↑ Vaugier-Chatterjee, Anne (2012), "Two Dominant Castes: The Socio-political System in Andhra Pradesh", in Jaffrelot, Christophe; Kumar, Sanjay (eds.), Rise of the Plebeians?: The Changing Face of the Indian Legislative Assemblies, Routledge, p. 280, ISBN 978-1-136-51662-7
  4. ↑ Ambagudia, Jagannath; Xaxa, Virginius (1 December 2020). Handbook of Tribal Politics in India. SAGE Publishing India. p. 177. ISBN 978-93-5388-460-4.
  5. ↑ Singh, K. S. (1992). People of India: Andhra Pradesh. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1817. ISBN 978-81-7671-006-0.
  6. ↑ "Central List Of Other Backward Classes".
  7. ↑ "Scheduled Caste Welfare – List of Scheduled Castes". Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  8. ↑ "Scheduled Castes And Scheduled Tribes". UNITED NATIONS IN INDIA. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  9. ↑ Kumar, K Shiva (17 February 2020). "Reserved uncertainty or deserved certainty? Reservation debate back in Mysuru". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  10. ↑ "THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA [As on 9th December, 2020]" (PDF). Legislative Department. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  11. ↑ Jammanna, Akepogu; Sudhakar, Pasala (14 December 2016). Dalits' Struggle for Social Justice in Andhra Pradesh (1956-2008): From Relays to Vacuum Tubes. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 222. ISBN 978-1-4438-4496-3.
  12. ↑ "Percentage Of BC Castes Reservations, BC Castes List in Telangana State". 14 April 2023.
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