Kapu/Telaga/Balija/Naidu

Kapu

The Kapu community is primarily concentrated in the Coastal Districts of Andhra. It is probably the oldest middle caste in Andhra along with the Yadava/Golla Community of A.P. and forms the bed rock of the state.

Kapu as a term is used to refer to Landowning or Agragarian Communities in Andhra Pradesh. Today the Land Owners are called Kapu by the Agricultural Laborers, and those who served as village heads were given the title of Reddy. This is the reason the title Reddy is found among the Kapu and Reddy castes.

They are heavily concentrated in the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh. Kapu Branches

• Dhulipudi

• Mekala (Also found in Kamma, Boya, Chenchus)

• Mogili (Also found in Yerukulas)

• Motati

• Mungaru

• Tungala

• Thorati

• Nagali

• Nerati or Neravati (Also found in Reddy)

• Pakanati or Pakinadu (Eastern territory) (Also found in Reddy, Golla, Kamsala, Mala, and Tsakala)

• Oruganti (Also found in Mudiraju)

• Nagaralu / Patrulu

• Chalukya Kapu

• Challa

• Uggina

• paggina

• Koraganji

• Arja

Nagaralu means the dwellers in a nagaram (City). This caste was originally a section of the Kapus which took to town life and separated itself off from the parent stock. They are mainly agriculturists but are also into medicine. A number are Physicians and Pharmacists.

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