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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.
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Following the creation of Telangana, the Beda (Budga) Jangam caste was excluded from the list of Andhra Pradesh, while the Godagali caste was removed from Telangana. Consequently, each state now consists of 59 castes, reshaping the demographic composition in the aftermath of the state division.
Bhatraju (also transliterated as Bhatrazu) is an Indian caste of Telugu-speaking ballad reciters, poets, panegyrists, and religious musicians. [1] [2] They are primarily found in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and also in smaller numbers in the neighbouring states. They are also known as Bhatturaju or Bhataraju or Bhatrajulu. [2]
Telugu names are distinctive for their use of a "family name, given name" format, in contrast to Western naming practices where the family name often appears last. [1] [2] In the Telugu naming system, the family name appears first and is followed by the given name(s), a practice also observed among Han Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Hungarian ...
Nayakar, Nayakkar, Nayaker , Naikar, Naidu or Naicker is a title commonly used in the southern part of India by Kannada, Tamil and Telugu speaking people, sometimes as a surname and in other cases as a caste affiliation. Nayakar has more sub branches inside their community.
This is a list of notable Telugu people, also referred to as the Andhras in the Puranas. Telugu people are an ethnolinguistic group that speak Telugu , a Dravidian language in Southern India . This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
In 1920, as a part of Sanskritization process, the toddy-tapper community of Godavari districts — not related to the Balija caste and the historical Setti Balija trader community — changed their caste name from Ediga or Eendra to the more respectable name of Chettu Balija (Chettu meaning tree in Telugu), which transformed to Setti Balija ...