Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "காப்பு (சமூகம்)" in Tamil language version.
The Kapus, concentrated in Guntur, Krishna, West and East Godavari districts are listed among the forward castes. In Rayalaseema districts they are known as Balijas.
Kapus in the Telugu - speaking states do not form a neat homogenous category , as they comprise castes such as Kapu , Telaga , Balija and Ontari among many other variants
Balija Naidus The Balija Naidus , the chief Telugu trading caste were found ... name of the caste was Naidu . In fact , they occupied a high place in the ... used in preference to Naidu.60 This was a most enterprising community ...
... NAICKER Synonyms : Kannada Balija Naicker [ Tamil Nadu ] Groups / subgroups : Sunnaikarar , Vettalaikarar [ Tamil Nadu ] Gauliyar , Kadaperi , Kannadiyar [ E. Thurston ] Titles : Naicker , Nayakar [ Tamil Nadu ] Exogamous units / clans ...
Patel , Mali Patel , Patwari and to an elder Patel called Velugula Ramanna . This Velugula Ramanna belonged to Munnuru Kapu caste. His grandfather was a seridar who Tadikonda Ramachandraiah 96-101.
Balija Chetty merchant families skilfully operated in the political turmoils in the last years of the Vijayanagar kingdom and the successor nayakdoms. The most prominent example is Astrappah Chetty ( or Malaya ) and his extended family ...
... Kapu , when he becomes rich usually affixes the word Reddy to his name . Agriculturists , industrialists , politicians , doctors , engineers and businessmen are found hailing from this caste . A unique feature of this caste people is ...
Reddys in their caste certificate usually are classified under Kapu community . Also , the title Naidu in Rayalaseema is used by the Kammas . Also , some Kammas along with Velamas , and Kapus shared the suffix - Rao . This sharing of ...
