KAPU COMMUNITY

Kapu:

• Kapu literally means cultivator or agriculturist in Telugu. It is a dominant peasant caste found in Telugu speaking states of Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Telangana.
  
  
• They are considered to be a Shudra community in the Hindu varna system.
  
  
• Mandal Commission (in the 1980s) recommended that Kapus be included among the Other Backward Classes (OBC). But the then AP government ignored the recommendation.
  
  
• In December 2017, on the recommendations made by Manjunatha Commission, the AP govt. announced 5% quota in education and employment to the Kapus by creating a new Backward Classes-F category for them.