Munnuru Kapu is a

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, India. Prior to the establishment of Telangana as a state separate from that of

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, of which previously it had been a region, there were four different

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communities in the various districts of Andhra Pradesh, being the Munnuru kapu in Telangana, the Toorpu in the areas of

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and

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, the

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and those known simply as Kapu in the

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districts,

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. People belonging to Munnuru Kapu Caste in Telangana is primarily Agrarian community and own lands . They are often referred as Patel's in Telangana region.

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