Munnuru Kapu is a Telugu-speaking caste primarily found in the Indian state of Telangana.
[5][6][7] In the 2018 Telangana Assembly, Munnuru Kapus are the third largest caste in unreserved seats with eight MLAs; next only to Reddy and Velama communities.
[8] Some members of the community have also ventured into industry and business, and became established businessmen like B. V. Rao, Vikram Akula, and Myadam Kishan Rao,P.Shiva Shankar (Union Minister) ,Amdiyala Sriramulu (freedom fighter).
As per some other writers, 300 Kapu families migrated to present-day Telangana in the medieval period and they came to be called as Munnuru Kapus (transl.
[3] They are also present in few numbers in Nanded and Latur districts of Maharashtra[1][4] Traditionally, they are a community of cultivators and large sections of them are still into agriculture.