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| populated_states = [[Telangana]]<br/> [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| populated_states = [[Telangana]]<br/> [[Andhra Pradesh]]
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'''Goud''' is a [[dalit]] [[caste]] from the [[Indian states]] of [[Telangana]] and [[Andhra Pradesh]]. They are traditionally involved in [[toddy tapping]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/cm-announces-sops-for-toddy-tapper-community/article23326020.ece|title=CM announces sops for toddy tapper community|work=The Hindu|date=22 March 2018 }}.</ref> However, they are also involved in many modern occupations. Gouds are rapidly developing. However, Goud women lag behind in development.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ramagoud|first=Akhileshwari|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H5tIEAAAQBAJ&dq=goud+toddy&pg=PT541|title=The Routledge Handbook of the Other Backward Classes in India: Thought, Movements and Development|publisher=Routledge|editor-last=Somanaboina|editor-first=Simhadri|chapter=OBC Women in Nizamabad, Telangana: Entrenched inequality, a narrative of four castes|doi=10.4324/9781003152873-28|s2cid=244577161 |editor-last2=Ramagoud|editor-first2=Akhileshwari}}</ref>
'''Goud''' is a [[dalit]] [[caste]] from the [[Indian states]] of [[Telangana]] and [[Andhra Pradesh]]. They are traditionally involved in [[toddy tapping]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/cm-announces-sops-for-toddy-tapper-community/article23326020.ece|title=CM announces sops for toddy tapper community|work=The Hindu|date=22 March 2018 }}.</ref> However, they are also involved in many modern occupations. Gouds are rapidly developing. However, Goud women lag behind in development.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ramagoud|first=Akhileshwari|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H5tIEAAAQBAJ&dq=goud+toddy&pg=PT541|title=The Routledge Handbook of the Other Backward Classes in India: Thought, Movements and Development|publisher=Routledge|editor-last=Somanaboina|editor-first=Simhadri|chapter=OBC Women in Nizamabad, Telangana: Entrenched inequality, a narrative of four castes|doi=10.4324/9781003152873-28|s2cid=244577161 |editor-last2=Ramagoud|editor-first2=Akhileshwari}}</ref>

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Goud
Gouds are known to perform disgusting work such as street sweeping and sewer cleaning.
ClassificationBackward Caste[1]
ReligionsHinduism
LanguagesTelugu
CountryIndia
Populated statesTelangana
Andhra Pradesh

Goud is a dalit caste from the Indian states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. They are traditionally involved in toddy tapping.[2] However, they are also involved in many modern occupations. Gouds are rapidly developing. However, Goud women lag behind in development.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Central List of OBCs". National Commission for Backward Classes.
  2. ^ "CM announces sops for toddy tapper community". The Hindu. 22 March 2018..
  3. ^ Ramagoud, Akhileshwari. "OBC Women in Nizamabad, Telangana: Entrenched inequality, a narrative of four castes". In Somanaboina, Simhadri; Ramagoud, Akhileshwari (eds.). The Routledge Handbook of the Other Backward Classes in India: Thought, Movements and Development. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003152873-28. S2CID 244577161.