rajus are kshatriyas and it is not a claim and clarifications to the misconceptions or misunderstandings as i have clearly stated many no of times and i am again mentioning that rajus are forward caste in andhra pradesh and they are clearly mentioned as kshatriya in government's caste list and government's records and also even in overseas development institute those who have misunderstandings please see the elections of government of andhra pradesh there u can clearly understand that rajus are mentioned as kshatriyas by government but not rajus or kshatriya rajus see in the link another thing i have to say is kshatriya is used for only rajus and it is a forward caste mentioned as kshatriya in the medeival period rachavaru andhra kshatriya telugu kshatriya is used only for rajus but in the present period government mentions rajus as kshatriyas backward castes of shudra varna in andhra pradesh who changed their caste names other castes in andhra pradesh who are of shudra varna but due to their succesful politicking in census changed their caste names they are agnikulakshatriya palli vadabalija besthajalari gangavar gangaputra goondla vanyakulakshatriya vennakapu vannereddi pallikapu pallireddi neyyala pattapu whose occupation is fishing arya kshatriya chittari giniyar chitrakara nakhas whose occupation is painting doll making perika perika balija puragiri kshatriya whose occupation is jute weaving gunny bag making thogata thogati or thogata veera kshatriya whose occupation is weavers rangrez or bhavsara kshatriya whose occupation is dyers tailors these you can verify in the backward castes lists their occupations provided by the government of andhra pradesh list in the following link