Telikula.--The Telikulas are summed up, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, as "a Telugu oil-presser caste, which should not be confused with Tellakula, a synonym for Tsakala, or with Telli, a caste of Oriya oil-pressers." Telikula is a synonym for the Ganiga or Gandla caste of oil-pressers, derived from the oil (gingelly: Sesamum indicum), whereas the names Ganiga and Gandla refer to the oil-mill. In the Northern Circars, the name Telikula is used in preference to Ganiga or Gandla, and the oil-pressers in that part of the country are known as Telikula-vandlu. The Telikulas are Onteddu, i.e., use a single bullock for working the oil-mill, whereas, among the Ganigas, there are both Onteddu and Rendeddu sections, which employ one and two bullocks respectively. Tellakula (white clan).--Recorded, in the Census Report, 1901, as a synonym for Tsakala. According to the Rev. J. Cain, [8] the Tellakulas are Telugu washermen (Tsakalas), who, in consequence of having obtained employment as peons in Government offices, feel themselves to be superior to other members of their caste. Telli.--The Tellis are the oil-pressers of the Oriya country, whose caste name is derived from telo, oil. They are apparently divided into three endogamous sections, named Holodia, Bolodia, and Khadi. The original occupation of the Holodias is said to have been the cultivation and sale of turmeric. They may not carry turmeric and other articles for sale on the back of bullocks, and consequently use carts as a medium of transport thereof. And it is further contrary to their caste rules even to assist in loading or unloading packs carried by bullocks. The Bolodias receive their name from the fact that they carry produce in the form of oil-seeds, etc., on pack bullocks, bolodo being Oriya for bullock. The Khadis are mainly engaged in expressing various oils in oil-mills, and this occupation is also carried on by some members of the other sections. All Tellis seem to belong to one gotra, called Karthikeswara. The caste title is Sahu. In social position the Tellis, unlike the Tamil Vaniyans (oil-pressers), are on a par with the agricultural castes, and are one of the panchapatako, or five castes from which individuals are selected to decide serious issues which arise among the Badhoyis. The headman of the Tellis is called Behara, and he is assisted by a Bhollobaya, and in some places apparently by another officer called Pento.