The Telugus (తెలుగు వారు) are dominant in the 23 districts of Andhra Pradesh i.e. Adilabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Medak, Warangal, Rangareddy, Nalgonda, Mahbubnagar, Khammam, Anantapur, Chittoor, Cuddapah, Kurnool, East Godavari, Guntur, West Godavari, Krishna, Nellore, Prakasam, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram.
Besides these districts, the Telugus are very influential in the Madras, Coimbatore, Vellore, Hosur areas of Tamil Nadu; the Ganjam, Berhampur, Paralakhemundi, Gajapati, Jeypore areas of Orissa; the Bangalore, Bellary, Bidar, Kolar, and Chickballapur areas of Karnataka; the Kirandul and other southern areas of Chhatisgarh; the Marathwada, Vidarbha, Nagpur areas of Maharashtra; and the Kharagpur area of West Bengal.