Teli is a business caste among Hindus. They are called Teli because of their ancestral profession of making 'edible oil'.
They also called themselves as Sahu Vaishyas. Telis have various surnames such as Sa, Sahu, Bakane, Prusty, Jesty,Pradhan, Behera,Sav, Gupta, Nathile, Gulhane, Shirbhate, misurkar, sakarkar, wathghate, Mandal, Saha, Wanjari, Gorai, Sadhu-Khan, Das, Chothave,Kardile, Dehadray,Shinde, Ghodmare, Waghmare, Karpe, Bele, Teli, Lanjewar Asamwar, Prasad, Pise and others.