Chakkala Nair

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Chakkala Nair
Regions with significant populations
Malabar, Travancore.
Languages
Malayalam
Religion
Hinduism
Related ethnic groups
Nairs

Chakkala Nair, also known as Vattakkat Nair,[1] and Vaniya Nair[2] is one of the intermediate subcastes[3] [4] of the Nair community. They are distributed throughout Kerala. In Travancore, they are known as Chakkala, while in Cochin and Malabar they are Vattakattu[5] and In the extreme north of Malabar they are called Vaniya[6][7]

Vattakattu Nairs[8] are now indistinguishable from other Nair subcastes through alliances with other Nair communities and is treated as part of the mainstream Nair community by the government of Kerala[9][10]


According to eminent scholars Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan was born in a Chakkala Nair family of Thrikkandiyoor Amsam in Vettathunadu[11]

Chakkala Kaali Nair also known as Kunchirakottu kaaliyan[12] a close associate of Iravikkutti Pillai and a warrior who was made famous by ballads of Venad belonged to Chakkala Nair caste.

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  1. ^ Menon, Krishnat P. Padmanabha (1984). History of Kerala: A History of Kerala Written in the Form of Notes on Visscher's Letters from Malabar. Asian Educational Services. p. 194. ISBN 978-81-206-0167-3.
  2. ^ Singh, Kumar Suresh (2002). People of India: Kerala (3 pts.). Anthropological Survey of India. p. 299. ISBN 978-81-85938-99-8.
  3. ^ Pallichan and Vattakad were treated as an intermediate class of Shudras because there was neither inter-dining nor inter-marriage between the members of these subdivisions and the high caste Shudras-Census of India, 1961 - Volume 7. p. 19.
  4. ^ Institutions, Kerala (India) Commission for Reservation of Seats in Educational (1966). Report of the Commission for Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions, Kerala, 1965. p. 141.
  5. ^ Fuller, Christopher J. (1975). "The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste". Journal of Anthropological Research. 31 (4): 283–312. doi:10.1086/jar.31.4.3629883. JSTOR 3629883. S2CID 163592798.
  6. ^ ANTHROPOLOGY NAYARS OF MALABAR (WITH ELEVEN PLATES) (PDF). MADRAS GOVERNMENT MUSEUM Bulletin. Vol. 11. p. 203.
  7. ^ Singh, Kumar Suresh (2002). People of India: Kerala (3 pts.). Anthropological Survey of India. p. 299. ISBN 978-81-85938-99-8.
  8. ^ Institutions, Kerala (India) Commission for Reservation of Seats in Educational (1966). Report of the Commission for Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions, Kerala, 1965. p. 141.
  9. ^ Kerala government gazette official forward caste list www.collegeguru.in/doc/fc-list-kerala.pdf
  10. ^ Institutions, Kerala (India) Commission for Reservation of Seats in Educational (1966). Report of the Commission for Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions, Kerala, 1965. p. 141.
  11. ^ Tarakan, Ke Eṃ (1990). A Brief Survey of Malayalam Literature: History of Literature. K.M. Tharakan. p. 26.
  12. ^ "Prithviraj's next is titled Kaaliyan - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
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