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]
See also
References
- ↑ History of Kerala: A History of Kerala Written in the Form of Notes on Visscher's Letters from Malabar{{#if:Menon|, Menon}. Asian Educational Services(1984). ISBN 978-81-206-0167-3
- ↑ People of India: Kerala (3 pts.){{#if:Singh|, Singh}. Anthropological Survey of India(2002). ISBN 978-81-85938-99-8
- ↑ 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{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}
- ↑ Report of the Commission for Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions, Kerala, 1965{{#if:Institutions|, Institutions}(1966)
- ↑ The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste. Journal of Anthropological Research({Template:Date).
- ↑ In the extreme north of Malabar they are called Vaniya-MADRAS GOVERNMENT MUSEUM Bulletin, Vol. 11/, No. 3 AANTHROPOLOGY NAYARS OF MALABAR (WITH ELEVEN PLATES){{#if:|, {{{last}}}}
- ↑ People of India: Kerala (3 pts.){{#if:Singh|, Singh}. Anthropological Survey of India(2002). ISBN 978-81-85938-99-8
- ↑ Report of the Commission for Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions, Kerala, 1965{{#if:Institutions|, Institutions}(1966)
- ↑ Kerala government official forward caste list[1]
- ↑ Report of the Commission for Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions, Kerala, 1965{{#if:Institutions|, Institutions}(1966)
- ↑ A Brief Survey of Malayalam Literature: History of Literature{{#if:Tarakan|, Tarakan}. K.M. Tharakan(1990)