Tamil castes

According to me, agriculture is the mist sacred profession in this world and I am proud that I belong to one of such agricultural community.

A person wealth in villages of TN was seen by the acres of land and no of cows he possessed.

Thus 70% of Tamils belong to the agricultural community and among them some held/ hold good area of agricultural land.

1.)Kongu Vellalars Goundar are said to be the dominant community in this case who own vast lands or some even upto 100 acres and they are the richest land owning community.

2.)Vanniya Goundar are said to be the dominant community in northern parts of Tamil Nadu and among the Vanniyar subcastes, Vanniya Goundar hold good agricultural lands.

3.) Mudaliars are found in Chola Nadu region of Tamil Nadu .They are the traditional land owning community in this region ( Tanjaore and surrounding districts).

4.) Thevars also hold a good percentage of agricultural land in Southern parts of Tamil Nadu and they are very powerful in those districts.

5.) Pilllais/Pillaimars are the tradional vellalars of Southern Tamil Nadu and parts of Kerala and even though their population is low,still they hold many agricultural lands.

Apart from this many more Tamil castes do farming but they have less lands compared to these 5 castes.

Non Tamil castes

Among non Tamils, the Vatukar castes or Telugu's hold good % of agricultural lands in Tamil Nadu .

Mainly the lands are owned by Kamma Naidus, Reddyars and Naicker community eventhough their population is less.

Castes which have good population and political support.

Tamil castes.

1.) Vanniyars are the single most dominating caste who are found in northern parts of Tamil Nadu and they are the most politically powerful castes.

Notable people are Duraimurugan from DMK and Ramdoss of PMK party and some more

2.) Thevars are very powerful in Southern Tamil Nadu and without their support no party can win in Tamil Nadu.

Notable persons are Sashikala and her family, OPS( AIADMK) and many more.

3.) Kongu Vellalars are the politically dominant community in western districts of Tamil Nadu and without their support, it's difficult to become C.M in Tamil Nadu.

Notable person is the current C.M of Tamil Nadu- E.P.S( AIADMK)

4.) Nadars

Nadars are very much dominant and political community in certain parts of Southern Tamil Nadu and though this caste people are divided as Nadar Hindus, Ayyavazhi Nadars and Christian Nadars, still they are united by caste name.

Notable ones are Tamilisai( BJP), Sharath Kumar ,etc.

5.) Paraiyars though they are distributed all over Tamil Nadu and they form nearly 15% of the population and yes these people play a key role in the TN politics

Notable peoples are Thirimavalavan, R.Raja, Ret Justice Karnan, etc...

Non Tamil castes

Among the non Tamils, Naidus have good strength in Tamil Nadu and they may form 3 to 5 % of the population and they even dominate some villages.

They have a good political background and notable people are Vijayakanth( DMDK).

Based on education, money and wealth.

Tamil castes

1.) Tamil Brahmins

A silent and a famous community of Tamil Nadu, Tambrahms hold good education, money and wealth.

Most of the C.A holders of Tamil Nadu are Tambrahms .

These people are the carriers of many Tamil works and many people from this community have contributed to the Tamil literature.

2.) Chettiars

Chettiars are the traditional trading community of Tamil Nadu and many have settled in foreign counries and this community has done trade with many cultures all around the world and this community is known for the spread of Tamil culture.

3.) Kongu Vellalars.

Kongu Vellalars are the all rounders of the Tamil Nadu because after Tambrahms and Chettiars, they possess good education and wealth.

4.) Mudaliars

Mudaliars are very much educated like Tambrahms and they can be found in many disciplines of work.

5.) Pillais

Pillais also have good education and wealth.

6.)Thevars / Vanniyars

These castes have also good money/ educated people .

7.) Nadars/ Acharyar/ Konars

Many people from the people these castes have got elited.

Nowadays many other smaller castes, and Dalits castes have gained education.

Non Tamil castes

The saying - Vandhari Vaazha Vaikum Tamil Nadu is very true in this case.

1.)Vatukars castes

Those these Telugu castes- Kammas.Reddiars/ Naickers are forward castes in Andhra/ Telangana they hold OBC status in Tamil Nadu and hence they have got good chance of education and wealth.

2.)Saurashtra people.

The weaver community of Gujrarat though they were just weavers ,they utilized the opportunuties of the state and thus they hold good education and wealth.

3.)24 Telugu Manai Chettiars

Though they are Telugu Chettiars, they have settled in Kanchipuram and have utilized the oppurtunites provided by the TN govn.

Thus they have good education, money and wealth.

4.)Marathis

When Shivaji ruled TN, many of his relatives have settled in Tamil Nadu in Tanjore region and they have good wealth.

5.) Marwadis

If you ask me, which community is the most richest in Tamil Nadu, I can blindly say it as Marawaris becuase Chettiars have left trading and Marwadis have taken their place in Tamil Nadu.

Nowadays, from land,gold and even Turmeric buissness is being carried out by Marwaris of Tamil Nadu as both the Tamil/ Telugu chettiars in TN have taken private jobs.

Irrespective of all these information, according to a recent article by Niti Aayog, Tamil Nadu stands first in eradicating poverty of the TN people…

Vaazhga Tamil !

Valarga Tamil Nadu!