Is Nadar a high caste?

Due to their association with toddy, the Nadars were considered lower than other middle castes, but relatively higher than the low castes, and were also prohibited to enter temples built by higher ranked castes.
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Which caste is highest in Tamil Nadu?

The top three castes by numbers in Tamil Nadu are Thevar (also known as Mukkulaththor), Vanniar and Kongu Vellalar (also known as Gounder). As is natural, they wield most of the political power in the state.
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How many Nadars are there in Tamil Nadu?

The Nadars are generally found throughout the Southern state of Tamilnadu. By the end of 2005 , it is estimated that they would number around 10 million. Their original area of concentration were the southern districts of Tamilnadu.
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Are Nadars pandyas?

Nadars are Villavar rulers of Pandyan Country

The Villavar may represent the Cheras while Minavar many represent Pandyas. The Minavars and Villavars founded the Pandyan kingdom in the ancient times. Nadars are the Villavar warriors of the Pandyan kingdom or the Meenavar kingdom who formed the ruling dynasty.
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What is the BC caste?

BC means backward classes while OBC means other backward classes. We often see that in counselling process we came to know OBC is written as Simply BC.
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Is BC and OBC are same?

BC stands for Backward classes and OBC stands for other Backward classes. The only difference between the is them lies in terms of position and facilities of Education and jobs.
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Are Nadars rich?

A few subsects of the Nadar community, such as the Nelamaikkarars, were traditionally wealthy landlords and money lenders. Historically, most Nadars were cultivators of palmyra trees and jaggery and a few were also involved in the toddy trade.
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Which caste is powerful in Kerala?

The Nambudiri Brahmins were at the top of the ritual caste hierarchy, outranking even the kings.
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Is vanniyar a low caste?

Vanniyars, historically considered a lower caste, have been trying to gain upward mobility since 19th century to move away from lower status using these Agnikula myths.
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Is Nadar a caste?

Nadar (also referred as Nadan, Shanar) is a caste of Tamil Nadu & Kerala, South India. The Nadars are an entrepreneurial south Indian caste] and constitute 12% of Tamil Nadu's population.
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What is Subcaste of Nadar?

Nadans (also referred as Nelamaikkarar) are a small endogamous group of aristocratic Nadars from the regions south of the Thamirabarani River in the present-day state of Tamil Nadu, India. They were hereditary tax collectors during the Nayak and Pandyan dynasties and also served as petty lords under the poligars.
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Are Nadars Kshatriyas?

The Nadar community is one of the Kshatriya communities of Tamil Nadu. This community, which traditionally worshiped Bhadrakali, was deceived by the missionaries and disconnected from their glorious heritage. As a result, 60% of the Nadar community is now Christian.
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Which is richest caste in India?

50.3 percent of Brahmins are in the wealthy class, 13 percent are in the lower category, and the rest are in the middle class, as per the National Health survey. One significant observation about Brahmins is that the Brahmin community can practice any occupation or source of livehood.
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Which is the most powerful caste in India?

Brahman, also spelled Brahmin, Sanskrit Brāhmaṇa (“Possessor of Brahma”), highest ranking of the four varnas, or social classes, in Hindu India.
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Which is the first caste in India?

The first group was of the warriors and they were called Rajanya, later they changed its name to Kshatriyas. The second group was of the priests and they were called Brahmanas.
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Is Nair high caste?

They are a low caste who became powerful by being loyal to brahmins.
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Which caste is powerful in Coimbatore?

Gounders are the dominant caste in Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Erode, Salem, Thirucehngode and Namakkal, classified as backward caste within the 69 per cent reservation quota in Tamil Nadu. While the Vanniyars have the upper hand in the north, the Thevars and the Nadars dominate south Tamil Nadu.
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Is thevar a caste?

Comprised of three sub-castes – Maravars, Kallars and the Agamudaiyars – the Thevars are a dominant OBC community in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu who have played a significant role in voting the AIADMK to power.
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Which is greater BC or OBC?

OBC Stands for Other Backward Classes. OBC people are considered higher in all terms than BC Caste people.
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Is Yadav an OBC?

The Yadavs are included in the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) category in the Indian states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal.
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Which is higher caste BC A or BC B?

Both BC-a and BC-b belong to same caste backward class but different sub caste. Both these different sub caste(BC-A and BC-B) differ in terms of reservation percentage. BC-A has less reservation when compared to BC-B.
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