Chakkala Nair

Chakkala Nair
Regions with significant populations
	Malabar, Travancore.
Languages
	Malayalam
Religion
	Hinduism

Chakkala Nair is one of the subcastes of the Nair community among Keralites. They are distributed throughout Kerala. In Travancore, they are known as Chakkalan nairs, while in Malabar and Cochin, they are known as Vattakadan nairs.^{[citation needed]}

The traditional occupation of the Chakkala nair was the production of gingelly or coconut oil.^{[citation needed]}

Caste system

According to Christopher Fuller, an anthropologist, Chakkalan nairs are one of the four largest " subdivision[s]" of nair community .^[1] ^[2]

References

^ |Chakkala Nairs are nairs only but who adopted oil extraction|[[1]]
^ Fuller, Christopher J. "The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste". JSTOR 3629883. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

External links

Digital Colonial Documents (India)

[1] |Chakkala Nairs are nairs only but who adopted oil extraction|[[1]]

[2] Fuller, Christopher J. "The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste". JSTOR 3629883. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

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