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DISTRIBUTION OF PRINCIPAL TAMIL CASTES.
(In Thousands).
Tamil population—16, 647.
Castes.
Pallava. Chola. Pandya. Kongu.
Chingleput. N. Arcot. S. Arcot. Tanjore. Trichinopoly. Madura. Ramnad. Tinnevelly. Salem. Coimbatore. Total. Percentage.
Argull.
1. Brahmans* 26 135
12 22 480 3 JI. Drardian. 2. Vellalas 93 | 217 125 2231 331
331 234 116 168 269 640 2,535 15 III. Naga (mised) 3. Valaiyan † | 51 1 17 25 289 4. Pallan
160 115 137 144 5. Shanan
11 381 13 32 106 271
02
10
Wallar
+
6. Idaiyan
17! 735
0
37| 135 1771
| 265 2
0
7. Maravan 8. Agam
badiyan
Maravan.
29 350 2
9. Paraiyan
336) 169 1001
70; 2.364 14
10. Kaikolan
22
19
12
9
22
61 368 2
kyina.
551 559 3
0
16 282017
11, Kamma
lan) 12. Palli or 292 492 758 257 1
Vanniyan o 13. Kallan
202 281 192 14. Ainbalaka.
33 215 14 ran sa IV. Naga (Pure). 15. Kuravan **' | 35 | 38 29 ... 38 18 ... |
535 3
Pallava or
Kurunba.
334 2
34
53 317) 2
182
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- Includes 36 Tamil Brahmans in Malabar. † Includes Sembadavan. $ Includes Muttiriyan and Urali. ** Includes Vedan, Vetturan, livlanard (ther hill and forest tribes.