CENTRAL LIST OF OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES
Sl.No.	Name of the Castes/Sub-castes/Synonyms/	Entry No. in the
	Communities	Central List

KERALA
1	Agasa	1
2	Ambalakkaran	2
3	Anglo Indian	3
4	Aremahrati	4
5	Arya	5
6	Bandari	6
7	Billava	7
8	Chakkala	8
9	Chakravar	52
	Sakravar
	(Kavathi)
10	Chavalakkaran	9
11	Chetties (Kottar Chetties,	10
	Parakka Chetties,
	Elur Chetties,
	Attingal Chetties,
	Padukkada Chetties,
	Iraniel Chetties,
	Sri Pandara Chetties,
	Telugu Chetties,
	Udayamkulangara Chetties,
	Wynadan Chetties,
	Kalavara Chetties,
	Sadhu Chetties and
	24 Manai Telugu Chetties)
12	Devadiga	11
13	Devanga	12
14	Dheevara (Araya,	13
	Arayavathi, Mukkuvan,
	or Mukaya, Mogaveera,
	Valan, Bovi Mukayar,
	Nulayan, Valinijiar
	and Paniakkal)
15	Ezhava,	14
	Izhavan,
	Ishavan,
	Ezhavan,
	Ezhuva,
	Izhuva,
	Ishuva,
	Izhuvan,
	Ishuvan,
	Ezhuvan,
	Izhava,
	Izhavan,
	Ishavan,
	Illuva,
	Illuvan,
	Irava
	Iruva
	Thiyyan
	Thiyya,
16	Ezhavathi	15
17	Ezhuthachan	16
18	Ganika	17
19	Ganjam Reddi	68
	(in Malabar district
	referred to in sub-
	section (2) of Section
	5 of the States
	Reorganisation Act,
	1956)
20	Gatti	18
21	Gowda	19
22	Hegde	20
23	Izhuvan (Illuvan or	21
	Ezhuvan)
24	Jogi	22
25	Kaduppattan	23
26	Kaikolan	24
27	Kelasi (Kalasi Panicker)	25
28	Kalari Kurup or	26
	Kalari Panicker
29	Kallan Mooppan or	79
	Kallan Mooppar
30	Kammara	70
	(excluding Malabar
	district as referred to in
	sub-section(2) of
	Section 5 of the States
	Reorganisation Act, 1956)
31	Kannadiyan	28
32	Kanisu or	29
	Kaniyar Panicker,
	Kani or
	Kaniyan (Ganaka) or
	Kanisan or
	Kamnan
33	Kavuthiyan,	30
	Aduthon
34	Kavudiyaru	31
35	Koteyar	32
36	Krishnanvaka	33
37	Kerala Mudali	34
38	Kongu Navithan	76
39	Kudumbi	35
40	Kusavan	36
	(Kulala, Kulala Nair or
	Andhra Nair or Anthura Nair)
41	Kumbaran	36 A
42	Latin Catholic	37
43	Madivala	38
44	Malayekandi	71
	(excluding Malabar
	district as referred to in
	sub-section(2) of
	Section 5 of the States
	Reorganisation Act 1956)
45	Mappila	39
46	Other Muslims excluding	39 A
	(I) Bohra (ii) Cutchi
	Menmon (iii) Navayat
	(iv) Turukkan (v) Dakhani Muslim
47	Marati	73
	(excluding Kasargod Taluk of Malabar District)
48	Maravan	40
49	Maruthuvar	41
50	Mukhari alias Moovari	80
51	Nadar	42
	(Hindu Nadar, Nadar included in
	the SIUC and Nadar belonging to
	Christian religious denomiations
	other than the SIUC
52	Naikkan	43
53	Odan	44
54	Odde	78
	Boyan (in Malabar District as Referred to in
	sub-section(2) of Section-5 of the State
	Reorganisation Act, 1956)
55	Pandithar	46
56	Panniyar	47
57	Pattariya	48
58	Peruvannan	49
	(Varanavar)
59	Pulluvan	50
60	Rajapur	51
61	Reddiar/Reddian	72
	(excluding Malabar
	district as referred to in
	sub-section (2) of
	Section 5 of the States
	Reorganisation Act, 1956)
62	Saraswat Non-Brahmin	77
63	Scheduled Caste converts to Christianity	45
64	Sourashtra	53
65	Saliya	54
66	Senai Thalavar	55
	(Elavaniar)
67	SIUC (excluding Nadar	56
	specified in Item No.42 which is
	item No.49 of the State List)
68	Thachar	74
69	Tholkolan	57
70	Thottian	58
71	Vaduvans	59
	Vadugan
	Vadukar
	Vaduka
	(Vadukan)
72	Velaan	60
	(Velaar)
73	Vanian	61
	(Vanika,
	Vanika Vaisya,
	Vanibha Chetty
	Vaniya Chetty
	Ayiravar,
	Nagarathar and
	Vaniyan)
74	Vaniar	62
75	Vakkaliga	63
76	Veerasaiva (Yogi & Yogeeswara),	64
	Poopandaram/Maalapandaram and
	Jangam
77	Vettuva Navithan	75
78	Veluthedathu Nair	65
	(Veluthedan and
	Vannathan)
79	Vilakkithala Nair	66
	(Vilakkithalavan)
80	Viswakarma including	27
	Assari, Chaptegra,
	Kallassari, Kammala,
	Karuvan, Kitaran, Kollan,
	Malayala Kammala, Pandi
	Kammala, Mossari,
	Perumkollan, Thattan,
	Pandithattan, Vilkurup,
	Villasan, Viswabrahamanan or
	Viswabrahamanar
	and Viswakarmala
	Thachan, Kalthachan,
	Kamsala, Kannan
81	Vishavan	69
	(in Malabar district as
	referred to in sub-
	section (2) of Section
	5 of the States
	Reorganisation Act, 1956)
82	Yadava	67
	(Kolaya, Ayar, Mayar,
	Maniyani and Iruman)

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