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

	TAMIL NADU
1	Agamudayar including Thozhu or Thuluva Vellala	1
2	Alwar, Azhavar and Alavar (in Kanniyakumari district and Sheoncottah Taulk of Tirunelveli district )	2
3	Ambalakarar, Ambalakaran	3
4	Andi pandaram	4
5	Arayar, Arayan, Nulayar (in Kanniyakumari district and Shencottah taluk of Tirunelveli district)	5
6	Archakari Vellala	6
7	Aryavathi (in Kanniyakumari district and Shencottah taluk of Tirunelveli district)	7
8	Attur Kilnad Koravar (in Salem, South Arcot) Ramanathapuram Kamarajar and Pasumpon Muthuramadigam district)	8
9	Attur Melnad Koravar (in Salem district)	9
10	Badagar	10
11	Battu Turkas	173
12	Bestha Siviar	11
13	Bhatraju (other than Kshatriya Raju)	12
14	Billava	13
15	Bondil	14
16	Boyar	15
17	Chakkala	17
18	Changayampadi Koravar (In North Arcot District)	18
19	Chavalakarar (in Kanniyakumari district and Shencottah taluk of Tirunelveli district)	19
20	Chettu or Chetty (including Kottar Chetty, Elur Chetty, Pathira Chetty, Valayal Chetty, Pudukkadai Chetty) (in Kanniyakumari district and Shencottah taluk of Tirunelveli district)	20
21	C.K. Koravar (in South Arcot district)	21
22	Converts to Christianity from Scheduled Castes, irrespective of the generation of conversion for the purpose of reservation of seats in Educational Institutions and for seats in Public Services	22
23	Christian converts from any Hindu Backward Classes	172
24	C.S.I. Formerly S.I.U.C. in Kanniyakumari district and Shencottah taluk of Tirunelveli district	23
25	Dabi Koravar (in Thanjavur, Trichirapally, Pudkukottai and North Arcot district)	24
26	Dasari (including Donga Dasari And Gudu Dasari)	25
27	Dekkani Muslim	26
28	Devagudi Talayari	174
29	Devangar, Sedar	27
30	Dobba Koravar (in Salem district)	28
31	Dobbai Koracha (In Tiruchirappally and Pudukottai districts)	29
32	Dommara (including Domb & Dommar)	30
33	Donga Ur. Koracha	31
34	Dudekula	32
35	Enadi	33
36	Eravallar (except Kanniyakumari district and Shencottah taluk of Tirunelveli district where the community is a Scheduled Tribe)	34
37	Ezhavathy (in Kanniyakumari District and Shencottah taluk of Tirunelveli district)	35
38	Ezhuthachar (in Kanniyakumari district and Shencottah taluk of Tirunelveli district	36
39	Ezhuva (in Kanniyakumari district and Shencottah taluk of Tirunelveli district)	37
40	Gandarvakottai Koravar (In Thanjavur, Tiruchirapally Pudukottai and South Arcot districts)	38
41	Ganagavar	39
42	Gavara, Gavarai (Kavarai) and Vadugar (Vaduvar)(other than Kamma, Kapu, Balija and Reddi)	40
43	Gounder	41
44	Gowda (including Gammala, Kalali and Anuppa Gounder)	42
45	Hegde	43
46	Idiga	44
47	Illathu Pillaimar, Illuvar, Ezhuvar and Illathar	45
48	Inji Koravar (In Thanjavur, Tiruchirapalli and Pudukottai districts)	46
49	Isaivellalar	47
50	Jambuvanodai,Vankodai	48
51	Jangam	49
52	Jhetty	50
53	Jogi (including Jogis)	51
54	Kabbera	52
55	Kaikolan, Kaikolar, Sengunthar	53
56	Kaladi	54
57	Kala Koravar (In Thanjavur,Tiruchirapally and Pudukottai districts)	55
58	Kalari Kurup including Kalari Panicker (In Kanniyakumari district and Shencottah taluk of Tirunelveli district)	56
59	Kalingi	57
60	Kalinji Dabikoravar (In Thanjavur and Pudukottai districts)	58
61	Kallar (including Easanattu Kallar, Gandarvakkottai Kallar, Koottappal Kallar, Piramalai Kallar, and Periasooriyur Kallar	59
62	Kallar Kula Thondaman	179
63	Kalveli Gounder	60
64	Kambar	61
65	Kammalar or, Viswakarama, Viswakammala, (including Thattar, Porkollar, Kannar Karumar Kollar, Thacher, Kalthacher Kamsala and Viswabrahmin)	62
66	Kani, Kanisu, Kaniyar, Panikkar	63
67	Kannada Saineegar, Kannadiyar (throughout the State) and Dasapalanjika (Coimbatore, Erode and Nilgiris districts)	64
68	Karuneegar, (Seer Karuneegar, Sri Karuneegar, Sarattu Karuneegar, Kaikatti, Karuneegar, Mathu Vazhi, Kanakkar, Sozhi Kanakkar and Sunnambu Karuneegar)	65
69	Katesar, Pattamkatti	66
70	Kavuthiyar	67
71	Kepmari (in Chengalpattu, Pudukottai and Tiruchirapalli districts)	68
72	Kerala Mudali	69
73	Kharvi	70
74	Khatri	71
75	Kongu Chettiar (in Coimbatore and Periyar district only)	72
76	Kongu Vellalar (including Vellala Gounder & Nattu Gounder, Narambukkatti Gounder, Tirumudi Vellalar, Thondu Vellalar, Pala Gounder, Poosari Gounder, Anuppa Vellala Gounder, Kurumba Gounder, Padaithalai Gounder, Chendalai Gounder, Pavalankatti Vellala, Gounder, Pala Vellala, Gounder, Sanku Vellala Gounder and Rathinagiri Gounder	73
77	Koppala Velama	74
78	Koracha	75
79	Koravar (in Chengalpattu, Ramanathapuram, Kamarajar, Pasumpen Mutouramalingam, Pudukottai, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Madras, Madurai and the Nilgiris districts)	76
80	Koteyar,	77
81	Krishnanvaka, (in Kanniyakumari, district and Shencottah, taluk of Tirunelveli district)	78
82	Kudumbi, (in Kanniyakumari, district and Shencottah, taluk of Tirunelveli district)	79
83	Kuga Vellalar	178
84	Kulala (including, Kuyavar, Kumbarar and Velar)	80
85	Kunchidigar	81
86	Kunnuvar Mannadi	82
87	Kurhini Chetty	83
88	Kurumba (where they are not Scheduled Tribe)	84
89	Labbai, Rowthar and Marakayar (whether their spoken language is Tamil or Urdu)	85
90	Lambadi	86
91	Latin Catholic (in Kanniyakumari district and Shencottah taluk of Tirunelveli district)	87
92	Jangama	88
93	Mahratta (non-Brahmin) (including Namdev Mahratta)	89
94	Mahendra, Medara	90
95	Malayan, Malayar	91
96	Male	92
97	Maujagar	93
98	Mapilla	94
99	Maravar (including Karumaravar, Appanad, Kondayamkottai, Maravar and Sembanad, Maravar),	95
100	Maruthuvar, Navithar, Mangala, Velakkattalavar, Velakkattalanair and Pronopakari	96
101	Meenavar, Parvatharajakulam, Pattanavar, Sembadavar, (including converts to Christianity)	97
102	Monda Koravar	98
103	Mooppan	99
104	Moundadan Chetty	100
105	Mukkuvan, Mukkuvar, or Mukayar (including converts to Christianity)	101
106	Muthuraja, Muthuracha, Muttiriyar, Muthiriyar, Mutharaiyar	102
107	Mutlakampatti	103
108	Nadar, Shanar and Gramani, including Christian Nadar Christian Shanar and Christian Gramani	104
109	Nagaram	105
110	Nangudi Vellalar	177
111	Naikkar (in Kanniyakumari district and Shencottah taluk of Tirunelveli district)	106
112	Nanjil Mudali (in Kanniyakumari district and Shencottah taluk of Tirunelveli district)	107
113	Narikoravar	108
114	Nokkar	109
115	Odar (in Kanniyakumari district and Shencottah taluk of Tirunelveli district)	110
116	Oddar (including Boya, Donga Boya, Gorrela Dodda Boya Kalvathila Boya, Pedda Boya, Oddar, Kal Oddar, Nellorepet Oddar and Sooramari Oddar)	16
117	Odiya	111
118	Ovachar	112
119	Pamulu	113
120	Panar (Except in Kanniyakumari district and Shencottah taluk of Tirunelveli district where the community is a Scheduled Caste)	114
121	Pannayar (including Kathikarar in Kanniyakumari district)	115
122	Pannirandam Chettiar or Uthama Chettiar	116
123	Paravar including converts to Christianity (except in Kanniya-kumari district and Shenocottah taluk of Tirunelveli district where the community is a Scheduled Caste)	117
124	Parkavakulam (Suruthimar including those Suruthimar who call themselves as Moopanar, Nathamar including those Nathamar who call themselves as Nainar, Malayamar)	118
125	Perike (including Perike Balija)	119
126	Perumkollar (in Kanniyakumari district and Shencottah taluk of Tirunelveli district)	120
127	Podikara Vellalar	175
128	Ponnai Koravar (in North Arcot district)	121
129	Poraya	122
130	Pulavar	176
131	Pulluvar or Pooluvar, Pooluva Gounder	123
132	Pusala	124
133	Sadhu Chetty (including Telugu Chetty, Telugupatty Chetty, Twenty-four Manai Telugu Chetty)	125
134	Sakkaravar or Kavathi (in Kanniyakumari district and Shencottah taluk of Tirunelveli district)	126
135	Sakkaraithamadai Koravar (in North Arcot district)	127
136	Salem Melnad Koravar (in Madurai, Coimbatore Periyar, Pudukottai, Tiruchirappalli, Salem and North Arcot districts)	128
137	Salem Uppu Koravar (in Salem district)	129
138	Salivagana, Salivahana	130
139	Saliyar, Padmasaliyar, Pattusaliyar Pattariyar and Adhaviyar	131
140	Saranga Palli Koravar	132
141	Sathatha Srivaishnava (including Sathanai, Chattadi and Chattada Srivaishnava)	133
142	Savalakkarar	134
143	Senaithalaivar, Senaikudiyar and Illaivaniar	135
144	Sourashtra (Patnulkarar)	136
145	Sozhia Chetty	137
146	Sozhia Vellalar (including Sozha Vellalar, Vetrilaikarar, Kodikalkarar and Keeraikarar	138
147	Srisayar	139
148	Thalli Koravar (in Salem district)	140
149	Thiyya	180
150	Thogamalai Koravar or Kepmari (in Tiruchirappalli and Pudukottai districts)	141
151	Thogatta Veerakshatriya	142
152	Tholkollar (in Kanniyakumari district and Shencottah taluk of Tirunelveli district)	143
153	Tholuva Naicker and Vetalakara Naicker	144
154	Thondaman	145
155	Thoriyar, Badaga Thoraiyar of Nilgiris	146
156	Thottiya Naicker (including Rajakambalam, Gollavar, Sillavar, Thockalavar and Tholuva Naicker)	147
157	Uppara, Uappillia and Sagara	148
158	Uppukoravar or Settipalli, Koravar (in Thanjavur, Pudukottai, Madurai and North Arcot districts)	149
159	Urali Gounder (throughout the state) and Orudya Gounder, or Oorudaya Gounder (in Madurai, Coimbatore, Periyar, Tiruchirapalli, Pudukottai and Salem districts)	150
160	Vaduvarpatti Koravar (in Madurai, Ramanathauram, Pasumpon Muthuramalingam, Kamarajar, Tirunelveli, Tiruchirappalli and Pudukottai districts)	151
161	Valaiyar (including Chettinad Valaiyar)	152
162	Vallambar	153
163	Valmiki	154
164	Vaniyar, Vania Chettiar (including Gandla, Ganika, Telikula and Chekkalar)	155
165	Vannar (Salavai Thozhilalar) including Agasa, Madivala,Ekali, Rajakula, Veluthadar and Rajaka (except in Kanniyakumari District and Shencottah Taluk in Tirunelveli District where thecommunity is a Scheduled Caste)	156
166	Vanniyakula Kshatriya (including Vanniya, Vanniyar, Vannia Gounder, Gounder or Kander, Padayachi, Palli and Agnikula Kshatriya)	157
167	Varaganeri Koravar (in Tiruchira Palli and Pudukottai districts)	158
168	Vayalpad or Nawalpeta Koracha	159
169	Veduvar/Vettaikkarar (throughout the state) and Vedar (except in Kanniyakumari district and Shencottah taluk of Tirunelveli district where the community is a Scheduled Caste)	160
170	Veerasaiva (in Kanniya- kumari district and Shenocottah taluk of Tirunelveli district)	161
171	Vellan Chettiar	162
172	Veluthodathu Nair (in Kanniyakumari district and Shencottah taluk of Tirunelveli district)	163
173	Vetta Koravar (in Salem district)	164
174	Vettuva Gounder, Punnan Vettuva, Gounder	165
175	Virakodi Vellala (former Panisaivan only)	165A
176	Vokkaligar (including Vakkaligar Okkaligar, Kappiliyar, Kappiliya, Okkaliya, Gowda, Okkaliya Gowda, Okkaliya Gowder)	166
177	Wynad Chetty (the Nilgiris dist.)	167
178	Yadava (including Idaiyar, Telugu speaking Idaiyar known as Vaduga Ayar or Vaduga Idaiyar or Golla, Mond Golla and Asthanthra Golla)	168
179	Yavana	169
180	Yerukula	170
181	Yogeeswarar	171

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