Arunattu Vellalar (also spelt as Arunadu Velalar) is a subcaste of the
Vellalar
Vellalar is a generic Tamil term used primarily to refer to various castes who traditionally pursued agriculture as a profession in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and northeastern parts of Sri Lanka. The Vellalar are members of sev ...
in
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...
. They are predominantly
landlord
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s and
agriculturalist
An agriculturist, agriculturalist, agrologist, or agronomist (abbreviated as agr.), is a professional in the science, practice, and management of agriculture and agribusiness. It is a regulated profession in Canada, India, the Philippines, the ...
s.
They are concentrated in Tiruchirappalli district, parts of Namakkal, Salem, Chennai, Coimbatore and Dindigul districts of Tamil Nadu and have spread across Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore.
Tamil Nadu, Part 3 Volume 40 of People of India, K. S. Singh Volume 3 of People of India: Tamil Nadu, Anthropological Survey of India Volume 40 of State series Tamil Nadu, Anthropological Survey of India
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They are widely spread into 36 Kothrams, of which only 32 kothrams are live and 4 are extinct.
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Vellalar
Social groups of Tamil Nadu