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6 unusual facts about Kongu Vellalar


Nanjagoundenpalayam

As the naming suggests, the population is dominated by the Kongu Vellalar or Gounder community.

Savandapur

Kongu Vellalar families maintain a dominant position in the village and the surroundings.

Thamarai Palayam

The people follow Hindu as their religion with most of them are basically from Kongu Vellala Gounder Caste with Thooran and Kannan Kootam people as Majority.

Thandukkaran palayam

Residents are mostly Kongu Vellalar gounders with a few small communities of Brahmins, Chettiar's, etc.

Thirukkattuthurai

The majority of the population are Kongu Vellalar Gounders, and the rest are Mudaliyar, Dalits and few other castes.

Ungampalayam

The Kongu vellalars are very studious people, who migrated from the lush, fertile Cauvery delta in Tanjore and Trichy to the wild forests upriver Cauvery.



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