SHORT NOTE ABOUT MOUNDADAN CHETTY COMMUNITY OF THE NILGIRIS

SHORT NOTE ABOUT MOUNDADAN CHETTY COMMUNITY OF THE NILGIRIS

Name of the Community	MOUNDADAN CHETTY in Serial No 21   of the list of  Most Backward Classes of Tamil Nadu
Mother tongue	Dialect similar to Badaga of Nilgiris with more admixture   in  Malayalam language
Population	Male: 2808-Female 2691-Total =5499 Numbers
Number of Families	1286  as on 01- 01-2007
Names of villages	7 Revenue Villages of Gudalur and Pandalur Taluk viz   (1)Padanthurai,(2) Cherumulli,  3)Srimadurai, (4) Gudalur, (5) Mudumalai, (6) Nellakottai, & (7) Devala and a small  population of about 600 persons in Pulpalli of Wayanad District in  Kerala State said to have been migrated in 16th century
Traditional occupation	Agriculture in wet and dry lands and grazing of cattle   which was  once in abundance
Present time occupation	Agriculture of paddy, tea, coffee, pepper, ginger, banana in their  own lands and agriculture labours with recent settlers
Literacy	Very backward with limited no. of less than 50 graduates as  on date all-together with some post graduates among them
Professional degree holders	None in medical and Engineering one in Law profession
Highest post in Government Service	Only one Deputy Collector due to retire in February 2011
Numbers of Persons serving	Nearly 75 persons as including one Deputy Collector, as Office Superintendent, Forester, Manager in Panchayat Union,  Assistants Mukya Sevika, Junior Assistant, Office Assistant,  Noon Meal Organizers, Cook, Village Assistants, Postel       Temporary Staff and Staff in TASMAC
Pensioners & Family Pensioners	About 40 persons retired and expired while in service
Religion	Hindus worshiping Siva as Bettkarswamy of Nambolakottai and   different deities for each clans as Home deities and Manguzhi Bhagavathi Amman, Bommadhever at Mandakarai,      Parthevathai at Chullikunnu, Puthur Bhagavathi, Aravalli at                                                                          Puliambarai and Devala ,Siva Temple Kallimgarai,Vishnu  temple at Srimadurai as comman deities for all 24 clans.
Other information	Anemic, sickle cell anemia afflicted persons, more  superstitious
Contact No. for further information	(04262) 265252, 9443931381
Address for Communication	C.R. Krishnan, Adviser of the Association, 5/14-A4 Alavayal Road, Padanthurai,  Gudalur 643212 , The Nilgiris Email:krishnangdr@gmail.com & krishnangdr@rediffmail.com

PRESIDENT 
NILGIRIS DISTRICT MOUNDADAN CHETTY 
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, GUDALUR 
Reg. No. 137/2000