Agamudayar


Agamudayar are a Tamil community found in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Together with the Kallar, Maravar, they form the Thevar community. According to the anthropologist Zoe E Headley, the three communities are the "numerically dominant rural backward castes of the southern districts of Tamil Nadu".

Etymology

The term Agamudayar is a Tamil word meaning "Householder" or "Landholder".

Demographics

They are concentrated in Sivagangai, Ramanathapuram, Thanjavur, Madurai, Tirunelveli and Pudukkottai districts.