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| The caste hierarchy within the 20 major divisions among the Nairs is as following (From the highest ranked subcaste to the lowest ranked one): | |||
| Royal Subcastes | |||
| (1) Koil Thampuran or Perumal (Rajah, Thampan.etc) - Samanta Kshatriya | |||
| (2) Samanthan Nair (Thampi, Thampurans, Thirumulpad, Nambiar .etc) - Malayala Kshatriya | |||
| Other Kshatriya Subcastes | |||
| (3) Kiryathil Nair (Nambiar, Kurup, Adiyodi.etc) - Malayala Kshatriya | |||
| (4) Illathu Nair (Thirumukom, Pillai.etc) - Malayala Kshatriya | |||
| (5) Swaroopathil Nair, Menokki & Charna Nair (Menon, Menoky.etc) - Malayala Kshatriya | |||
| (6) Padamangalam Nair - Malayala Kshatriya | |||
| (7) Tamil Padam Nair - Malayala Kshatriya | |||
| Non-Kshatriya Subcastes | |||
| (8) Itasseri Nair - Malayala Kshatriya / Malayala Sudra | |||
| (9) Maaran - Ambalavasi Brahmin | |||
| (10) Chempukotti Nair - Malayala Sudra | |||
| (11) Otattu Nair - Malayala Sudra | |||
| (12) Pallicchan - Malayala Sudra | |||
| (13) Puliyath Nair & Matavan Nair - Malayala Sudra | |||
| (14) Kalamkotti Nair & Anduran Nair - Malayala Sudra | |||
| (15) Chakkala Nair & Vattakkatan Nair - Malayala Sudra | |||
| (16) Asthikkuracchi Nair & Chitikan Nair - Malayala Sudra | |||
| (17) Chetty Nair - Arya Vysya | |||
| (18) Chaliyan Nair - Malayala Sudra | |||
| (19) Veluthedathu Nair - Malayala Sudra | |||
| (20) Vilakkithala Nair & Kaduppattam Nair - Malayala Sudra | |||
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