Chakkala Nair

Chakkala Nair, also known as Vattakkat Nair, and Vaniya Nair is one of the intermediate subcastes  of the Nair community. They are distributed throughout Kerala. In Travancore, they are known as Chakkala, while in Cochin and Malabar they are Vattakattu and In the extreme north of Malabar they are called Vaniya

Vattakattu Nairs are now indistinguishable from other Nair subcastes through alliances with other Nair communities and is treated as part of the mainstream Nair community by the government of Kerala

It was the duty of Peru Vaniyan Nambiars; a section among Vaniya nairs in Kurumbranad to present the Kurumbranad Raja with oil on the occasion of his formal installation

Muchilot Bhagavthi is the patron deity of the Vaniya Nair community, with more than 108 Muchilot temples spread across North Malabar from Tulu Nadu to Kozhikode. It is believed that Bhagavthi first manifested herself to Muchilot PadaNair, a chieftain of Mushika dynasty from the Vaniya nair sect.

According to eminent scholars Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan was born in a Chakkala Nair family of Thrikkandiyoor Amsam in Vettathunadu