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Urali gounder is a caste in Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Urali Gounder is a sub-sect of the Gounder community. Ur means Land and the word Aali in Tamil literally means Lion. They served as rulers during Chera, Cholas and Pandiyan periods. They were known for their bravery and were skilled in horse riding. They had excellent Administrative skills. Thus they were titled as Urali gounder. They use the title Gounder as a caste appellation in their Personal Names.

Origin of Urali Gounders
When kongu Nadu was ruled by Kongani Durnavidhan (BC 600-655) he had Chalukya vikramadhithan( his son) as Minister of his court and implemented 3 King rule under which the kongu region which had 2000 occupancies was divided into 24 states(Nadu in tamil). These states were again subdivided for administrative purposes and the administration was given to Kongu vellala gounders.

These Kongu vellala gounders were assigned to secure the people in the states and also to collect taxes from the people. This group of kongu vellala gounders were later called as Urali Gounders. This is the history we obtain from this Kongu region.

Subdivisions
This group has further sub-division in their community, known as nadu and karai. Karai is itself a sub-division of nadu, as nadu is determined by area. Each nadu is administered by a periyadhanam of the Urali Gounder community. The nadu with the greatest population are sembianatham village, illuppur, A.Puduppatti, Manapparai, Navakkurichi, Yesanai, Perambalur, Koppampatti, Thammampatti, Kadavankudi, Athiinatar, Paluvanchi, Makili, Vadaseri, sengudi, and others. Each nadu contains a number of villages. Each village is governed by a nattamai of urali gounder community, while the jamin of urali gounder community has overarching power over the nattamais.

Government Gazette
In Tamil Nadu government, scheduling the Urali Gounder communities into Backward Classes (BC) in government gazette. Later in Perambalur, Trichy ,Karur and Pudukottai districts they were classified into(DNC).