not only the gounders are of higher caste , they are also the monopolist .... The gounder controls 2/3 of tamil nadu economy and they remain a powerful caste.
gounder comes under which caste?
Gounder caste in kovai
Gounder
Both are sub caste under Vanniyar caste
He is Kongu Vellala Gounder, it is a caste followed in Southern India
he belongs to sub caste of yadavs
Nadars are Superior in aspects of Money, Power and Heritage.
Kongu Vellala Gounders were classified as aForward Caste at the time of Indian independence but they successfully requested to be reclassified as a Backward Class in 1975. They are rulers of kongu region.
Actor Surya belongs to Kongu Vellala Gounder caste which is prominent in west Tamil Nadu; His birthplace Coimbatore is the major city of the west Tamil Nadu. His caste's prominent occupation is agriculture.He is yadav too.
i think both are equal......gounders are economically and politacally dominanat in western tamilnadu.....
1)Thevar is majority of tamilnadu (including three subcaste .there are kallar,maravar,agamudyar) 2)vanniyar second majority caste of tamilnadu(all sub caste ) 3)Then, kongu gounder..
A. Senapathi Gounder was born in 1916.