Pallicchan Nair

Pallichan Nair is an intermediate Nair subcaste ^[1][2] seen predominantly in Malabar and Cochin areas. They are found in Travancore in very low numbers. They are the palanquin / pallak bearers for the ruling dynasties, at some places for the Jenmi Namboothiris^[3] and Nair chieftains.^[4] Today, two sub-castes among the Nairs, namely Pallichan and Maniyani, are theyyam worshippers, and they have their own shrines for their theyyams.^[5]

Pallichan and Vattakad were treated as an intermediate class.^[6]

Notable people

• Nalapat Narayana Menon - writer
• Kamala Surayya - poet