The Arunattu Vellalar is a subcaste of the Vellalar

Vellalar

Vellalars were, originally, an elite caste of Tamil agricultural landlords in Tamil Nadu, Kerala states in India and in neighbouring Sri Lanka; they were the nobility, aristocracy of the ancient Tamil order and had close relations with the different royal dynasties...

 caste

Caste

Caste is an elaborate and complex social system that combines elements of endogamy, occupation, culture, social class, tribal affiliation and political power. It should not be confused with race or social class, e.g. members of different castes in one society may belong to the same race, as in India...

 from India

India

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. The people originally belonging to six villages near Trichirapalli, Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

 are named as Arunattu Vellalar.Many people are living Thuraiyur

Thuraiyur

Thuraiyur is a town and a municipality in Tiruchirappalli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Thuraiyur Municipality - It was upgraded to III Grade Municipality from Town Panchayat on 17.01.1970. It was upgraded to II Grade Municipality in May 1998.- Economy :Two decades ago agriculture...

 town and surrounding villages. Apart from these six villages near Manachanallur

Manachanallur

Manachanallur is a panchayat town in Tiruchirappalli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is well known for its numerous rice mills and is the location of one of Tiruchirappali's best colleges, Chidambaram Pillai Women's College, a college founded by the well known R.M.S.T family of...

 and Musiri

Musiri

Musiri is a panchayat town in Tiruchirappalli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Musiri is located at . It has an average elevation of 82 metres . It is the site of an ancient inland port on the Kaveri River also called Pseudostomus or 'one with false mouths'.-Demographics: India...

, they also live in Natham Kovilpatti in Dindigul District

Dindigul District

Dindigul District is an administrative region in the south of Tamil Nadu, India. The district was carved out of Madurai District in the year 1985...

. They used to be also called as "Kaaniyalan Vellalar" in the past.

The major occupation of the caste is agriculture.