The Urali Gounder are a sub-set of the Gounder caste of India. The evidence for their origin and history are found in Pudukkottai, Manapparai areas.
They are populated largely in Trichy, Pudukottai, Perambalur, Karur, Dindigul, Salem,Sivagangai, Madurai,Coimbatore,Ariyalur,Tanjavur,Theni and Namakal of Tamil Nadu state. Also, they are found in Trivandrum and Iduki of Kerala, and Bangalore and some of districts of Karnataka states.
They have further sub-division in their community, which are known by "Nadu" & "Karai".All these "nadu" In which, "Karai" is again a sub-division of "Nadu", as Nadu is determined with area.All these "nadu"s administrated by “Jamin” of Urali gounder community. Most popular nadu were Kadavankudi, athiinatar, paluvanchi, makili, vadaseri etc.. which are administrated by this community.Each Nadu contain number of villages."Nattamai" who were administrated the particular village.But Jamin had super power to control the nattamais.