Eradi is a
Samanthan clan of
Kshatriya origin, coming from the Indian state of
Kerala. The word is derived from the place name
Eranad in
Kerala. The "Samoothiri" (
Zamorin) comes from this Eradi subcaste, now assimilated to
Samantha Kshatriya, the major upper caste of state of Kerala. Historically the Eradis numbered only a few hundreds of members. The
1891 Census of India reported their population at just 356, constituting less than 0.04% of the total Nair population.