South Canara was a district under the British empire. It was bifurcated in 1859 from
CanaraThe Kanara or Canara region that comprises three coastal districts of Karnataka, namely Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada southern state of India. Kanara forms the southern part of the Konkan coast. The length of this region from north to south is around 300 km and width varies from...
district. It was the undivided Dakshina Kannada district. It was renamed as Dakshina Kannada in 1947.
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South Canara was a district under the British empire. It was bifurcated in 1859 from
CanaraThe Kanara or Canara region that comprises three coastal districts of Karnataka, namely Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada southern state of India. Kanara forms the southern part of the Konkan coast. The length of this region from north to south is around 300 km and width varies from...
district. It was the undivided Dakshina Kannada district. It was renamed as Dakshina Kannada in 1947.
Languages
1961 Census
| Language |
Percentage of speakers |
| Tulu Tulu is a Dravidian language of India spoken by an estimated 3 to 5 million native speakers worldwide, known as Tuluvas. Most Tuluvas are natives of the districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in the west of the state of Karnataka and Kasaragod district of Kerala which is collectively known as...
|
47.27 |
KannadaKannada is one of the major Dravidian languages of India, spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas , number roughly 38 million, making it the 27th most spoken language in the world...
|
20.62 |
KonkaniKonkani is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-European family of languages spoken in the Konkan coast of India...
|
16.51 |
MalayalamMalayalam is one of the four major Dravidian languages of South India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Mahé. It is spoken by around 37 million people...
|
10.79 |
MarathiMarathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are 90 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi is the 4th most spoken language in India and the 15th most spoken language in the world...
|
2.35 |
| Urdu |
1.75 |
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