South Canara
| South Canara | |
|---|---|
| region | |
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| Coordinates: 13°00′N 75°24′E / 13.00°N 75.40°ECoordinates: 13°00′N 75°24′E / 13.00°N 75.40°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Karnataka |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,441 km2 (3,259 sq mi) |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,005,897 |
| • Density | 356.1/km2 (922/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tulu(40%), Kannada(25%), Konkani(18%), Beary(12%),Others(5%). |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| ISO 3166 code | ISO 3166-2:IN |
| Vehicle registration | KA 19, KA 20, KA 21 |
| Largest city | Mangalore |
South Canara was a district under the British empire, located at 13°00′N 75°24′E / 13.00°N 75.40°E.[2] It was bifurcated in 1859 from Canara district. It was the undivided Dakshina Kannada district. It was renamed as Dakshina Kannada in 1947.
Demographics
The Imperial Gazetteer of India 1908 lists South Canara, along with the Thanjavur and Ganjam districts, as the three districts of the Madras Presidency where Brahmins are most numerous.
The people who first settled here were called Tuluvas.The Brahmins belonged chiefly to the Sthanika, Shivalli, Havika (Havyaka) and Kotaha sub-sections. Besides the Brahmins there were other non-Brahmin castes, such as the Mogaveera, Bunts, Billavas, the artisan castes, Holeyas and Mahars, the hill-tribes (Koragas).[3] The varna designation of several case in south canara is a contested and complex topic. Even after the introduction of the varna concept to south India, caste boundaries in south India were not as marked as in north India, where the four-tier varna system placed the priestly Brahmins on top followed by the Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras. In south India, on the other hand, there existed only three distinguishable classes, the Brahmins, the non-Brahmins and the Dalits. The two intermediate dvija varnas, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas did not exist.[20][21][22][23]
See also
Citations
- ↑ "Census GIS India". Census of India. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
- ↑ Patsy Lozupone, Bruce M. Beehler, Sidney Dillon Ripley.(2004).Ornithological gazetteer of the Indian subcontinent, p. 82.Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International. ISBN 1-881173-85-2.
- ↑ Silva Fuchs, pp. 2&3
References
- Silva, Severine; Fuchs, Stephan (1965), "The Marriage Customs of the Christians in South Canara, India" (PDF, 2.48 MB), Asian ethnology, 2 (Asian Folklore Studies, Nanzan University (Japan)) 24: 1–52, retrieved 2008-07-08
External links
- South Canara by Vikas Kamat from Kamat.com
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