South Canara

Coordinates: 13°00′N 75°24′E / 13.00°N 75.40°E / 13.00; 75.40
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South Canara
UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeISO 3166-2:IN
Vehicle registrationKA-19, KA-20, KA-21, KA-62, KL-14
Largest cityMangalore

South Canara was a district of the

Laccadives,[5] in the year 1956.[6][7][8]

Geography

Mangalore was the administrative headquarters of the district. The district covered an area of 10,410 square kilometres (4,021 sq mi).

South Canara District was bordered by

Malabar coast) of Madras Presidency along with Malabar District (otherwise known as Malayalam District).[9][10][11][12]

History

South Canara was annexed by the

North Kanara formed the district of Kanara in the Madras Presidency. In 1859, Kanara was split into two districts, North and South. North Kanara was transferred to the Bombay Presidency
, and South was retained by Madras.

Taluks

Map of South Kanara district in 1861. The taluk of Coondapoor was then in North Kanara but was transferred to South Kanara district when North Kanara was transferred to Bombay Presidency in 1862

The district was divided into six

taluks
:

  • Laccadives
    ) (Area:7.8 square kilometres (3 sq mi))
  • Coondapoor
    (Area:1,600 square kilometres (619 sq mi); Headquarters: Coondapoor)
  • Kasaragod (Area:1,970 square kilometres (762 sq mi); Headquarters: Kasaragod)
  • Mangalore (Area:1,760 square kilometres (679 sq mi); Headquarters: Mangalore)
  • Udupi (Area:1,860 square kilometres (719 sq mi); Headquarters: Udupi)
  • Uppinangady (Area:3,210 square kilometres (1,239 sq mi); Headquarters: Puttur)

Administration

The district was administered by a

District Collector
. For purpose of convenience, the district was divided into three sub-divisions:

  • Coondapoor sub-division: Coondapoor and Udupi taluks
  • Mangalore sub-division: Mangalore, and the Amindivi islands
  • Puttur sub-division: Uppinangady and Kasaragod taluks.

The district had two municipalities, those of Mangalore and Udupi.

Demographics

South Canara in 1909
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1871 918,362—    
1881 959,514+4.5%
1891 1,056,081+10.1%
1901 1,134,713+7.4%
1941 1,522,016+34.1%
1951 1,748,991+14.9%
Sources: Imperial Gazetter of India, Volume 14,[13] and 1951 Census Handbook of South Canara[8]

Religion in South Canara (1951)[8]

  Hinduism (66.58%)
  Islam (24.31%)
  Christianity (8.85%)
  Other (0.26%)

Language in South Canara (1951)[8]

  
Konkani (13.59%)
  Other
(5.08%)
Temple stambha, South Canara

South Kanara had a total population of 1,748,991 in 1951, of whom 66.58% were Hindus, 24.31% Muslim and 8.85% Christian.[8] The most widely spoken language was Tulu which was the mother tongue of 40 percent of the population, followed by Malayalam which formed the mother tongue of 24 percent of the population. Around 17 percent of the total population spoke Kannada. Around 13 percent of the population speaks Konkani as their mother tongue. In 1901, South Kanara had a density of 109 inhabitants per square kilometre (282/sq mi).

The 1908

Brahmins are most numerous.[13]

The majority of the people were

Brahmins (12% of the population) in South Kanara than any other district of the Madras Presidency making South Kanara, along with Tanjore and Ganjam as one of the three districts of the province where Brahmins were most numerous.[13]

The original

Havyaka, Kotaha sub-sections, Mahars, the hill-tribes (Koragas).[14]

Native Languages of South Canara District (1951)[8]
Language Number of Speakers Percent to total population
1 Tulu 698,532 39.94%
2 Malayalam 423,037 24.19%
3 Kannada 300,829 17.20%
4
Konkani
 		237,772 13.59%
5 Marathi 49,991 2.86%
6 Urdu 17,043 0.97%
7 Hindustani 13,672 0.78%
8 Tamil 2,933 0.17%
9 Telugu 2,382 0.14%
10 Arabic 1,063 0.06%
11 Others 1,737 0.10%

See also

References

  1. ^ "Census GIS India". Census of India. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
  2. ISBN 1-881173-85-2
    .
  3. ^ K. Balasubramanyam (1965). 1961 Census Handbook- South Kanara District (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations, Mysore.
  4. ^ M. K. Devassy (1965). 1961 Census Handbook- Cannanore District (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala and The Union Territory of Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands.
  5. ^ P. M. Nair (1979). District Census Handbook -Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands (1971) - Village Directory (PDF). Kavaratti& Government Printing Press, Kozhikode: Administrator and Ex-Officio Director of Census Operations, Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Island. p. 2.
  6. ^ M. K. Devassy (1967). Census of India - 1961 (Kerala) (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala and The Union Territory of Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands.
  7. ^ J. I. Arputhanathan (1955), South Kanara, The Nilgiris, Malabar and Coimbatore Districts (Village-wise Mother-tongue Data for Bilingual or Multilingual Taluks) (PDF), Madras Government Press
  8. ^ a b c d e f Government of Madras (1953). 1951 Census Handbook- South Canara District (PDF). Madras Government Press. p. 147.
  9. ^ J. Sturrock (1894). Madras District Manuals - South Canara (Volume-I). Madras Government Press.
  10. ^ Harold A. Stuart (1895). Madras District Manuals - South Canara (Volume-II). Madras Government Press.
  11. ^ Government of Madras (1905). Madras District Gazetteers: Statistical Appendix for South Canara District. Madras Government Press.
  12. ^ Government of Madras (1915). Madras District Gazetteers South Canara (Volume-II). Madras Government Press.
  13. ^
    Clarendon Press
    . 1908.
  14. JSTOR 1177555
    .

Further reading

External links

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