Billava

Billava
Regions with significant populations
	Tulu Nadu
Languages
	Tulu; Kundagannada

The Billava, Billoru,^[1] Biruveru^[2]or Bhillava people are an ethnic group of India. They are found traditionally in Tulu Nadu region and engaged in toddy tapping, cultivation and other activities. They have used both missionary education and Sri Narayana Guru's reform movement to upgrade themselves.

^ Iyer, L. Krishna Ananthakrishna (1930). The Mysore Tribes and Castes. Vol. II. Mysore: Mysore University Press. p. 288. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
^ Brückner, Heidrun (2009). On an Auspicious Day, at Dawn: Studies in Tulu Culture and Oral Literature. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 4. ISBN 978-3-447-05916-9. Retrieved 29 December 2011.

[Iyer1930p288-1] Iyer, L. Krishna Ananthakrishna (1930). The Mysore Tribes and Castes. Vol. II. Mysore: Mysore University Press. p. 288. Retrieved 26 December 2011.

[Bruckner2009p4-2] Brückner, Heidrun (2009). On an Auspicious Day, at Dawn: Studies in Tulu Culture and Oral Literature. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 4. ISBN 978-3-447-05916-9. Retrieved 29 December 2011.

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