South Canara

South Canara
District of British India
Location of South Canara
Coordinates: 13°00′N 75°24′E / 13.00°N 75.40°E / 13.00; 75.40
Empire British Raj
PresidencyMadras
Area
 • Total
8,441 km2 (3,259 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)[1]
 • Total
3,005,897
 • Density356.1/km2 (922/sq mi)
Languages
 • AdministrativeEnglish
 • Spoken languagesTulu, Konkani, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Urdu, Beary, Arebashe
Time zoneUTC+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 Madras Presidency of British India, located at 13°00′N 75°24′E / 13.00°N 75.40°E / 13.00; 75.40.[2] It comprised the towns of Kassergode and Udipi and adjacent villages, with the administration at Mangalore city. South Canara was one of the most heterogeneous areas of Madras Presidency, with Tulu, Malayalam, Kannada, Konkani, Marathi, Urdu, and Beary languages being spoken side by side. It was succeeded by the Tulu-speaking areas of Dakshina Kannada district,[3] the Malayalam-speaking area of Kasaragod district[4] and the Amindivi islands sub-division of the Laccadives,[5] in the year 1956.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ "Census GIS India". Census of India. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
  2. ^ 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.
  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. ^ Cite error: The named reference census1951 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).