What is South Canara?
'''South Canara''' was a district of the [[Madras Presidency]] of [[British India]].<ref>Patsy Lozupone, Bruce M. Beehler, Sidney Dillon Ripley.(2004).[https://books.google.com/books?id=-jdHAAAAYAAJ&q=South+Kanara+ ''Ornithological gazetteer of the Indian subcontinent'', p. 82].Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International. {{ISBN|1-881173-85-2}}.</ref> It covered the areas of the present-day districts of [[Dakshina Kannada]] and [[Udupi District|Udupi]] of [[Karnataka]] and the [[Kasaragod District]] of [[Kerala]]. In this district [[Tulu language|Tulu]], [[Malayalam]] , [[Kannada language|Kannada]], [[Konkani language|Konkani]] and [[Beary language|Beary]] are the main languages spoken. ==History== South Kanara was occupied by the [[British East India Company]]. This was after the defeat of [[Tipu Sultan]] in the [[Fourth Mysore War]] of 1799. South Canara along with [[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 made a part of the [[Bombay Presidency]]. South Canara was made a part of Madras. [[Mangalore]] was the administrative headquarters of the district. The district covered an area of {{convert|4021|sqmi|km2|order=flip}}. ==Population== South Kanara had a total population of 1,134,713 in 1901. In this 81 percent were Hindus, 11 percent were Muslim and 7 percent were Christian. In 1901, South Kanara had a density of {{convert|282|PD/sqmi|order=flip}}. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/karavali/south_canara.htm South Canara] by Vikas Kamat from ''Kamat.com'' [[Category:Districts of Madras Presidency]]