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 Shivalli, Havika (Havyaka) and Kotaha sub-sections. Besides the Bunts, there were other non-Brahmin castes, such as the Mogaveera (fishermen), Billavas (toddy tappers), the artisan castes, Holeyas and Mahars, the hill-tribes (Koragas).
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