Udupi district
The district Udupi ( Kannada: ಉಡುಪಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ ) is a district of the Indian state of Karnataka. Council is based in the eponymous city of Udupi.
Geography
The district Udupi is located in the coastal region of western Karnataka. Neighboring districts are Uttara Kannada in the north, Shimoga in the northeast, Chikmagalur and Dakshina Kannada in the east to the south. To the west lies the coast of the Arabian Sea. The district has an area of Udupi 3,875 square kilometers and is divided into three taluks Udupi, Karkala and Kundapura.
The majority of Dakshina Kannadas belongs to the narrow coastal strip to the west of Karnataka. In the East, the Western Ghats that delimit the coastal region against the Deccan Plateau uplift. The landscape in the fertile coastal plain is dominated by rice fields and coconut trees. The district is crossed by several rivers. The most important are the Swarna and Sita, which open to the north of the district capital of Udupi in a lagoon. A second large lagoon located further north in Kundapura. The coast are superimposed several small islands.
History
The area of Udupi was conquered in 1799 in the Fourth Mysore War by the British and incorporated as part of the district of Kanara in the province of Madras. 1862, the district was in the Kanara districts South Kanara ( Dakshina Kannada today ) and North Kanara ( Uttara Kannada today ) divided. The area of present-day Udupi district came to South Kanara, which becomes part of the newly formed according to the language limitations of the Kannada State of Mysore (now Karnataka ) in 1956. As an independent district Udupi was formed in 1997 from the northern part of the district of Dakshina Kannada.
Population
According to the Indian census of 2011, the district Udupi has 1,177,908 inhabitants. Between 2001 and 2011, the population ( 15.7 percent ) grew by 5.9 percent, lower than the average of Karnataka. The population density is 304 inhabitants per square kilometer around the average of the state (319 inhabitants per square kilometer). 28.4 percent of the residents of District Udupi live in cities. The degree of urbanization is slightly lower than the average of Karnataka ( 38.6 per cent). The literacy rate is among the highest in 86.3 percent of the state and is well above the average of Karnataka ( 76.1 per cent).
The population of the district of Udupi set by the 2001 census Hindus with 86.1 per cent majority. There are also minorities of Muslims ( 7.5 per cent) and Christians ( 5.9 percent). After Dakshina Kannada district of Udupi has the second highest Christian population of Karnataka.
Besides Kannada, the main language of Karnataka, Udupi are also common Tulu, Konkani and Malayalam as in the south adjacent coastal area in the district. Tulu is a regional language spoken in the districts of Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Kasaragod. Traditionally marked the Swarna River the northern boundary of the Tulu region. Konkani is among the Christian group of Mangalorer Catholics ( Mangalorean Catholics ) spread, which is originally migrated from Goa. The Muslims in the district of Udupi speak differently than in most of Karnataka's majority Urdu but not a dialect of Malayalam.