Tulu people

Tuluvas
Total population
	c. 1.8 million
Regions with significant populations
India	1,846,427 (2011 census)
Languages
	Tulu
Religion
	Majority:; Hinduism; Minority:; Jainism;
Related ethnic groups
	Pancha-Dravida, Dravidian, Kannadigas, Konkanis, Kodavas, Malayali

The Tulu people or Tuluvas are an ethno-linguistic and ethno-cultural group from Southern India. They are native speakers of the Tulu language and the region they traditionally inhabit is known as Tulu Nadu. This region comprises the districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in Karnataka and part of Kasaragod district in Kerala,^[4]^[5]^{[unreliable source?]} with Mangalore, Karnataka being the commercial hub. The Census report of 2011 reported a population of 1,846,427 native Tulu speakers living in India.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "ABSTRACT OF SPEAKERS' STRENGTH OF LANGUAGES AND MOTHER TONGUES - 2011" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Indian Census 2011, Government of India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
^ "Population by religion community – 2011". Census of India, 2011. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015.
^ Cite error: The named reference Tulu Nadu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Tulu". ethnologue.com.
^ "Tulu Nadu, Kasaragod, Kerala, India". Kerala Tourism. Retrieved 12 June 2017.

Total population

c. 1.8 million
Regions with significant populations
India	1,846,427 (2011 census)^[1]
Languages
Tulu
Religion
Majority: Hinduism Minority: Jainism ^[2]
Related ethnic groups
Pancha-Dravida, Dravidian, Kannadigas, Konkanis, Kodavas, Malayali^[3]