According to the 2011 census Dakshina Kannada has a population of 2,089,649,[REF] roughly equal to the nation of Macedonia[REF] or the US state of New Mexico [REF].
Tuluvas, distributed among the Billava, Mogaveera, Bunt, Koraga, Kulala, and Devadiga communities, are the largest ethnic group in the district [REF].