The coastal district carved out of erstwhile Dakshina Kannada has an average literacy of eighty three per cent

Background

Udupi is one of the coastal districts of Karnataka whose fishermen are covered by the prohibition on fishing along the Karnataka coast on the two days when winds are expected to touch 55 kilometres an hour, which is why the district's profile is of interest today. The district was formed on 25 August 1997, when it was carved out as a separate district from the erstwhile Dakshina Kannada district. Its area is given as 3,582 square kilometres. The district administration's main text reports the population as 11,77,908, while its At a Glance table lists 11,77,361; it records males as 49 per cent and females as 51 per cent. Average literacy is 83 per cent, against a national average of 59.5 per cent, with male literacy at 86 per cent and female literacy at 81 per cent. Children under six make up eight per cent of the population. The district has 233 villages, and the language listed for it is Tulu.