Alternate Names: Male Kudiya
Genealogy:
Demographics: 2,800 (2007).
Language Use: Also use Kannada [kan], Kodava [kfa], Malayalam [mal], Tulu [tcy].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 48% for Scheduled Tribes in Karnataka; 63% for Kudiya in Kerala, 65% in Tamil Nadu (2001 census).
Writing System: Kannada, Malayalam
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Traditional religion, Hindu.