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Billava.—The Billavas are the Tulu-speaking toddy- drawers of the South Canara district
the Paik and the Billava . Both names are derived from the military services rendered to the Tulu chiefs by the ancestry of the communities
The Billava are , traditionally , a toddy - tapping community
Billavas áre a Tulu - speaking caste I of toddy drawers , mostly found in South Canara , Manjarabad , Tirthahalli , and Mudigere .