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| Vokkaligaru | |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Karnataka, India | |
| Languages | |
| Kannada, Are Bhashe | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism, Jainism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Dravidian · Kannadiga · Kodava · Tuluva |
Vokkaliga (pronounced Okkaliga) is a community with origins in India. It refers to various agricultural, previously endogamous, social groups found mainly in the erstwhile Mysore State and other areas of what is now southern Karnataka. They form a politically and numerically important Hindu group, and were the most populous group until the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 which enlarged the erstwhile State of Mysore by the inclusion of predominantly Canarese districts of the State of Bombay, State of Hyderabad and Coorg. Mysore was renamed Karnataka in 1973, following which the Lingayats became the most populous social group in Karnataka.
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