 Although Gowdas are economically dominant, Bunt and Billava are the immigrant Tuluva communities from adjacent Dakshina Kannada also are seen.The Muslim community can be identified as local Deccani (a dialect of Urdu and Hindi) speaking farmer community and immigrant Byari business community.A good number of Christians belonging to Roman Catholic speaking Konkani and some Protestants also are inhabitants of Banakal.