High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Arebhashe gowdas or Kodagu Gowdas (Coorg Gowdas) and Tulu Gowdas are the major ethnic group in the Kodagu and some parts of Dakshina Kannada. More than half of the population in Madikeri taluk consists of Gowdas,they are almost fully occupied in Virajpet and Somwarpet taluks of Kodagu and Sullia, Puttur, Subramanya of Dakshina Kannada