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Kaikamba
Town Sub-Urban
Nickname: 
Town of unity
Kaikamba is located in Karnataka
Kaikamba
Kaikamba
Location in Karnataka, India
Kaikamba is located in India
Kaikamba
Kaikamba
Kaikamba (India)
Coordinates: 12°57′39″N 74°56′00″E / 12.9607°N 74.9332°E / 12.9607; 74.9332
Country India
StateKarnataka
DistrictDakshina Kannada
Named forHand pole
Government
 • TypePanchayat
 • BodyKandavara Panchayat, Ganjimutt Panchayat, Gurupura Panchayat
Population
 (2017)
 • Total17,562
Languages
 • OfficialKannada
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
Kinnikambla 574 151
Telephone code0824
Vehicle registrationKA 19

Kaikamba also known as Gurupura Kaikamba is a suburban town of Mangalore, Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka State, west coast of India. Kaikamba lies between Moodabidri and Mangalore city in Dakshina Kannada district. This town lies on Mangalore – Moodabidri Highway National Highway 169 (Old No. NH 13). It is 8 km away from Bajpe, where Mangalore International Airport is located. Population of Kaikamba is about 15,325 as per 2009 census. Parts of Kaikamba are administered by Kandavara Panchayat and Ganjimutt Panchayat. Efforts are being made to include this town into Mangalore city corporation limits by the year 2015.[citation needed] The proposed KIADB Software export promotional park is 5 km away.

The geographical location of guide-pole at Kaikamba is exactly 12.9607° North and 74.9332° East and it is situated approximately 100 metres above sea level. It also a place of 1 church 3 mosques and 3 temples.

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Etymology

The word "Kaikamba" means "hand-post" or "guide-pole" in both Kannada and Tulu languages. The word is used mostly for junctions of roads in Tulunadu as in olden days a wooden pole was fixed in the middle of the junction indicating direction of places. This small junction town - linking a three-way road network that lead to Bajpe, Mangalore and Moodabidri – has a hand-post guiding tourists and visitors.[citation needed]

Commerce and industries

Mangalore tile factories are few in numbers. There are also beedi works, cashew nut industries and rice processing industries, as well as a number of poultry farms, cashew plantations and paddy cultivation. Real estate business is another major commercial area. The proposed Ganjimutt SEZ is just 5 km away from this location.

People and culture

View at Kaikamba Junction

All the people are literate. A speciality of this town is that every family has at least one member abroad, the majority of them in the Middle East. In terms of religion, Hindus, Muslims and Christians are in almost equal proportion, although Hinduism is the major religion followed. Languages spoken are mainly Tulu, Konkani, Beary and Urdu, and many have knowledge of Kannada, Hindi and English.

Festivals like Diwali, Eid ul-Fitr, Vijayadashami, Eid al-Adha, Christmas and Dasara are celebrated; the festival most celebrated is Ganesh Chaturthi. People live in peace: there have been very few conflicts between these religions as compared to other suburbs in Mangalore.

Nearby places

The nearby places are Gurupura 3 km, Ganjimutt 3 km, Airport 6 km, Suralpady 1 km, Addur 3 km, Polali 5 km, Bajpe 5 km, Moodabidri 15 km, Mangalore 15 km

Educational institutions

Temples, mosques and churches

Social clubs

Banks and financial institutions

Getting there

References

  1. ^ "Home". suddi9.com.

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