Kaikamba also known as Gurupura Kaikamba is a suburban town of

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, Dakshina Kannada District,

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State, west coast of

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. Kaikamba lies between

Moodabidri Moodabidri ( kn, ಮೂಡುಬಿದಿರೆ ''Mūḍubidire''; also called Mudbidri, Moodbidre and Bedra), is a town and taluk in Dakshina Kannada district. It lies 34 km northeast of the district headquarters, Mangalore, in Karna ...

and

city in Dakshina Kannada district. This town lies on

–

Highway National Highway 169 (Old No. NH 13). It is 8 km away from

Bajpe Bajpe is a locality in Mangalore city of Dakshina Kannada district in the state of Karnataka, now also known as Bajpe Town, India. It is around from the city of Mangalore. The Mangalore International Airport is located at Bajpe and was p ...

, where

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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. 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 meters above sea level. It also a place of 1 church 3 mosques and 3 temples.

Media

*The online news portal of Kaikamba town is Suddi9

Etymology

The word "Kaikamba" means "hand-post" or "guide-pole" in both

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

and Tulu languages. The word is used mostly for junctions of roads in

Tulunadu Tulunad or Tulu Nadu, also called Bermere sristi or Parashurama Srishti, is a region and a proposed state on the southwestern coast of India. The Tulu people, known as 'Tuluva' (plural 'Tuluver'), speakers of Tulu, a Dravidian language, ar ...

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

and

– has a hand-post guiding tourists and visitors.

Commerce and industries

Mangalore tile factories are few in numbers. There are also

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works,

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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

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is just 5 km away from this location.

People and culture

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,

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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 Gurupura, Karnataka, India is a small town situated on the Phalguni, or Gurupura River. It is located about 345 kilometres (214 miles) west of Bangalore, the state capital, and 13 kilometres (8 miles) east of Mangalore, Karnataka's chief port ...

3 km,

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3 km,

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6 km, Suralpady 1 km, Addur 3 km,

Polali Polali is a village in Bantwal taluk, in the Dakshina Kannada (South Canara) district of Karnataka state in India. Polali is famous for the Rajarajeshwari Temple. Raja Rajeshwari is an icon of Shakti In Hinduism, especially Shaktism (a ...

5 km,

15 km,

15 km

Educational institutions

* Al Khair Islamic English Medium School, Suralpady * Pompei Kannada Medium School * Govt Kannada Medium Primary School, Kinnikambla * Govt Urdu Medium Primary School * Assraruddin Kambal Urdu High School * Assraruddin Kambal (AKU) English Medium Primary School * Balmy English Medium School * Rosa Mystica Kannada Medium Primary & High School * Assraruddin Arabic College * Raj Academy English Medium Primary & High school * Ideal English Medium School * Ideal English Medium High School * Pana Pre-University * Our Lady of Pompei English Medium School * Bethany English Medium School

Temples, mosques and churches

* Jamia Masjid, Kaikamba City * Shree Doomavathi Daivastana Bailu Magane * Rajarajeshwawi Temple, Polali * Our Lady Of Pompeii Church, Kawdoor * Malharul Awakif Jumma Masjid (The White Masjid), Suralpady * Shree Mahaganapathy Temple, Ganjimutt * Brahma Balandi Temple, Mooduperar * Jamia Masjid, Ganjimutt * Hazrath Assraruddin Awliah Allah Dargah & Masjid, Gurukambala * Hazrath Assraruddin Jamia Masjid, Gurukambala * Sri Ram Bhajana Madira, Narla * Sri Radha Krishna Bhajana Mandira, Kinnikambla * Jamia Masjid, Kandavara Padav * Al-Masjidul Badriya, Kandavara Padavu * Jamaliya Jumma Masjid, Bailpete * Noorul Islam Madrasa, Moodukare

Social clubs

* Challengers Friends Circle (C.F.C), Suralpady (R) * JCI Gurupura Kaikamba (started in 2005) * Rotary Lions Club * K.Y.C. NARLA * Sri Rama Sevanjali, Kandavara Padavu, Kaikamba * Sarvajanika Ganeshothsava Seva Sammithi, Benaka Dama, Kaikamba * Yaksha Tharangini, Kaikamba * Knight Riders Sports and Welfare Association

Banks and financial institutions

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* Canara Bank * Karavali Credit Co-operative Society *

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* Sri Bagavathi Sahakari Bank * SCDCC Ban

* Kumbara Gudi Kaigarika Bank, Malali * State Bank of India *

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Getting there

* The nearest railway station is

- 18 km * The nearest airport is

which is just 8 km 15 minutes * Mangalore city buses No. 12 and 22, 22S (Jnnurm Bus) goes via Kaikamba - 19 km, 45 minutes * All the buses between Mangalore and Moodabidri go via Kaikamba - 19 km / 30 minutes, which includes both express and local buses, which are the most commonly used for travelling to Mangalore.

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