Mukka is a suburb of
Mangalore
Mangalore (), officially known as Mangaluru, is a major port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bangalore, the state capital, 20 km north of Karnataka–Ke ...
city on the shore of the
Arabian Sea
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along
Coastal Karnataka
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The region comprises three civil districts, ...
. It is located along NH-66 very close to
NITK,
Surathkal towards
Udupi
Udupi (alternate spelling Udipi; also known as Odipu) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. Udupi is situated about north of the educational, commercial and industrial hub of Mangalore and about west of state capital Bangalore by road.
...
. It is the gateway to Mangalore city from the north & an educational centre. It was a small town-village once upon a time but in the recent years (from 2010) the region is developing both educationally & commercially. Mukka has earned popularity because of
Srinivas College of Engineering & Technology and
Srinivas Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre and Hospital.
The official language is
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 ...
but
Tulu is the main language spoken here.
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Tourism
Beaches of Karnataka
Localities in Mangalore
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