Mudarangadi is a village in

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Udupi District Udupi district (also Udipi () in Kannada or Odipu () in Tulu language) is an administrative subdivision in the Karnataka state of India, with the district headquarters in the city of Udupi. It is situated in the Canara old north Malabar c ...

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, India. It belongs to

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. It is located 26 km south of District headquarters

Udupi Udupi () also known as 'Odipu' () is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the administrative headquarters of Udupi district, and one of the fastest-growing cities in Karnataka. Udupi is one of the top tourist attractions in Karnataka an ...

and 352 km from State capital

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. Nearby villages include Kuthyaru, Santhuru, Kukkikatte, Yelluru, Pilar, Nandikoor, Inna, Belman, Palimaru, Padubidre and Shirva. Mudarangadi is surrounded by Karkal Taluk to the east, Mangalore Taluk to the south, Bantval Taluk to the south, Manjeshwar Taluk to the south. The nearest cities are

Karkala Karkala ( ) ( ) is a town and the headquarters of eponymous Karkala taluk in the Udupi district of Karnataka state in India. It lies near the foothills of the Western Ghats, Karkala has a number of natural and historical landmarks, and is a m ...

, Moodubidre,

and

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. It is close to the

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. The predominant language in the village is Tulu, although

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and

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

languages are also spoken.

Transportation

Padubidri Padubidri /Padubidre (in Kannada) or Paddedra (in Tulu) is a small town in coastal district of Udupi in Karnataka state, India. Padubidri is on the way from Udupi to Mangalore route. National Highway 66 (earlier known as NH 17) passes through P ...

Railway Station is the closest to Mudarangadi. Mulki Railway Station (near to Mulki) is reachable from near by towns. The nearest major railway station is Mangalore Central Railway Station 42 km away. Mudarangadi is easily accessible from Padubidre (8 km) and Uchila (12 km) by road. It is also well connected to an international airport (Mangalore International Airport) at a distance of about 40 km.

Education

# St Francis Group of institutions (Kannada Medium & English Medium) # Govt P.U. College, Vidyanagara

References

{{Settlements in Udupi district Villages in Udupi district