Uppunda is a large village in
Byndoor Taluk with west coast of the village on the
Arabian Sea
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in
South India
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. The nearest city with an airport is
Mangalore
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which is about 119 kilo-meters away. The town is reachable by water and road from Mangalore. Nearest railway station Byndoor Mookambika Road
(BYNR) railway station.
[Village code= 1291700 ][ Uppunda, Udupi, Karnataka] It is located in the
Byndoor taluk
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of
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 ...
district in Karnataka.
Before 1951 Uppunda was a part of the larger Madras state within the British East India Company empire and was annexed Karnataka in free republic India. Majority of people in town speak
Kundagannada dialect of
Kannada
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language and
Konkani __NOTOC__
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.
Uppunda is also home to one of the largest temple
Shree Durgaparameshwari Temple Every year thousands of people gather to celebrate "KODI HABBA" during the winter months of November
KARTHIKA or December.
MARGASHIRSHA, which involves Utsava the temple deity on a huge chariot, also known as Ratha-Utsava ie: Rathotsava or
Ratha-Yatra in some parts of India. There are also a dozen other temples within the village such as Raghavendra Swami Matha, Venkataramana Temple, Moodu Ganapathi Temple, Shiva Temple.
Village has a few primary and middle schools with one high school and a pre-university college with most of the teaching is done in either English or Kannada. Uppunda has an average literacy rate and some students drop out of school each year to work at the local fisheries or to support harvesting the local farms.
The village has mere two banks branch of Karnataka Bank and Canara Bank. The village does not have a hospital, but has several private clinics that offer medical help ranging from first aid to dentistry. There are well known pathology laboratories like Durga Clinical laboratory etc., which provides best clinical services like blood test etc.
Other places around the village that's worth visiting are Kolluru Mukambika Temple, Maravante Beach, Someshwara Sunset point (Byndoor).
Activity
Fishing is one of the important activities of the local people.
Demographics
As of 2011 India
census
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, Uppunda had a population of 11073 with 5221 males and 5852 females.
See also
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Byndoor
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Kundapura
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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 ...
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Districts of Karnataka
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Kollur
References
External links
* http://Udupi.nic.in/
Villages in Udupi district
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