Surathkal

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Surathkal
Surathkal
State - District(s)	Karnataka - Dakshina Kannada
Coordinates	12.9833° N 74.7833° E
Area - Elevation	- 0 m
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Population - Density	-
Codes - Postal - Telephone - Vehicle	- 575014 - +0824 - KA-19

Surathkal ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್ is a town located in the Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, India

Surathkal Railway Station

Surathkal is home to one of India's best technical institutes - The National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), formerly known as Karnataka Regional Engineering College (KREC). Surathkal is a town in the suburbs of Mangalore city located on National highway 17. Surathkal also houses Vidyadayanee High School and Govindadasa College run by Hindu Vidyadayanee Sangha, Surathkal, which has provided education to thousands of students since pre-independence period. The town boasts of Industries like The Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited MRPL, Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (MCF) and a port The New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT). The nearest airport is Mangalore (Bajpe), 15 kilometres from Surathkal.The New Mangalore sea port is 6 Km away. The railway station at Surathkal, on Konkan railway, is an important one due to the presence of several educational institutes,sea port,air port and industries.

Surathkal town can be easily accessed by various bus services from Mangalore City by both city buses and the Mangalore-Udupi Express buses.

1 Background
2 Geography
3 Industry and Education
4 Important Information
5 Places of Interest
6 Localities in and around Surathkal
7 External links
8 References

[edit] Background

Surathkal was once a Grama panchayat, then town panchayat, municipality now merged with Mangalore city corporation. According to legend, the name Surathkal is derived from "shiradakal" meaning "headstone" in Kannada. When Lord Ganapathi kept a shiva linga belonging to Ravana on ground, Ravana tried to pull the linga from the ground but could not. The place where the linga is supposed to have been is now known as Gokarna. Due to the force exerted by Ravana, some pieces were scattered. One such piece from the head of the linga is said to have fallen in present day Suratkal.

[edit] Geography

Surathkal is located at 12°58'60 N 74° 46' 60E^[1].

[edit] Industry and Education

Some of the major industries in and around Surathkal are MRPL, BASFand[MCF].There is Baikampady Industrial Estate about 5 KM from Surathkal which houses small and medium factories. Educational institutions like NITK (formerly KREC),Vidyadayanee High School and Govindadasa College are all nearby or within Surathkal.

[edit] Important Information

Pincode : 575014 (it was previously 574158).
Assembly constituency : Surathkal (Karnataka Legislative assembly 144).
Parliament constituency to which Surathkal belongs : Udupi Loksabha constituency..
STD code : 0824.
Railway station : Surathkal (Station code SL) on Konkan Railway.

[edit] Places of Interest

Beach - Surathkal is on the shore of Arabian sea and boasts of having beautiful beaches. There is a beach in front of the Sadashiva Temple; the picturesque beach is known for it's clean surrounding and it's light house. NITK has its own private beach north of Surathkal beach, but is not open to the public.There is another beach (Mukka) north of NITK beach but access is difficult as approach road is narrow.

Krishnapura matha ,one of the ashta matha established by Sri Madhwaacharya is 3 kilometres from Surathkal. The structure of the building is mostly made of wood. This type of structure is rare in the age of concrete buildings nowadays.

[edit] Localities in and around Surathkal

Kana
Iddya - Mahalingeshwara Temple is situated on west side of NH-17 opposite Govindadasa college.
Agaramelu
Krishnapura - 3 Kilometre from Surathkal Bus stand.
Katipalla- 5 Kilometres from Surathkal.
Cheilaru or Chelaru
Madhya or Madya
Tadambail or Thadambail - In between Surathkal and NITK Campus on NH-17 highway.
Mukka - North of NITK ( formerly KREC )Campus enroute to Udupion NH-17.
Chokkabettu : Lies enroute to Krishnapura.
Kaverthottu : East ( Behind ) the NITK campus.
Katla : East of Surathkal Railway station.
Munchuru