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( located in the
Dakshina Kannada District ,
Karnataka state,
India .
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 suburb 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 , 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.
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.
Surathkal is located at 12°58'60 N 74° 46' 60E.
Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Surathkal
Some of the major industries in and around Surathkal are Industrial Estate about 6 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.
- Pincode : (It was previously 574158).
- Assembly constituency : (Karnataka Legislative Assembly 144).
- Parliament constituency to which Surathkal belongs : Loksabha constituency..
- STD code : .
- Railway station : (Station code '''SL''') on Konkan Railway .
- 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 its clean surrounding and its light house. NITK has its own private beach north of Surathkal beach which is open to the public too. Near Sasihitulu village which is about 5 Kms from Surathkal there is an Estuary formed by the joining of Pavanje river to the Arabian Sea. It is a seldom visited spot but it's really beautiful and worth many visits
- 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.
- Iddya - Mahalingeshwara Temple is situated on west side of NH-17 opposite Govindadasa college.
- Agaramelu - West of Surathkal Railway station
- Krishnapura - 3 Kilometre from Surathkal Bus stand.
- Katipalla - 5 Kilometres from Surathkal.
- Kaikamba or Ganeshpura
- chelairu or Chelaru
- Madhya or Madya or Madyapadav
- Tadambail or Thadambail - In between Surathkal and NITK Campus on NH-17 highway.
- Mukka - North of NITK ( formerly KREC )Campus enroute to Udupi on NH-17 .
- Chokkabettu : Lies enroute to Krishnapura.
- Kaverthottu : East ( Behind ) the NITK campus.
- Katla : East of Surathkal Railway station.
- Munchuru
- Kana
- Kandige:situated in Chelairu village on the bank of the river Nandini.A historical temple dedicated to a deity called Sree Dharmarasu Ullaya
