Dakshina Kannada

Dakshina Kannada district is located in the state of in , with its headquarters in the coastal city of . The district covers an area nestled between the and the Arabian Sea.
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or Putthuru is a city and taluka in the Dakshina Kannada district of state in . The Shree Mahalingeshwara Temple is located here.

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is a town in the Dakshina Kannada district of the state of , . It is the headquarters of the . is located 300 kilometres west of the state capital .

or Uḷḷāla is a City in Dakshina Kannada district of state in . City Municipal Council along with the Mangaluru City Corporation forms the continuous Mangaluru urban agglomeration area which is currently the fourth biggest in after , and Hubli-Dharwad.

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, literally a "religious place", is a temple town in Dakshina Kannada, on the banks of the Netravati River. While the town has earned headlines in late 2025 due to the disturbing allegations of mass graves of raped women and children, is otherwise home to a popular Hindu temple and two museums.

is a city of 17,000 people in Dakshina Kannada. It is a major suburb in the outskirts of Mangalore Tehsil about 32 km from Mangalore City.

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is a suburb of city in state of . used to be a separate town, but is now merged to Mangalore city corporation.

is a small village in the "Idkidu grama" area of Bantwal Taluk, which is in the Dakshina Kannada district of , a state in .

Dakshina Kannada

Latitude of center
12.8217° or 12° 49′ 18″ north
Longitude of center
75.2218° or 75° 13′ 18″ east
Population
2,090,000
Elevation
50 metres (164 feet)
Abbreviation
“DKD”
Open­Street­Map ID
way 520737070
Geo­Names ID
1273664
Wiki­data ID
Q950571
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Dakshina Kannada” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “داكشينا الكانادا”
  • Asturian: “Distritu de Dakshina Kannada”
  • Basque: “Dakshina Kannada barrutia”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ কন্নড় জেলা”
  • Bhojpuri: “दक्षिण कन्नड़ जिला”
  • Catalan: “Districte de South Kanara”
  • Cebuano: “Dakshina Kannada”
  • Chinese: “南卡纳达”
  • Chinese: “南卡纳达县”
  • Dutch: “Dakshina Kannada”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “داكشينا الكانادا”
  • French: “district de Dakshina Kannada”
  • French: “District de Dakshina Kannada”
  • German: “Dakshina Kannada”
  • Goan Konkani: “दक्षिण कन्नडा”
  • Gujarati: “દક્ષિણ કન્નડ જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण कन्नड जिला”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण कन्नड़ जिला”
  • Indonesian: “Dakshina Kannada”
  • Italian: “distretto del Kannada Meridionale”
  • Italian: “Distretto del Kannada Meridionale”
  • Japanese: “ダクシナ・カンナダ県”
  • Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕನ್ನಡ”
  • Kashmiri: “دَکھیُٛن کنڑ”
  • Magahi: “दक्खिन कन्नड जिला”
  • Magahi: “दक्षिण कन्नड जिला”
  • Malayalam: “ദക്ഷിണ കന്നഡ ജില്ല”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण कन्नड जिल्हा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Dakshina Kannada”
  • Nepali: “दक्षिण कन्नड जिल्ला”
  • Nepali: “दक्षिण कन्नड़ जिल्ला”
  • Newari: “दक्षिण कन्नड जिल्ला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dakshina Kannada”
  • Norwegian: “Dakshina Kannada”
  • Oriya: “ଦକ୍ଷିଣ କନ୍ନଡ଼ ଜିଲ୍ଲା”
  • Panjabi: “ਜਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਦੱਖਣ ਕੰਨੜ”
  • Persian: “دکشینا کنادا”
  • Russian: “Дакшина-Каннада”
  • Russian: “Южная Каннада”
  • Sanskrit: “दक्षिणकन्नडमण्डलम्”
  • Santali: “ᱫᱚᱠᱠᱷᱤᱱ ᱠᱚᱱᱱᱚᱲ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Slovenian: “Dakshina Kannada”
  • Spanish: “Dakshina Kannada”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Canara Meridional”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Dakshina Kannada”
  • Swedish: “Dakshina Kannada”
  • Tajik: “Дакшина-Каннада”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு கன்னட மாவட்டம்”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு கன்னடம் மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ కన్నడ జిల్లా”
  • Tulu: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕನ್ನಡ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Tulu: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕನ್ನಡ”
  • Ukrainian: “Південна Каннада”
  • Urdu: “دکشن کنڑ”
  • Vietnamese: “Dakshina Kannada”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع ڈاکشینا کاناڈا”
  • “दक्षिण कन्नड़ जिला”

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