PUTTUR, KARNATAKA

'Puttur' is a town in the Dakshina Kannada district, in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of the Puttur Taluk. The town is located 52 km from Mangalore, along the Mysore-Mangalore highway, in a hilly region between the coast and the Western Ghats. In 2006, it has a population of 48,063. The major occupation of its inhabitants is agriculture. The National Research Centre for Cashew is located in Puttur, as well as the Campco Chocolate Factory.
Places of interest are Bender Theertha, a hot spring, and the Mahalingeshwara Temple with its annual bull-race.
The people of Puttur also celebrate a Car Festival (Rathotsava/Jaatre) once in a year with very grand celebrations.
The other cities which are very close to Puttur are Sullia (35 KM) ,kumbra (10 km),shakemale (11km) and Vittla (Vittal) (15 KM) .

Contents

Geography

Civic Administration

Agriculture

Demographics

Education

See also

External links

Geography

Puttur is located at ^[1]. It has an average elevation of 87 metres (285 feet).
The town municipal area comprises portions of surrounding villages namely Balnad, Padnoor, Kabaka, Bannur, Chikkamudnoor, Kemminje, Aryapu villages in addition to the thickly populated Puttur Kasaba, the original Town area.

Civic Administration

Puttur Town Municipal Council was formed in the year 1973 by upgrading the Town Panchayath. The area covered by the then TMC was only Puttur Kasaba village extent being 11 sq.kms. Later in the year 1996 the portions of adjacent villages, which were developing as part of this Town, were merged to form the present Town Municipality extending the area to 34 sq km with 27 councilor wards.
Puttur is the second biggest town in the District, situated on Mangalore-Mysore Highway (Bantwal-Mysore State Highway 88) and is 52 kms away from Mangalore, the District head quarter. Puttur was the Taluk Head Quarters to the present Sullia Taluk, Belthangady Taluk and present Vittla (Vittal) Firka of Bantwal Taluk. After the taluk reorganization Puttur is the taluk head quarters with 37 Village Panchayaths covering 68 villages. Even after the reorganization of Taluks, Puttur continues to be a center for the economical, educational & medical services for the surrounding Taluks. The Southern portion of this Taluk is surrounded by the villages of Kerala State.

Agriculture

Puttur is an agro based town of the Coastal region surrounded by several hillocks with lush green forest situated in the belt of Western ghat heavy rainfall. The Major occupation of the people is agriculture. The crops grown mainly are paddy, areca, coconut, cashew, rubber, cocoa, chilli, vanilla, pepper and plantains. In addition dairy farming, sericulture and horticulture activities supplement the earnings of the people to some extent.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census^[2], Puttur had a population of 48,063. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Puttur has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 75%. In Puttur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Education

'List of colleges'

★ General Courses

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★ Gloria College, Main Road, Puttur.

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★ Sri Vivekananda College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Puttur.

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★ St Philomena College, Puttur.

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★ Vivekananda College of Education, Puttur.

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★ Mar Ivanios College of Education, Perabe, Puttur.

★ Law collegues

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★ Vivekananda Law College, Puttur.

★ Engineering

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★ Vivekananda College of Engineering, Puttur.

See also

'Nearby Places/Cities/Towns'

★ Bellare

★ Belthangadi

★ Mangalore

★ Madikeri

★ Kasargod

★ Subramanya

★ Vittla (Vittal)

External links

★ City of Puttur official site

★ National Research Centre for Cashew

★ Puttur e suddi paper

★ Maps of Puttur