Kaikambaformerly known as Kandavara is a sub urban town of Mangalore

Mangalore

Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...

, Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

 State, south of India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. Kaikamba lies between Gurupura

Gurupura

Gurupura is a small town near the city of Mangalore in the state of Karnataka, India. This town is sutuated on the banks of river Phalguniwhich is also known as Gurupura Nadi. This town is sitauted 15 kilometers away from Mangalore....

 and Polali

Polali

Polali is a village in Bantwal taluk, in the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka state in India. Polali is famous for the . Raja Rajeshwari is an icon of Shakti.Polali Shri Raja Rajeshwari temple is famous for its month long annual jaatra held in the month of March and April. The temple is...

 in Dakshina Kannada

Dakshina Kannada

- Geography :The district geography consists of sea shore in the west and Western Ghats in the east. The major rivers are Netravathi, Kumaradhara, Phalguni, Shambhavi, Nandini or Pavanje and Payaswini which all join Arabian sea. Vast areas of evergreen forests which once covered this district, have...

 district. This town falls on Mangalore

Mangalore

Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...

 – Moodabidri

Moodabidri

Moodabidri , is a small town 37 km northeast of the Dakshina Kannada district headquarters, Mangalore, in Karnataka, India....

 highway NH 13. It is 8 km away from Bajpe

Bajpe

Bajpe is a census town in located close to Mangalore city in Dakshina Kannada district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is around 18 km from the heart of the city of Mangalore. The Mangalore International Airport is located at Bajpe and is popularly known as the Bajpe...

, where Mangalore International Airport

Mangalore International Airport

Mangalore Airport, formerly known as Bajpe Airport, is a domestic and customs airport serving the coastal city of Mangalore, India...

 is located. Population of kaikamba is about 15,325 as per 2009 censes. Parts of kaikamba are controlled by Ganjimutta panchayat, Kandavara panchayat, Malali panchayat and Gurupura panchayat. Efforts are being made to Include this town into Mangalore city corporation Limits by year 2012.

The geographical location of guide-pole at Kaikamba is exactly 12.9607° North and 74.9332° East and it is situated approximately 100 meters above sea level.

Etymology

Word Kaikamba means hand-post or guide-pole in both Kannada and Tulu

Tulu language

The Tulu language |?]]]) is a Dravidian language spoken by 1.95 million native speakers mainly in the southwest part of Indian state Karnataka known as Tulu Nadu. In India, 1.72 million people speak it as their mother tongue , increased by 10 percent over the 1991 census...

 languages.The word is used mostly for junctions of roads in Tulunadu as in olden days a wooden pole was fixed in middle of junction indicating direction of places. This small junction town - linking a three-way road network that lead to Bajpe

Bajpe

Bajpe is a census town in located close to Mangalore city in Dakshina Kannada district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is around 18 km from the heart of the city of Mangalore. The Mangalore International Airport is located at Bajpe and is popularly known as the Bajpe...

, Mangalore

Mangalore

Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...

 and Moodabidri

Moodabidri

Moodabidri , is a small town 37 km northeast of the Dakshina Kannada district headquarters, Mangalore, in Karnataka, India....

 – has a hand-post guiding tourists and visitors.

Commerce and Industries

Mangalore tile factories are few in numbers, Beedi works, Cashew nut Industries and Rice processing Industries. Also number of poultry farms, Cashew Plantation, Paddy cultivation. Real Estate business is another major commercial area. Proposed Ganjimutt SEZ is just 5 km away from this location.
there is one optical shop started in the year 2008 called TRUE VISION. The aim of the promoters to give good service to local people other vise they have to travel all the way to Mangalore city. TRUE VISION is dealing with all international brand of lenses varying from Essilor, Roden Stock, Carl Zeis etc.

People and Culture

Majority of people are literate, Speciality of this town is Every family has at least one person abroad. Majority of them in Middle East. Religion wise Hindus, Muslims and Christians are in almost equall proportion. Though Hinduism is a major religion followed. Languages Spoken are mainly Tulu, Konkani, Beary and Urdu, and Knowledge of Kannnada, Hindi and English.

Nearby places

The nearby places are Gurupura

Gurupura

Gurupura is a small town near the city of Mangalore in the state of Karnataka, India. This town is sutuated on the banks of river Phalguniwhich is also known as Gurupura Nadi. This town is sitauted 15 kilometers away from Mangalore....

, Mangalore

Mangalore

Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...

, Polali

Polali

Polali is a village in Bantwal taluk, in the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka state in India. Polali is famous for the . Raja Rajeshwari is an icon of Shakti.Polali Shri Raja Rajeshwari temple is famous for its month long annual jaatra held in the month of March and April. The temple is...

, Addoor, Bajpe

Bajpe

Bajpe is a census town in located close to Mangalore city in Dakshina Kannada district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is around 18 km from the heart of the city of Mangalore. The Mangalore International Airport is located at Bajpe and is popularly known as the Bajpe...

, Suaralpady and Moodabidri

Moodabidri

Moodabidri , is a small town 37 km northeast of the Dakshina Kannada district headquarters, Mangalore, in Karnataka, India....

Educational institutes

• Pompei English Medium School
• Pompei Kannada Medium School
• Assraruddin Kambal Urdu High School
• Assraruddin Kambal English Medium Primary School
• Balmy English Medium School
• Rosa Mystica Kannada Medium Primary & High School
• Assraruddin Arabic college
• Raj Academy English Medium primary & high school

Temples, Mosques and Churches

• Doomavathi Temple Kandavara
• Rajarajeshwawi Temple Polali
• Lady Of Pompie Church Kawdoor
• Noorul Uloom (The White Mosque) Suralpady
• Shree Mahaganapathy Temple Ganjimutt
• Brahma BalandiTemple Mooduperar

Banks and financial institutes

• Vijaya Bank
  Vijaya Bank
  -History:Vijaya Bank , a medium sized bank with presence across India. It was founded on October 23, 1931 by A. B. Shetty and a few other farmers in Mangalore, Karnataka in India.. The objective was to promote banking habits, thrift and entrepreneurship among the farming community of Dakshina...
  
  
• Syndicate Bank
  Syndicate Bank
  Syndicate Bank Ltd. is one of the oldest and major commercial banks of India. At the time of its establishment, the bank was known as Canara Industrial and Banking Syndicate Limited. The bank, along with 13 major commercial banks of India, was nationalized on 19 July 1969, by the Government of...
  
  
• Karavali Credit Corporative Society
• Netravati Grameena Bank
• Sri Bagavathi Sahakari Bank
• SCDC Bank
• Kumbara Gudi Kaigarika Bank, Malali
• State Bank of India, (2010)

Getting there

• The nearest railway station is Mangalore
  Mangalore
  Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...
  
   18 km
• The nearest airport is Bajpe
  Bajpe
  Bajpe is a census town in located close to Mangalore city in Dakshina Kannada district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is around 18 km from the heart of the city of Mangalore. The Mangalore International Airport is located at Bajpe and is popularly known as the Bajpe...
  
   or Mangalore International Airport
  Mangalore International Airport
  Mangalore Airport, formerly known as Bajpe Airport, is a domestic and customs airport serving the coastal city of Mangalore, India...
  
  which is just 8 km 15 minutes
• Mangalore city buses No. 12 and 22 goes via Kaikamba 19 km 45 minutes
• All the buses commutes between Mangalore and Moodabidri goes via Kaikamba 19 km 30 minutes