Byndoor

Byndoor
Town
Byndoor Location in Karnataka, India
Coordinates: 13°51′58″N74°38′00″E / 13.866°N 74.6333°E / 13.866; 74.6333
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Udupi
Taluk	Byndoor
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Town Panchayat
Area
• Total	8.87 km2 (3.42 sq mi)
• Rank	1st in (Shivamogga)
Elevation	685 m (2,247 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	24,986
• Density	2,800/km2 (7,300/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Kannada
• Regional	Kundagannada Konkani
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	576214
Telephone code	08254
Vehicle registration	KA 20
Lok Sabha constituency	Shivamogga
Vidhana Sabha constituency	Byndoor
Website	www.baindurutown.mrc.gov.in

Byndoor is a taluk and Town Panchayat ^[1] in Udupi, Karnataka, India. Byndoor is located on NH-66 which is between Panvel and Kochi and is one of the main stations along the Konkan Railway line after Udupi and Mangalore.

Railway station

Byndoor City is served by Mookambika Road Byndoor railway station, one of the major railway stations in coastal Karnataka in South India. Its four-letter code is BYNR. Trains connect the station to prominent state capitals of India, including Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram (via Southern Railway), Mumbai, and (via Konkan Railways). The station was established in 1997.

A total of 34 express and passenger trains stop there. The Mookambika Road-Kannur Passenger train used to start and end at the station, however this service was terminated in 2017 due to lack of revenue generation. ^[2]

References

1. "Byndoor Town Panchayt". baindurutown.mrc.gov.in. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
2. "Railways terminates Kannur-Byndoor passenger". Deccan Chronicle . 23 May 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.