Karopady

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Karopady
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Karopady
Location in Karnataka, India
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Karopady
Karopady (India)
Coordinates: 12°44′26″N75°01′16″E / 12.7405°N 75.0210°E / 12.7405; 75.0210
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Karnataka
District Dakshina Kannada
Languages
  Official Kannada
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
574279
Telephone code08255
Vehicle registration KA19, KA21 AND KA70
Nearest cityMangalore, Puttur
Lok Sabha constituencyMangalore (Dakshina Kannada)
Vidhan Sabha constituencyBantwal

Karopady is a small village in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, in far southern India. It is the border village between Karnataka and Kerala. Kasaragod District is the neighbouring district in Kerala State.

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Karopady is situated between Anekallu and Kanyana. Kukkaje,Mambady, Aneyala, Gundamajalu, Kattatharu, Maindamoole, Palige, Mithanadka, Pambathaje, Padyana, Palige, Kandelu, Gubbya, Bamblimar, Althadka, Kabbinamoole, Bengadapadpu, Pattla and Kaimar are some of the small places within Karopady. The place called Anekallu belongs to the Karopady and Vorkady panchayath of Kasargod. The river called Anekallu river has divided Karopady from Vorkady kodlamugaru panchayath, situated in the north part of Kerala State. vijayadka is one of the important place in Karopady because of education and hospital facilities provided by st lawrence church Vijayadka.

There are several ways to reach Karopady village. From Mangalore, a bus connects to Uppala, and then another bus travelling to Vittal or Puttur, and down at Nellikatte. Another bus from Mangalore, or Puttur, to Vittal, then connects to a direct bus to Mittanadka or a bus from Vittal to Uppala (the alias name is "Kurchipalla") or Bedagudde, and down at Nellikatte. There are direct buses from Mangalore and Manjeshwar to vijayadka.

Industries

Beedi-leaf rolling is the major industry which can be seen in Karopady.

Small scale industries like araca-nut-leaf plate-making industries, or homemade foods, have been growing in recent times.

The organisation called Sri Gurudev Public Charitable Trust has been working for the development of this area and has provided an opportunity for the needy in providing self-employment in this area.

File manufacturing industry (Tushar Industry) was started by Mr. Hariprasad, at Kanyana.

Agriculture

Agriculture is the main occupation of the people in Karopady. One can see picturesque paddy fields throughout the area. Areca nut, coconuts, bananas, peppers, and cocoa are grown on a large scale in Karopady.

Advanced techniques are utilised by the agriculturists of this area.

Language

There are people speaking in various mixed languages in Karopady. Konkani, Kannada, Havyaka Tulu, Beary and Dakhni urdu are some of the commonly spoken languages in the Karopady village. Havyaka Brahmins speak old Kannada called Havyaka Kannada, or Haveeka language. These languages are found in the area of Dakshina Kannada and parts of Udupi Districts.

Commercial industries

Banks and financial institutions

Institutions

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