Karwar

Also known as Carwar

Karwar is a coastal city and the administrative headquarters of Uttara Kannada district, formerly part of the Bombay Presidency, located at the mouth of the Kali river along the Konkan Coast in the present-day state of Karnataka, India.

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Place details

Locality: Karwar
Region: Karnataka
Country: India
Population: 77,139
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Karwar
Settlement.native_name_lang: Konkani
Settlement.other_name: Carwar, Koney
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality /Taluk
Settlement.image_size: 300px
Settlement.image_caption: Clockwise from the Top: Tagore Beach, Arabian Sea from Sadashivgad fort, Majali Beach, Bridge over Kali River, Rabindranath Tagore Beach
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 6
Settlement.map_caption: Karwar in Karnataka
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Karnataka
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Uttara Kannada
Settlement.established_date: 1867
Settlement.government_type: City Municipal Council
Settlement.leader_title2: President
Settlement.leader_title3: Uttara Kannada

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Wikidata facts

Area: 27.9
Elevation: 9
Image: Karwar Railway Station.jpg
Dialing code: 8382
Licence plate code: KA-30

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Commons category: Karwar
postal code: 581301
name in native language: ಕಾರವಾರ

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Travel guide

Get around

Auto rickshaw, or car. You can also rent a boat to visit some of the islands. For the environment-friendly, bicycles are also available on Rent basis. Bicycles in the standard non-geared, and now MTBs are also available.

See

Beaches, Islands and mangrove up on the Kali river.

Sadashivgad Sadashivgad is a fort located in Karwar, Uttara Kannada district, in the state of Karnataka in India. Significant and picturesque, the fort is now a popular tourist destination located by the Kali river bridge, which has been built at the confluence of the river and the Arabian Sea. Konkani is spoken as a local language. The fort was built on an old fortified site on the north bank of Kali River where it meets the sea. It had about 8 meters high ramparts which were about 2 metres wide at the top. There were towers and openings for guns. The citadel was at the highest point. An outwork was on the west, near the sea at the base of the cliff and was appropriately called Pani Killa. There was another outwork on the eastern slope. The citadel had single arched gateway. Samvargad was a very small fort, about 60 metres by 20 metres on top of a hillock east of Sadashivgad. It was a satellite fort guarding the former on its east & north east. Very few ruins remain. The fort was named Sadashivgad by Basavlingraj after his father Sadashivlingraj in 1715. They were chieftains of Sonda who assumed the title of 'Raja' after incorporating Chittakula, Simveshwar (Angadi), Kadra, Kadwad, Ankola and some other parts of Canara. The old Karwar fort was pulled down and its material used to build Sadashivgad. The fort is in ruins as most of it was pulled down by East India Company General Matthews in 1783. A road now runs between it …

Do

Beautiful beaches, snorkeling, banana boating

Buy

there are small pan stalls, chat stalls, etc.

Eat

Sea Food and some local restaurants, "Gadbad" Icecream.

Some of the famous local restaurants include:

Poornima Restaurant, Main Road, Karwar. (Veg - Moderate expense) Premier Hotel, Green Street, Karwar. (Non-Veg - Expensive) Amruth Bar & Restaurant, Main Road Karwar. (Non-Veg - Moderate) Parvati Fish Land (Non-Veg - Moderate - Fish/Sea Food) Shweta Lunch Home (Non-Veg - Moderate - Fish/Sea Food)

Drink

Tender coconut, Soda Sharbath at local cold drinks shop

Sleep

Devbagh beach resort. Somewhat pricey, but the beach is quite brilliant, as is the nature walk they provide around the resort, through mangrove forests among other things. Don't miss the quicksand!

Connect

By B.S.N.L mobile network which is widely spread

Go next

Sirsi Anshi National Park Mangalore

Kumta - 75 km from here. Honavar - 95 km from here. Gokarna - 75 km from here.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Article

38 sections

Contents

Etymology
History
Ancient history
Post-Independence
Geography
Biodiversity
Climate
Demographics
Border issues
Religion
Industry
Primary industry
Secondary industry
Tertiary industry
INS Kadamba
INS Vajrakosh
Aditya Birla Chemicals
Transport
Karwar International Airport
Konkan railway
Port
Tourism
Rabindranath Tagore beach
Places of interest
Seaside
Hinterland
Historic sites
Educational tourism
Culture
Cuisine
Local festivals
Media
Education
Notable residents
Villages of Karwar
See also
References
External links

== Etymology == Karwar, also known locally as "Kādwād", derived its name from the nearby village of "Kade-Wādā". In the local Konkani, Kade means "Last" and Wādā means "Ward". Hence, Kade-Wādā ("the last neighbourhood") referred to the southernmost Konkani-speaking village. During the Crown rule in India, the name "Karwar" was spelt as "Carwar". The ancient name was "Baithkhol"—from an Arabic term Bait-e-kol— meaning the "bay of safety". This is in the Indian history for maritime trade wherein black peppercorns, cardamom, and muslin cloth were exported from this Kādwād port and after the war with Veer Henja Naik (1803), the port activities were shifted to Baithkhol. Thereafter, the port of Kādwād was isolated and Kurmagad Fort was activated by the Portuguese.