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Kumta
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Kumta is a town and taluk in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India. It is one of the important stations along the Konkan Railway line running between Mumbai and Mangalore.

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Place details

Locality
Kumta
Region
Karnataka
Country
India
Population
36,719
Timezone
Asia/Kolkata

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Settlement.name
Kumta
Settlement.native_name
ಕುಮಟಾ
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.image_skyline
Aquifer Map of Kumta Taluk.pdf
Settlement.image_caption
Taluk Map of Kumta
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Karnataka
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Karnataka, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Karnataka
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Kanara
Settlement.subdivision_type3
District
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Uttara Kannada
Settlement.leader_title
MLA
Settlement.leader_name
Dinakar Keshav Shetty
Settlement.leader_title1
Assistant Commissioner

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Transportation
  • Road
  • Rail
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Kumta is a town and taluk in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India. It is one of the important stations along the Konkan Railway line running between Mumbai and Mangalore.

The 36th Kannada Sahithya Sammelana was held in Kumta in 1956, under the presidency of V. Seetharamaiah.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kumta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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