| Sampkhanda | |
| Settlement Type: | Village/Hill Station |
| Pushpin Map: | India Karnataka |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Karnataka, India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Coordinates: | 14.5441°N 74.7059°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 576 |
| Population Total: | 337 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Registration Plate: | KA-31 |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Kannada |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 82.8% |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Western Ghats |
| Subdivision Type2: | Taluk |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sirsi |
| Subdivision Type3: | State |
| Subdivision Name3: | Karnataka |
| Subdivision Type4: | District |
| Subdivision Name4: | Uttara Kannada |
Sampkhanda or Samphakanda is a Hill station of Western Ghats located in Sirsi Taluk of Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka, India. State Highway 69 passes through this village. It is away from Devimane Ghat and about from its Taluk Headquarters at Sirsi. Sampakhanda is considered one of the coldest places in Karnataka during summer season.[1]
Sampakhanda experiences Tropical Highland rainforest climate with plenty of rainfall and humid feel. The temperature often drops below 15 °C even in summer making one of the coldest place in Karnataka. In spite of average high elevation, relative humidity affects the climate because of ocean proximity. So, day time becomes hotter and nights becomes colder than usual weather at this elevation. The maximum temperature recorded is 40.2 °C and minimum temperature recorded is 3.2 °C. The average temperature here is 21.6 °C.Highly influenced by south west monsoon, This region records as one of the wettest place in the world and holds one of the place in UNESCO hottest hot spot " Western Ghats ". The average rainfall here is 5572mm.[2] [3]
This village is surrounded by lush and dense forest. This type of forest comes under Tropical Evergreen Forest owned by Karnataka Forest Department, Sirsi Division. The elevation in this region is uneven, it varies from 542m to 801m. This place also provides home to several Wild animals and is one of the Elephant Corridor region.