Vamanjoor | |
Native Name Lang: | Kannada |
Settlement Type: | Residential Locality |
Pushpin Map: | India Karnataka#India3 |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mangalore, Karnataka, India |
Coordinates: | 12.9153°N 74.8978°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Karnataka |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Dakshina Kannada |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Tulu, Konkani, Beary, Kannada |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 575028 |
Vamanjoor is a residential locality which falls within the city corporation of Mangalore in Karnataka, India. It is en route to Moodabidri and Karkala by National Highway 169 (old NH13).
Vamanjoor is a tourist and residential locality in the Coastal city of Mangalore in Karnataka, India, close to Kudupu and Gurupura. Vamanjoor is famous for many historic as well as geographical reasons. It is also home for the first ever and the only Catholic Engineering institute in Karnataka, St. Joseph Engineering College.
Famous tourist attractions in Vamanjoor include Pilikula Nisargadhama, Swami Vivekananda Planetarium and Manasa water park. The doordarshan (state television) broadcasting facility for Mangalore is based at Vamanjoor. The biggest residential complex in the area is the quarters of the officers and staff of the Mangalore regional headquarters of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation.