Kaikamba also known as Gurupura Kaikamba is a suburban town of Mangalore, Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka State, west coast of India. Kaikamba lies between Moodabidri and Mangalore city in Dakshina Kannada district. This town lies on Mangalore – Moodabidri Highway National Highway 169 (Old No. NH 13). It is 8 km away from Bajpe, where Mangalore International Airport is located. Population of Kaikamba is about 15,325 as per 2009 census. Parts of Kaikamba are administered by Kandavara Panchayat and Ganjimutt Panchayat. Efforts are being made to include this town into Mangalore city corporation limits by the year 2015. The proposed KIADB Software export promotional park is 5 km away. The geographical location of guide-pole at Kaikamba is exactly 12.9607° North and 74.9332° East and it is situated approximately 100 meters above sea level. It also a place of 1 church 3 mosques and 3 temples. Media The online news portal of Kaikamba town is Suddi9 Etymology The word "Kaikamba" means "hand-post" or "guide-pole" in both Kannada and Tulu languages. The word is used mostly for junctions of roads in Tulunadu as in olden days a wooden pole was fixed in the middle of the junction indicating direction of places. This small junction town - linking a three-way road network that lead to Bajpe, Mangalore and Moodabidri – has a hand-post guiding tourists and visitors. Commerce and industries Mangalore tile factories are few in numbers. There are also beedi works, cashew nut industries and rice processing industries, as well as a number of poultry farms, cashew plantations and paddy cultivation. Real estate business is another major commercial area. The proposed Ganjimutt SEZ is just 5 km away from this location. People and culture All the people are literate. A speciality of this town is that every family has at least one member abroad, the majority of them in the Middle East. In terms of religion, Hindus, Muslims and Christians are in almost equal proportion, although Hinduism is the major religion followed. Languages spoken are mainly Tulu, Konkani, Beary and Urdu, and many have knowledge of Kannada, Hindi and English. Festivals like Diwali, Eid ul-Fitr, Vijayadashami, Eid al-Adha, Christmas and Dasara are celebrated; the festival most celebrated is Ganesh Chaturthi. People live in peace: there have been very few conflicts between these religions as compared to other suburbs in Mangalore. Nearby places The nearby places are Gurupura 3 km, Ganjimutt 3 km,