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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Uppunda
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in Karnataka, India
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| subdivision_type1       = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Karnataka]]
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| subdivision_name2       = [[Udupi]]
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| parts_type              = [[Taluka]]s
| parts                   = Byndoor
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| governing_body          = [[Village Panchayat]]
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| population_total        = 6258
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| demographics1_info1     = [[Kannada]]
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| postal_code          = 576232
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{{URL|mybyndoor.com}}
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''' Uppunda ''' is a large village in [[Byndoor Taluk]] with west coast of the village on the [[Arabian Sea]] in [[South India]].  The nearest city with an airport is [[Mangalore]] which is about 119 kilo-meters away. The town is reachable by water and road from Mangalore.  Nearest railway station Byndoor Mookambika Road[[(BYNR)]] railway station.<ref name="censusindia">Village code= 1291700 {{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx|title=Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above|publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=2008-12-18}}</ref><ref name="yahoomaps">{{cite web|url=http://in.maps.yahoo.com|title=Yahoomaps India |access-date=2008-12-18}} Uppunda, Udupi, Karnataka</ref> It is located in the [[Byndoor]] [[taluk]] of [[Udupi]] district in Karnataka.
Before 1951 Uppunda was a part of the larger Madras state within the British East India Company empire and was annexed Karnataka in free republic India. Majority of people in town speak [[Kundagannada]] dialect of [[Kannada]] language and [[Konkani language|Konkani]].
Uppunda is also home to one of the largest temple [[Shree Durgaparameshwari Temple]] Every year thousands of people gather to celebrate "KODI HABBA" during the winter months of November [[KARTHIKA]] or December. [[MARGASHIRSHA]], which involves Utsava the temple deity on a huge chariot, also known as Ratha-Utsava ie: Rathotsava or [[Ratha-Yatra]] in some parts of India. There are also a dozen other temples within the village such as Raghavendra Swami Matha, Venkataramana Temple, Moodu Ganapathi Temple, Shiva Temple.
Village has a few primary and middle schools with one high school and a pre-university college with most of the teaching is done in either English or Kannada. Uppunda has an average literacy rate and some students drop out of school each year to work at the local fisheries or to support harvesting the local farms.
The village has mere two banks branch of Karnataka Bank and Canara Bank. The village does not have a hospital, but has several private clinics that offer medical help ranging from first aid to dentistry. There are well known pathology laboratories like Durga Clinical laboratory etc., which provides best clinical services like blood test etc.
Other places around the village that's worth visiting are  Kolluru Mukambika Temple, Maravante Beach, Someshwara Sunset point (Byndoor).
==Activity==
Fishing is one of the important activities of the local people.{{fact|date=December 2019}} {{cn|date=December 2023}}
==Demographics==
As of 2011 India [[census]], Uppunda had a population of 11073 with 5221 males and 5852 females.<ref name="censusindia" />
==See also==
*[[Byndoor]]
*[[Kundapura]]
* [[Udupi]]
* [[Districts of Karnataka]]
* [[Kollur, Udupi district|Kollur]]
==References==
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==External links==
* http://Udupi.nic.in/
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