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Vamanjoor

Coordinates: 12°54′55″N 74°53′52″E / 12.91528°N 74.89778°E / 12.91528; 74.89778
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Vamanjoor
Residential Locality
Vamanjoor is located in Karnataka
Vamanjoor
Vamanjoor
Location in Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Vamanjoor is located in India
Vamanjoor
Vamanjoor
Vamanjoor (India)
Coordinates: 12°54′55″N 74°53′52″E / 12.91528°N 74.89778°E / 12.91528; 74.89778
Country India
StateKarnataka
DistrictDakshina Kannada
Languages
 • OfficialTulu, Konkani, Beary, Kannada
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
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).

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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.

St. Joseph the Worker Church, Vamanjoor

Notable places

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St.Joseph engineering college Mangaluru
Karavali College of Pharmacy, Vamanjoor

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