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Surathkal is a suburb of Mangalore city in Karnataka state of India. Surathkal used to be a separate town, but is now merged to Mangalore city corporation. Surathkal lies in revenue district of Dakshina Kannada. Most of land within Surathkal was once paddy fields, coconut gardens, arecanut plantations and evergreen forests, but today most of land is filled with houses, residential apartments and shopping complexes.
Surathkal town has connectivity by air, sea, road and railway. Mangalore International Airport is 15 km from Suratkal. New Mangalore sea port at Panamburu is 6 km from Surathkal.
Read in the guideVarious modes of transportation are available to roam around Suratkal like autorickshaws which are three wheel passenger vehicles, car taxis and buses.
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