Posadigumpe is a monolith hillock in Manjeshwaram taluk of Kasargod district of Kerala state, south India at an altitude of 1060ft

Tourism

Posadigumpe is a picnic spot and tourist resort located on a hillock 487.68 metres above sea level near Bayar village, 30 km north-east of Kasaragod. From the hill top one can see the Arabian Sea, Mangalore and Kudremukh. The place is accessible from NH 17 via Bandyodu or Uppala.

Languages

This locality is an essentially multi-lingual region. Kannada is the main language here. The people here also speak tulu, Konkani, Malayalam, byaris, Urdu languages.

Administration

This village is part of Manjeswaram assembly constituency which is again part of Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)

Transportation

Local roads have access to National Highway No.66 which connects to Mangalore in the north and Calicut in the south. The nearest railway station is Kumbla which is 23km away on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There is an airport at Mangalore.

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