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{{Infobox settlement
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| image_caption = Kumbla Town Bus stand
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Kasaragod district|Kasaragod]]
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| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)]]
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| area_total_km2 = 40.18
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam]], English<ref>{{cite web |title=The Kerala Official Language (Legislation) Act, 1969 |url=http://www.lawsofindia.org/pdf/kerala/1969/1969KERALA7.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911111246/http://www.lawsofindia.org/pdf/kerala/1969/1969KERALA7.pdf|url-status=usurped|archive-date=11 September 2014}}</ref>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code = 671321
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| area_code = 4998
| registration_plate = KL-14
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'''Kumbla''' is a small town in the [[Kasaragod district]] of [[Kerala state]] in India. It is located 12 km north of [[Kasaragod|Kasaragod town]].

==History==
Kanvapura, the original name, was derived from the name of Maharshi [[Kanva]]. Since then the name has morphed into "Kanipura" via oral transmission. The historic and ancient temple of [[Kanipura Sri Gopalakrishna Temple|Gopalakrishna]] in Kumble was believed to have been conceived by Kanva Maharshi. Kumble was once the seat of the '''Kumbla Kings'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kerala-info.newkerala.com/Kerala/Kasargod-District-Information.html|title=Kasargod District Information @ NewKerala.Com|website=kerala-info.newkerala.com|accessdate=6 May 2023}}</ref> l, who ruled the southern part of [[Tuluva]] Kingdom. ''[[Malayalam literature|Ramacharitam]]'', probably the oldest literary work written in [[Old Malayalam]], which dates back to 12th century CE, is thought to have written somewhere near Kumbla as its manuscripts were discovered from [[Nileshwaram]] and the poem mentions about [[Ananthapura Lake Temple]] in Kumbla in detail.{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}}<ref name="kasaragod">[http://sdeuoc.ac.in/sites/default/files/sde_videos/SLM-MA-Mal-Aadyakala%20Malayala%20kavitha%20%281%29.pdf School of Distance Education] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608091936/http://sdeuoc.ac.in/sites/default/files/sde_videos/SLM-MA-Mal-Aadyakala%20Malayala%20kavitha%20%281%29.pdf |date=8 June 2021 }} sdeuoc.ac.in</ref> Kumbla was a small port in ancient times. The Kumbla dynasty, who swayed over the land of southern [[Tulu Nadu]] wedged between [[Payaswini|Chandragiri River]] and [[Netravati River]] (including present-day Taluks of [[Manjeshwar]] and Kasaragod) from ''Maipady Palace'' at Kumbla, had also been vassals to the [[Kolathunadu]] kingdom of [[North Malabar]], before the [[Kannada|Carnatic]] conquests of [[Vijayanagara Empire]].<ref>{{cite book
| author = M. Vijayanunni
| title= 1981 Census Handbook- Kasaragod District | publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala
| url= http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/5757/1/51134_1981_KAS.pdf
}}</ref> The Kumbla dynasty had a mixed lineage of [[Malayali]] [[Nair]]s and [[Tuluva Brahmin]]s.<ref name="askh"/> They also claimed their origin from [[legend of kadambas of Banavasi|kadamba]]s of Karnataka.<ref name="askh"/> [[Francis Buchanan-Hamilton]] states that the customs of Kumbla dynasty were similar to those of the contemporary [[Malayali]] kings, though Kumbla was considered as the southernmost region of [[Tulu Nadu]].<ref name="askh">കേരള ചരിത്രം, എ. ശ്രീധര മേനോൻ</ref> [[Kannada]] kingdoms focused on Kasaragod in the 16th century CE. The [[Vijayanagara Empire]] attacked and annexed Kasaragod from the [[Kolathiri]] [[Raja]] with [[Nileshwaram]] as one of the capital in the 16th century. In the 16th century A.D. (1514), ''Duarte Barbosa'', the [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] traveller, visited Kumble and he had recorded that he had found people exporting rice to the [[Maldives]] in exchange of [[coir]]<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news|url=http://www.ksd.kerala.gov.in/hist.htm |title=Kasaragod History |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925134038/http://www.ksd.kerala.gov.in/hist.htm |archive-date=2008-09-25 }}</ref> According to Barbosa, the people in the southwestern Malabar coast of India from Kumbla in the north to [[Kanyakumari]] in the south had spoken a unique language, which they called as "Maliama" ([[Malayalam]]).<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Book of Duarte Barbosa: An Account of the countries bordering on the Indian Ocean and their inhabitants (Volume 2)|last=Barbosa|first=Duarte|publisher=Asian Educational Services|year=1989|isbn=9788120604513|pages=1–7}}</ref> If he is right, then the kingdom of Kumbla would be the northern end of [[Malayalam]] region in the first quarter of 16th century CE. When [[Tippu Sultan]] captured [[Mangaluru]], the Kumble Raja fled to [[Thalassery]]; but he returned in 1799 and after an unsuccessful fight for independence, submitted to the [[British Empire]] and accepted a small pension of Rs. 11,788 per annum in 1804.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> ''Parthisubba'', the great [[Yakshagana]] exponent, known as ''Father of Yakshagana'' was born here in the 18th century.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

==Demographics==
As of [[2011 Census of India|2011 Census]], Kumbla [[Grama Panchayat]] had total population of 46,691 among which 27,033 lives in Urban areas with 5,168 households and 19,658 people in rural areas with 3,506 households. Males constitute 22,629 (48.5%) and Females constitute 24,062 (51.5%) in Kumbla Panchayat. Population of children in the age group 0-6 is 6,031 (12.9%) in the panchayat limits. Among this, male child constitutes 3,093 (51.3%) and female child constitutes 2,938 (48.7%).

Total number of literates in Kumbla Panchayat is 36,319 which makes overall literacy rate of 89.3%. Total male literates are 18,293 (93.6%) and female literates are 18,026 (85.3%).

Kumbla Panchayat has 2 [[census towns]] and 3 revenue villages under its jurisdiction. [[Koipady]] and [[Mogral]] are the census towns and [[Arikady]], [[Bombrana]] and [[Kidoor]] are the revenue villages.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kerala |first1=Directorate of Census Operations |title=District Census Handbook, Kasaragod |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala |location=Thiruvananthapuram |page=138,139 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3201_PART_B_KASARAGOD.pdf |access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref>

==Tourist attractions==
[[File:Lake_Temple,_Kumbla.jpg|417x417px|Lake Temple, Kumbla]]
* [[Ananthapura Lake Temple]]<ref name="Mathrubhumi">{{cite web |title=കുമ്പള വിളിക്കുന്നു...വിനോദസഞ്ചാരികളേ ഇതിലേ... ഇതിലേ |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/travel/kerala/kasaragod/kumbla-tourists-destinations-tourists-spots-in-kasaragod-kerala-tourism-1.3960375 |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
[[File:Arikady_fort.jpg|400x400px|Arikady fort]]

* [[Arikady fort]]<ref name="Mathrubhumi" />
*[[Kanipura Sri Gopalakrishna Temple|Shree Gopalakrishna temple]]
*Kumbla River Mangroves
[[File:20211031170106_IMG_0272.jpg|600x600px|20211031170106 IMG 0272]]

==Notable people==
* [[Anil Kumble]], former captain and the former coach of [[India national cricket team|Indian national cricket team]] takes his last name, indicating ancestry or family origins, from this town. Recently one of the main roads to Government Hospital was renamed as Anil Kumble Road in a function conducted by Kumble Panchayat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070407/saturday/main1.htm|title=The Tribune - Magazine section - Saturday Extra|accessdate=6 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/13/stories/2006031306840200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209231755/http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/13/stories/2006031306840200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=9 February 2008 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Commitment keeps Kumble going | date=13 March 2006}}</ref>
* [[Jagdish Kumble]] is an Indian professional kabaddi player and coach. He coaches the Telugu Titans in the Pro Kabaddi League. He was member of the India national kabaddi team that won Asian games gold medals in 2002 which was held at Busan. Jagdish Kumble runs a kabaddi academy in Kasargod, Kerala.<ref name="prokabaddi">{{cite web|title=Bengal coach Kumble hopes to bring huge Services experience into play|url=https://www.prokabaddi.com/features/bengal-coach-kumble-hopes-to-bring-huge-services-experience-into-play|website=Pro Kabaddi|accessdate=2 September 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Uppala]]
*[[Perla, Kasaragod|Perla]]
*[[Vidyanagar, Kasaragod|Vidyanagar]]
*[[Kanipura Sri Gopalakrishna Temple]]
*[[Betel Nut]]
*[[Bekal Fort]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Kumbla}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150214023216/http://kumblenayakaru.in/kumbla.html Kumbla Town]
* [https://doctorshospital.in/ Doctors Hospital]

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[[Category:Suburbs of Kasaragod]]
[[Category:Panchayats in Kasaragod district]]

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RockyHerz477 at 10:50, 17 December 2025