Puttur is a town in
Dakshina Kannada district, in
Karnataka state of
India. It is the headquarters of the Puttur
Taluk. The city is 52 km from
Mangaluru, the second biggest commercial-industrial hub of Karnataka. According to 2011 estimation, Puttur has a population of 53,091. The major occupation of its inhabitants is
agriculture. The National Research Centre for Cashew and the CAMPCO chocolate Factory is located in Puttur.