Sampakhanda

Sampkhanda or Samphakanda is a Hill station of Western Ghats located in Sirsi Taluk of Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka, India. State Highway 69 passes through this village. It is 18 km (11 mi) away from Devimane Ghat and about 16 km (9.9 mi) from its Taluk Headquarters at Sirsi. Sampakhanda is considered as one of the coldest place in Karnataka during summer season.[1]

Sampkhanda
SH69 routing towards Devimane Ghat in Sampkhanda
Sampkhanda
Location in Karnataka, India
Coordinates: 14.5441154°N 74.7058998°E / 14.5441154; 74.7058998
Country India
RegionWestern Ghats
TalukSirsi
StateKarnataka
DistrictUttara Kannada
Elevation
576 m (1,890 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total337
Languages
  OfficialKannada
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationKA-31
Literacy82.8%

Climate

Sampakhanda experiences Tropical Highland rainforest climate with plenty of rainfall and humid feel. The temperature often drops below 15 °C even in summer making one of the coldest place in Karnataka. In spite of average high elevation, relative humidity affects the climate because of ocean proximity. So, day time becomes hotter and nights becomes colder than usual weather at this elevation. The maximum temperature recorded is 40.2 °C and minimum temperature recorded is 3.2 °C. The average temperature here is 21.6 °C.Highly influenced by south west monsoon, This region records as one of the wettest place in the world and holds one of the place in UNESCO hottest hot spot " Western Ghats ". The average rainfall here is 5804mm.[2]

Climate data for Sampakhanda, KA, India
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 32.8
(91.0)
38.4
(101.1)
36.9
(98.4)
38.3
(100.9)
40.2
(104.4)
30.3
(86.5)
27.2
(81.0)
26.2
(79.2)
32.7
(90.9)
32.5
(90.5)
32.9
(91.2)
32.7
(90.9)
40.2
(104.4)
Average high °C (°F) 22.4
(72.3)
23.4
(74.1)
26.5
(79.7)
26.9
(80.4)
26.1
(79.0)
23.3
(73.9)
22.3
(72.1)
21.9
(71.4)
23.6
(74.5)
24.5
(76.1)
23.4
(74.1)
22.0
(71.6)
29.6
(85.3)
Average low °C (°F) 6.2
(43.2)
8.4
(47.1)
10.5
(50.9)
9.2
(48.6)
18.3
(64.9)
18.0
(64.4)
19.1
(66.4)
18.3
(64.9)
16.6
(61.9)
10.2
(50.4)
10.5
(50.9)
9.4
(48.9)
17.9
(64.2)
Record low °C (°F) 3.2
(37.8)
5
(41)
6.2
(43.2)
6
(43)
11
(52)
11.9
(53.4)
10.1
(50.2)
13.4
(56.1)
8.1
(46.6)
5.8
(42.4)
6.6
(43.9)
4.1
(39.4)
3.2
(37.8)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 1
(0.0)
13
(0.5)
5
(0.2)
331
(13.0)
970
(38.2)
1,181
(46.5)
2,093
(82.4)
871
(34.3)
248
(9.8)
86
(3.4)
5
(0.2)
0
(0)
5,804
(228.5)
Average rainy days 1 3 2 12 21 25 31 27 14 8 1 0 145
Source: ksndm

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Nature and Terrain

This village is surrounded by lush and dense forest. This type of forest comes under Tropical Evergreen Forest owned by Karnataka Forest Department, Sirsi Division. The elevation in this region is uneven, it varies from 542m to 801m. This place also provides home to several Wild animals and is one of the Elephant Corridor region.

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References

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