Kenjar: Mangalore's Airport-Side Growth Corridor
Kenjar is a locality on the northern outskirts of Mangalore in Dakshina Kannada district, best known as the address of the Mangaluru International Airport. Mangalore International Airport address: Kenjar, Bajpe, Pincode – 574 142, Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka. This gives the locality an unusual advantage among Mangalore's suburbs — residents live minutes from a functioning international gateway rather than commuting to one.
The area falls under the Bajpe post office and carries pin code 574142. Locality Name: Kenjar City Name: Mangalore, District: Dakshin Kannad, State: Karnataka, and Pin Code: 574142, Post Office Name: Bajpe. Total population of Kenjar is 4789, with males at 2335 and females at 2,454 living in 948 houses, spread over a total area of 668 hectares.
Kenjar sits close to the Arabian Sea coastline and is well linked to core Mangalore. Mangalore is 10 km from Kenjar, and road connectivity is there from Mangalore to Kenjar. Its neighbouring pockets include established residential belts. Jokatte, Kavoor, Bala, Bondel, Ranipura Ulliya are the nearby localities to Kenjar.
With the airport as an anchor and the NH66 corridor nearby, Kenjar has attracted branded developers, including Prestige Group, which has launched an apartment project here — a signal of the locality's rising residential credibility alongside its traditionally rural, green character.
