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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Castlerock
| settlement_type = village
| image_skyline = Castle rock railway station, Karnataka.jpg
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| image_caption = Castle Rock railway station
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Karnataka, India
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Karnataka]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Uttara Kannada]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_m = 621
| population_total = Two Thousand (Approx)
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 581121
| area_code = 08383
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Kannada language|Kannada]]
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'''Castle Rock''' is a village in the [[Uttara Kannada]] district of the [[India]]n [[States of India|state]] of [[Karnataka]]. The village is located in the [[Western Ghats]] on the state's border with [[Goa]] - at an elevation of 621 m (2,040 ft).<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/19/Castle_Rock.html Castle Rock, India ''Accessed 2006-04-29'']</ref>

Located in a heavily forested area, Castle Rock's vegetation is moist [[tropical]] [[deciduous]]. [[Manganese]] mines<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.60kph.com/interact/jungle.htm |title=Riding Days & Jungle Nights ''Accessed 2006-04-29'' |access-date=29 April 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318182042/http://www.60kph.com/interact/jungle.htm |archive-date=18 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> form the main economy of the region. The village lies within the [[Kali Tiger Reserve|Dandeli Tiger Reserve]].

For many years, the village marked the frontier between [[Portugal|Portuguese]]-held Goa and [[United Kingdom|British]]-held India. A [[metre gauge]] railway line used to connect the Goan towns of [[Vasco da Gama, Goa|Vasco]] and [[Margao]] with the rest of India and was the only rail link in the state till the [[Konkan Railway]] started services in the early 1990s. In the early 1990s, the [[Indian Railways]] converted the metre gauge line to [[broad gauge]], thus connecting the old rail network with the rest of India. Metre gauge tracks can still be seen at the Castle Rock railway station.

== Transport ==

[[File:A tunnel near castle rock railway station, Karnataka.jpg|thumb|A tunnel near Castle Rock railway station, Karnataka]]

An international connection that did exist in the past but is no longer a possibility is that between [[India]] both [[British India]] and independent [[India]] and the territory of [[Goa]], which until 1961 was a colony of [[Portugal]] and not part of India.

The MG railway line from [[Marmagao railway station]] to [[Castle Rock railway station]] was originally owned and operated by the West of India Portuguese Railway which despite its name was a British company and it connected with the line in [[British India]] from [[Londa Junction railway station|Londa]].

The terminus of the line today is [[Vasco da Gama railway station]]. For travellers between [[Goa]] and [[British India]], and later between [[Goa]] and [[India]] all the formalities of international travel including customs checks and verification of travel documents were carried out at Castle Rock.

This station marks the beginning of the [[Braganza Ghats]] from the [[Karnataka]] side. The nearby [[Dudhsagar Falls]] is one of the main tourist attractions of Goa.

Mining is now banned and the area has been named [[Dandeli Anshi Tiger Reserve]].

==Castle Rock Forest Range==

Castle Rock forest range office is within walking distance from the Castle Rock railway station. Castle Rock range is part of the Dandeli Wild Life Sanctuary, also known as [[Anshi National Park|Dandeli-Anshi Tiger Reserve]].

'''Rainfall in Castlerock '''

==External links==

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== References ==
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[[Category:Villages in Uttara Kannada district]]

Castle Rock, Karnataka - Revision history

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