Ankola is a town municipal council and taluka in the Uttara Kannada district of the Indian state of Karnataka.

Ankola is a small town surrounded by temples, schools, paddy fields, and mango groves.

[5] The nearby village of Belekeri, a natural port, is primarily used to ship iron ore to China and Europe.

[7] Ankola Town Panchayat has a total administration of over 5,271 houses, to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage.

It is also authorized to build roads within Town Panchayat limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Villages of Ankola include:[8] In 1930, after the success of Mahatma Gandhi's Salt Satyagraha, Karnataka decided to conduct its own.

A group of volunteers led by Sridhar Panduranga Balaji collected a few maunds of salt and carried it to Kumta, where the whole stock was sold in 15 minutes.

Suggi kunitha a local seasonal folk dance, has begun in the coastal taluks of Uttara Kannada district.

The dance has historical background as it was used to create awareness among the masses against the British rule during the Independence movement.

Another festival called 'Karthik' is celebrated during November when five temple deities will be out of Ankola town on Palakki for a night stay and will return next morning.

The Dahikaala (ದಹಿಕಾಲ) festival in Ankola as in Dahi Handi of Maharashtra celebrates the playful and mischievous side of Krishna, where teams of young men form human pyramids to reach a high-hanging pot of butter and break it.

Usual diet contains boiled white rice (called Kuchige akki) and fish, basale soppina hulaga in Kannada language (a vegetable sambar)[9] and Koli Asi (chicken curry).

The rivers offer inland water navigation, usually in traditional ferries or mechanised boats.

Hubli to Ankola railway facility has been pushed to the backburner, due to the stay order from Supreme Court of India.