Cultivation of Jasmine flowers, coconut, arecanut, sugarcane and poultry farming is on the rise.

Belle is connected to Udupi, the district and Taluka headquarters, Karkala, Shirva, and Katapadi by a bus service.

[citation needed] The village has a thousand year old temple dedicated to the Hindu deity Mahalingeshwara, which is situated in the Devaragudde area.

The circular shrine of the Solar deity Surya within the temple complex is of historical importance.

[3] The idol of the solar deity is a neat image and holds lotuses in both his hands[4] The temple festival called "Utsava" takes place in the second week of February.

[9][10] Mallarguthu Sankappa Shetty, a member of this clan built the Kalya Marigudi Temple in Kaup.

[11] The western part of the village also has an old temple dedicated to the Hindu deity Mahalingeshwara Shiva.

An annual festival or the parish feast of St. Lawrence Church, also known as 'Santhmary' takes place every year on the first Tuesday, Wednesday of January.