 It has an average elevation of .A copper-plate inscription was issued by King Viramarmadeva of the Kadamba dynasty in 1049 CE concerning a grant of a piece of land called "Tudukapura" in "Kudtarika agrahara" of "Chhat sathi desha".This inscription suggests that "Kudatari" or modern Curtorim was known as "Kudatarika" then.