 Kinnigoli is undergoing urbanisation and a real estate boom due to an influx of Indian expatriates returning to Kinnigoli (mostly from Persian Gulf countries).Kinnigoli has a hospital called Concetta Hospital which is run by the Bethany Sisters of the Little Flower, Mangalore.The famous Indian philanthropist and cardiac surgeon Dr Devi Prasad Shetty was born in Kinnigoli.