Aikala is a village near the town of Kinnigoli. It is situated in Mangalore taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. It is commonly known as Pompei in the Konkani language.

There is a college called Pompei College which offers courses in commerce and arts at Aikala.

The Kirem Church, which is officially known as Our Lady of Remedies Church is located in Aikala.

Pompei College ,Aikala

Janne Samuel Aikala (born 17 October 1975 in Turku - died 14 May 1986 in Turku) was a small boy, who was killed by antiquarian keeper Jorma Patjas in spring 1986. This is notable because of the Supreme Court review and the legal concept of murder and manslaughter in Finland was an issue.

On Wednesday. 14 May 1986, Janne Aikala had left his home for his piano lesson a little earlier than usual, in order to stop at the local antiquarian in the city centre on his way. The piano lesson was supposed to begin at 4 PM. Janne never got there. Janne's parents reported their son as missing. Because he was a small boy, the police took the report very seriously. The search was aided by the coast guard helicopters and infrared cameras, but in vain.

On Saturday 17 May at 9:45 PM, a couple riding their bicycles found Janne's body 20 km away from the centre of Turku by the Turku-Tampere highway. The police investigation found that Janne had been killed by strangling, and not by accident as was originally suspected. The 41-year-old antiquarian keeper Jorma Patjas was brought in for questioning, because Janne was presumed to have last been alive in his shop. During the interrogation, Patjas confessed to having killed Janne, claiming he had killed him by accident. Patjas told the police he had consumed a lot of alcoholic beverages on the evening before the day of the murder and on the morning of the day of the murder.