# Kukkala Village, Beltangadi, Dakshina Kannada (Karnataka)

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Village · Beltangadi, Dakshina Kannada 

# Kukkala

Kukkala is a village in Beltangadi sub-district of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, PIN code **574233**. The 2011 Census counted **2,862 people in 599 households**, the 38th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 2,862people (2011)
- 599households
- 83.0%literacy
- 574233PIN code

## Kukkala PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kukkala is 574233.** Kukkala falls in Beltangadi sub-district, Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka.

- PIN code574233
- Gram panchayatMadanthyaru
- Community development blockBeltangadi
- Census village code617658

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kukkala from nearby towns?

- Beltangady (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Mangalore (district HQ)50 km by road
- Beltangady (nearest town)15 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kukkala?

21 services counted by the Census are inside Kukkala; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Degree collegeIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Malady
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kukkala known for?

The main crops are **rubber**. Products made here include beedi. About 56% of the 620 hectares of village land is sown, and 285 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kukkala

Of every 100 households in Kukkala in 2011, 85 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Kukkala · ■ Beltangadi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**90%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**9%

Tap water ****35%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**73%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**15%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**83%

Use banking services ****93%**

**90%

Television ****56%**

**47%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**7%

None of these assets ****8%**

**7%

Own their home ****93%**

**94%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kukkala?

■ Kukkala · ■ Beltangadi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.0%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**1020

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1033**

**962

Working population ****49.0%**

**52.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.0% for men and 76.9% for women. 57% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 38 (3%) · **■** Household industry 412 (29%) · **■** Other work 932 (66%) · **■** Marginal 20 (1%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Beltangadi

- Navooru3,163 people
- Puthila3,102 people
- Nidle3,025 people
- Malavanthige3,022 people
- Odilnala2,860 people
- Hathyadka2,789 people
- Gardadi2,700 people
- Kashipatna2,673 people

[All 79 villages in Beltangadi](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/dakshina-kannada/beltangadi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kukkala?574233
- How far is Kukkala from Mangalore?50 km by road
- What is the population of Kukkala?2,862 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kukkala in?Dakshina Kannada district (Beltangadi sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Kukkala?83.0% (Census 2011)
