# Kukkedi Village, Beltangadi, Dakshina Kannada (Karnataka)

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Village · Beltangadi, Dakshina Kannada 

# Kukkedi

Kukkedi is a village in Beltangadi sub-district of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, PIN code **574242**. The 2011 Census counted **2,195 people in 430 households**, the 54th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 2,195people (2011)
- 430households
- 84.0%literacy
- 574242PIN code

## Kukkedi PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kukkedi is 574242.** Kukkedi falls in Beltangadi sub-district, Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka.

- PIN code574242
- Gram panchayatKukkedi
- Community development blockBeltangadi
- Census village code617631

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

## How far is Kukkedi from nearby towns?

- Beltangady (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Mangalore (district HQ)70 km by road
- Beltangady (nearest town)18 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 Kukkedi?

17 services counted by the Census are inside Kukkedi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kokradi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Belthangady
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Moodbidari
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- 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 Kukkedi known for?

The main crops are **rubber**. Products made here include beedi. About 36% of the 825 hectares of village land is sown, and 152 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 Kukkedi

Of every 100 households in Kukkedi in 2011, 83 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kukkedi · ■ Beltangadi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**90%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**9%

Tap water ****3%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**73%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**15%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**83%

Use banking services ****97%**

**90%

Television ****48%**

**47%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**7%

None of these assets ****7%**

**7%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Kukkedi?

■ Kukkedi · ■ Beltangadi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.0%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**1020

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**962

Working population ****50.8%**

**52.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.9% for men and 78.1% for women. 57% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 166 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 86 (8%) · **■** Household industry 389 (35%) · **■** Other work 351 (31%) · **■** Marginal 124 (11%)

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

- Shirlalu2,336 people
- Venooru2,317 people
- Patrame2,311 people
- Badagakaranduru2,300 people
- Andinje2,175 people
- Mogru2,152 people
- Nittade2,116 people
- Shishila2,090 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kukkedi?574242
- How far is Kukkedi from Mangalore?70 km by road
- What is the population of Kukkedi?2,195 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kukkedi in?Dakshina Kannada district (Beltangadi sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Kukkedi?84.0% (Census 2011)
