# Kedambady Village, Puttur, Dakshina Kannada (Karnataka)

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Village · Puttur, Dakshina Kannada 

# Kedambady

Kedambady is a village in Puttur sub-district of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, PIN code **574210**. The 2011 Census counted **3,604 people in 751 households**, the 28th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.4%.

- 3,604people (2011)
- 751households
- 81.5%literacy
- 574210PIN code

## Kedambady PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kedambady is 574210.** Kedambady falls in Puttur sub-district, Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka.

- PIN code574210
- Gram panchayatKedambady
- Community development blockPuttur
- Census village code617739

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

## How far is Kedambady from nearby towns?

- Puttur (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Mangalore (district HQ)67 km by road
- Puttur (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 Kedambady?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Kedambady; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn 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

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Olamogru
- ○Degree college10+ km · Puttur
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Narimagaru
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)18 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 Kedambady known for?

The main crops are **arecanut and paddy**. Products made here include beedi. About 34% of the 892 hectares of village land is sown, and 210 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 Kedambady

Of every 100 households in Kedambady in 2011, 78 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Kedambady · ■ Puttur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**82%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**14%

Tap water ****8%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**69%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**87%

Use banking services ****69%**

**79%

Television ****49%**

**48%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**20%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**8%

None of these assets ****10%**

**8%

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 Kedambady?

■ Kedambady · ■ Puttur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.5%**

**84.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1051**

**1012

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1169**

**952

Working population ****48.5%**

**53.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.3% for men and 75.0% for women. 61% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 2 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 495 (28%) · **■** Other work 1,241 (71%) · **■** Marginal 8 (0%)

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 Puttur

- Panaje3,946 people
- Paduvannur3,845 people
- Shanthigodu3,828 people
- Sarve3,640 people
- Kadaba3,596 people
- Bilinele3,580 people
- Kuriya3,279 people
- Noojibalthila3,278 people

[All 66 villages in Puttur](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/dakshina-kannada/puttur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kedambady?574210
- How far is Kedambady from Mangalore?67 km by road
- What is the population of Kedambady?3,604 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kedambady in?Dakshina Kannada district (Puttur sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Kedambady?81.5% (Census 2011)