# Chara Village, Karkal, Udupi (Karnataka) – PIN Code

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Village · Karkal, Udupi 

# Chara

Chara is a village in Karkal sub-district of Udupi district, Karnataka, PIN code **576112**. The 2011 Census counted **5,065 people in 1,054 households**, the 11th largest of 49 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 5,065people (2011)
- 1,054households
- 82.6%literacy
- 576112PIN code

## Chara PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Chara is 576112.** Chara falls in Karkal sub-district, Udupi district, Karnataka.

- PIN code576112
- Gram panchayatHebri
- Community development blockKarkal
- Census village code608869

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

## How far is Chara from nearby towns?

- Karkala (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Udupi (district HQ)33 km by road
- Karkal (nearest town)30 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 Chara?

20 services counted by the Census are inside Chara; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 5 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 5 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Hebri
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Hebri
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 23 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 Chara known for?

The main crops are **cashew nut and arecanut**. Products made here include cashewnut processing, rice mill, beedi and carpentry. About 10% of the 1,869 hectares of village land is sown, and 109 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 Chara

Of every 100 households in Chara in 2011, 95 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 87 had a mobile phone, 29 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Chara · ■ Karkal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**13%

Tap water ****10%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****73%**

**70%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**82%

Use banking services ****95%**

**94%

Television ****73%**

**61%

Mobile phone ****87%**

**77%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****29%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**6%

None of these assets ****4%**

**7%

Own their home ****89%**

**93%

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 Chara?

■ Chara · ■ Karkal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.6%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1043**

**1092

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1062**

**951

Working population ****48.3%**

**49.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.3% for men and 77.1% for women. 57% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 351 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 192 (8%) · **■** Household industry 23 (1%) · **■** Other work 1,647 (67%) · **■** Marginal 231 (9%)

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 Karkal

- Mala5,998 people
- Nallur5,829 people
- Mundkuru5,747 people
- Eedu5,176 people
- Belman5,045 people
- Hirgana5,019 people
- Yerlapady4,712 people
- Mudrady4,295 people

[All 49 villages in Karkal](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/udupi/karkal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Chara?576112
- How far is Chara from Udupi?33 km by road
- What is the population of Chara?5,065 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chara in?Udupi district (Karkal sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Chara?82.6% (Census 2011)