# Kaikini Village, Bhatkal, Uttara Kannada (Karnataka)

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Village · Bhatkal, Uttara Kannada 

# Kaikini

Kaikini is a village in Bhatkal sub-district of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, PIN code **581421**. The 2011 Census counted **10,095 people in 2,158 households**, the 4th largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.1%.

- 10,095people (2011)
- 2,158households
- 75.9%literacy
- 581421PIN code

## Kaikini PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kaikini is 581421.** Kaikini falls in Bhatkal sub-district, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka.

- PIN code581421
- Gram panchayatKaikini
- Community development blockBhatkal
- Census village code603820

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

## How far is Kaikini from nearby towns?

- Bhatkal (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Karwar (district HQ)116 km by road
- Bhatkal (nearest town)11 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 Kaikini?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 10 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 6 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 2
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 2
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Mavalli
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhatkal
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Mavalli
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 22 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 Kaikini known for?

The main crops are **paddy and cashew nut**. Products made here include grinding stone and terracota product. About 49% of the 1,408 hectares of village land is sown, and 240 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 Kaikini

Of every 100 households in Kaikini in 2011, 96 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kaikini · ■ Bhatkal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**45%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**53%

Tap water ****4%**

**5%

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

**67%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**24%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**75%

Use banking services ****76%**

**79%

Television ****41%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**16%

Own their home ****94%**

**89%

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 Kaikini?

■ Kaikini · ■ Bhatkal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.9%**

**79.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**1012

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****969**

**958

Working population ****39.9%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 68.0% for women. 64% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 350 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 201 (5%) · **■** Household industry 113 (3%) · **■** Other work 2,599 (65%) · **■** Marginal 760 (19%)

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 Bhatkal

- Mavalli17,062 people
- Shirali13,899 people
- Heble11,854 people
- Bengre8,429 people
- Bailur6,029 people
- Belke4,891 people
- Mundalli4,024 people

[All 59 villages in Bhatkal](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/uttara-kannada/bhatkal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kaikini?581421
- How far is Kaikini from Karwar?116 km by road
- What is the population of Kaikini?10,095 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kaikini in?Uttara Kannada district (Bhatkal sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Kaikini?75.9% (Census 2011)