# Kurandur Village, Bhatkal, Uttara Kannada (Karnataka)

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Village · Bhatkal, Uttara Kannada 

# Kurandur

Kurandur is a village in Bhatkal sub-district of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, PIN code **581320**. The 2011 Census counted **142 people in 26 households**, the 47th largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.1%.

- 142people (2011)
- 26households
- 69.1%literacy
- 581320PIN code

## Kurandur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kurandur is 581320.** Kurandur falls in Bhatkal sub-district, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka.

- PIN code581320
- Gram panchayatHadavalli
- Community development blockBhatkal
- Census village code603865

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

## How far is Kurandur from nearby towns?

- Bhatkal (sub-district HQ)23 km by road
- Karwar (district HQ)150 km by road
- Bhatkal (nearest town)23 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 Kurandur?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Kurandur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Gunavante
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhatkal
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhatkal
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 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 Kurandur known for?

The main crops are **paddy and arecanut**. About 9% of the 384 hectares of village land is sown, and 33 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 Kurandur

Of every 100 households in Kurandur in 2011, 92 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Kurandur · ■ Bhatkal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**45%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**53%

Tap water ****4%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**67%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**24%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**75%

Use banking services ****28%**

**79%

Television ****36%**

**46%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**16%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kurandur?

■ Kurandur · ■ Bhatkal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**79.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****821**

**1012

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2000**

**958

Working population ****42.3%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 56.7% for women. 72% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 24 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (7%) · **■** Other work 20 (33%) · **■** Marginal 12 (20%)

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

- Aravakki170 people
- Kekkod165 people
- Hejjil163 people
- Bese160 people
- Hallari118 people
- Behalli112 people
- Mugali102 people
- Voni Bagil93 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kurandur?581320
- How far is Kurandur from Karwar?150 km by road
- What is the population of Kurandur?142 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurandur in?Uttara Kannada district (Bhatkal sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Kurandur?69.1% (Census 2011)