# Kekkar Village, Honavar, Uttara Kannada (Karnataka) – PIN Code

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Village · Honavar, Uttara Kannada 

# Kekkar

Kekkar is a village in Honavar sub-district of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, PIN code **581338**. The 2011 Census counted **1,510 people in 372 households**, the 29th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.0%.

- 1,510people (2011)
- 372households
- 74.4%literacy
- 581338PIN code

## Kekkar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kekkar is 581338.** Kekkar falls in Honavar sub-district, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka.

- PIN code581338
- Gram panchayatKadatoka
- Community development blockHonavar
- Census village code603729

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

## How far is Kekkar from nearby towns?

- Honnavar (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Karwar (district HQ)80 km by road
- Honavar (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 Kekkar?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Kekkar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●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
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kadtoka
- ○Degree college10+ km · Honnavar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Honnavar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 20 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 Kekkar known for?

The main crops are **paddy and maize**. About 54% of the 310 hectares of village land is sown, and 34 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 Kekkar

Of every 100 households in Kekkar in 2011, 86 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kekkar · ■ Honavar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**50%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**18%

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

**78%

Use banking services ****83%**

**84%

Television ****32%**

**43%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**19%

Own their home ****96%**

**95%

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 Kekkar?

■ Kekkar · ■ Honavar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**83.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1019**

**997

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1172**

**964

Working population ****56.6%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 67.8% for women. 68% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 28 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (2%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 639 (75%) · **■** Marginal 164 (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 Honavar

- Chikkankod1,856 people
- Upponi1,763 people
- Melin-Idgunji1,648 people
- Kadle1,587 people
- Kelgin-Idgunji1,509 people
- Saralagi1,466 people
- Gundabala1,399 people
- Molkod1,296 people

[All 93 villages in Honavar](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/uttara-kannada/honavar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kekkar?581338
- How far is Kekkar from Karwar?80 km by road
- What is the population of Kekkar?1,510 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kekkar in?Uttara Kannada district (Honavar sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Kekkar?74.4% (Census 2011)