# Kelgin-Idgunji Village, Honavar, Uttara Kannada (Karnataka)

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Village · Honavar, Uttara Kannada 

# Kelgin-Idgunji

Kelgin-Idgunji is a village in Honavar sub-district of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, PIN code **581423**. The 2011 Census counted **1,509 people in 342 households**, the 30th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.0%.

- 1,509people (2011)
- 342households
- 84.8%literacy
- 581423PIN code

## Kelgin-Idgunji PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kelgin-Idgunji is 581423.** Kelgin-Idgunji falls in Honavar sub-district, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka.

- PIN code581423
- Gram panchayatMelin Idgunji
- Community development blockHonavar
- Census village code603752

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

## How far is Kelgin-Idgunji from nearby towns?

- Honnavar (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Karwar (district HQ)112 km by road
- Honavar (nearest town)22 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 Kelgin-Idgunji?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Kelgin-Idgunji; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●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 · Idagunji
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Manki
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Honnavar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 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)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 Kelgin-Idgunji known for?

The main crops are **paddy and arecanut**. About 25% of the 326 hectares of village land is sown, and 28 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 Kelgin-Idgunji

Of every 100 households in Kelgin-Idgunji in 2011, 96 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kelgin-Idgunji · ■ Honavar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**50%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**78%

Use banking services ****93%**

**84%

Television ****33%**

**43%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**19%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kelgin-Idgunji?

■ Kelgin-Idgunji · ■ Honavar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.8%**

**83.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**997

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****841**

**964

Working population ****68.6%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.8% for men and 77.3% for women. 76% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 91 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 28 (3%) · **■** Other work 502 (49%) · **■** Marginal 414 (40%)

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

- Upponi1,763 people
- Melin-Idgunji1,648 people
- Kadle1,587 people
- Kekkar1,510 people
- Saralagi1,466 people
- Gundabala1,399 people
- Molkod1,296 people
- Hosad1,243 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kelgin-Idgunji?581423
- How far is Kelgin-Idgunji from Karwar?112 km by road
- What is the population of Kelgin-Idgunji?1,509 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kelgin-Idgunji in?Uttara Kannada district (Honavar sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Kelgin-Idgunji?84.8% (Census 2011)
