About Jarkala Village

Jarkala is a mid sized village in Karkal tehsil, in the district of Udupi, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 896, made up of 438 males and 458 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 589.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jarkala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jarkala village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Udupi
Tehsil	Karkal
Pincode	574101
Area (hectares)	589.66 hectares
Population	896
Male Population	438
Female Population	458
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,046
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jarkala compares

By the 2011 count Jarkala is the 46th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,743 residents. Its 589.66 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1097.

Getting to Jarkala

Jarkala is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Jarkala as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Jarkala from other places

Jarkala lies about 33 km from Udupi, and the nearest railway station is Nandikoor, about 30 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Jarkala
Tehsil headquarters	Karkal	8.0 km
Nearest town	Kārkala	8.0 km
Nearest railway station	Nandikoor	30 km
District headquarters	Udupi	33 km

Villages closest to Jarkala

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Karkal tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Jarkala

As per the Census of India 2011, Jarkala village had a population of 896. That makes it the 46th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,743 residents.

Jarkala village has 438 males and 458 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jarkala has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1097.

The pincode recorded for Jarkala is 574101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jarkala covers 589.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jarkala falls under Karkal tehsil of Udupi district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Jarkala is Nandikoor, about 30 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Jarkala.

Jarkala is about 33 km from Udupi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jarkala is in Karkal tehsil of Udupi district. Karkal is about 8.0 km away. Kārkala is about 8.0 km away. Nandikoor is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.