About Kukkuje Village

Kukkuje is a mid sized village in Karkal tehsil, in the district of Udupi, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,438, made up of 672 males and 766 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,140 females per 1000 males. The village covers 844.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kukkuje Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kukkuje village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Udupi
Tehsil	Karkal
Pincode	574108
Area (hectares)	844.92 hectares
Population	1,438
Male Population	672
Female Population	766
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,140
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kukkuje compares

By the 2011 count Kukkuje is the 42nd 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 844.92 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1097.

Getting to Kukkuje

Kukkuje is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kukkuje 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 Kukkuje from other places

Kukkuje lies about 8.0 km from Karkal, and the nearest railway station is Udupi, about 27 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 Kukkuje
Tehsil headquarters	Karkal	8.0 km
Nearest town	Kārkala	8.0 km
Nearest railway station	Udupi	27 km

Villages closest to Kukkuje

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 Kukkuje

As per the Census of India 2011, Kukkuje village had a population of 1,438. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,743 residents.

Kukkuje village has 672 males and 766 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kukkuje has about 1140 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1097.

The pincode recorded for Kukkuje is 574108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kukkuje covers 844.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kukkuje falls under Karkal tehsil of Udupi district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kukkuje is Udupi, about 27 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 Kukkuje.

Kukkuje is about 8.0 km from Karkal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kukkuje is in Karkal tehsil of Udupi district. Karkal is about 8.0 km away. Kārkala is about 8.0 km away. Udupi is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.