About Jadkal Village

Jadkal is a large village in Kundapura tehsil, in the district of Udupi, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,834, made up of 1,834 males and 2,000 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,091 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4944.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 576233, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jadkal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jadkal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Udupi
Tehsil	Kundapura
Pincode	576233
Area (hectares)	4944.01 hectares
Population	3,834
Male Population	1,834
Female Population	2,000
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,091
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Jadkal compares

By the 2011 count Jadkal is the 29th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,651 residents. Its 4944.01 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1162.

Getting to Jadkal

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

Jadkal lies about 52 km from Udupi, and the nearest railway station is Senapura, about 16 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 Jadkal
Nearest railway station	Senapura	16 km
Nearest town	Byndoor	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kundapura	22 km
District headquarters	Udupi	52 km

Villages closest to Jadkal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kundapura 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 Jadkal

As per the Census of India 2011, Jadkal village had a population of 3,834. That makes it the 29th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,651 residents.

Jadkal village has 1,834 males and 2,000 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jadkal has about 1091 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1162.

The pincode recorded for Jadkal is 576233. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jadkal covers 4944.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jadkal falls under Kundapura tehsil of Udupi district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Jadkal is Senapura, about 16 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 Jadkal.

Jadkal is about 52 km from Udupi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jadkal is in Kundapura tehsil of Udupi district. Senapura is about 16 km away. Byndoor is about 20 km away. Kundapura is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.