About Karkunje Village

Karkunje is a large village in Kundapura tehsil, in the district of Udupi, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,361, made up of 2,129 males and 2,232 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1843.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 576283, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karkunje Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkunje village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Udupi
Tehsil	Kundapura
Pincode	576283
Area (hectares)	1843.14 hectares
Population	4,361
Male Population	2,129
Female Population	2,232
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,048
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karkunje compares

By the 2011 count Karkunje is the 25th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,651 residents. Its 1843.14 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1162.

Getting to Karkunje

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

Karkunje lies about 40 km from Udupi, and the nearest railway station is Kundapura, about 11 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 Karkunje
Nearest railway station	Kundapura	11 km
District headquarters	Udupi	40 km

Villages closest to Karkunje

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 Karkunje

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkunje village had a population of 4,361. That makes it the 25th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,651 residents.

Karkunje village has 2,129 males and 2,232 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkunje has about 1048 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 Karkunje is 576283. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karkunje covers 1843.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karkunje falls under Kundapura tehsil of Udupi district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Karkunje is Kundapura, about 11 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Karkunje.

Karkunje is about 40 km from Udupi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkunje is in Kundapura tehsil of Udupi district. Kundapura is about 11 km away. Udupi is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.