About Vakwadi Village

Vakwadi is a large village in Kundapura tehsil, in the district of Udupi, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,763, made up of 1,294 males and 1,469 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,135 females per 1000 males. The village covers 533.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 576257, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Vakwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vakwadi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Udupi
Tehsil	Kundapura
Pincode	576257
Area (hectares)	533.19 hectares
Population	2,763
Male Population	1,294
Female Population	1,469
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,135
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Vakwadi compares

By the 2011 count Vakwadi is the 58th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,651 residents. Its 533.19 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1162.

Getting to Vakwadi

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

Vakwadi lies about 27 km from Udupi, and the nearest railway station is Kundapura, about 4.9 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 Vakwadi
Nearest railway station	Kundapura	4.9 km
District headquarters	Udupi	27 km

Villages closest to Vakwadi

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 Vakwadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Vakwadi village had a population of 2,763. That makes it the 58th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,651 residents.

Vakwadi village has 1,294 males and 1,469 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vakwadi has about 1135 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1162.

The pincode recorded for Vakwadi is 576257. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Vakwadi covers 533.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Vakwadi falls under Kundapura tehsil of Udupi district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Vakwadi is Kundapura, about 4.9 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 Vakwadi.

Vakwadi is about 27 km from Udupi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Vakwadi is in Kundapura tehsil of Udupi district. Kundapura is about 4.9 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.