About Karikal Village

Karikal is a mid sized village in Bhatkal tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,042, made up of 522 males and 520 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 547.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581320, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karikal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karikal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Bhatkal
Pincode	581320
Area (hectares)	547.27 hectares
Population	1,042
Male Population	522
Female Population	520
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	996
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karikal compares

By the 2011 count Karikal is the 22nd largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,896 residents. Its 547.27 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Karikal

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

How far is Karikal from other places

Karikal lies about 76 km from Uttara Kannada. 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 Karikal
Tehsil headquarters	Bhatkal	3.0 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	76 km

Villages closest to Karikal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karikal village had a population of 1,042. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,896 residents.

Karikal village has 522 males and 520 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karikal has about 996 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Karikal is 581320. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karikal covers 547.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karikal falls under Bhatkal tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The census record for Karikal notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karikal.

Karikal is about 76 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karikal is in Bhatkal tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Bhatkal is about 3.0 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 76 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.