About Kekkod Village

Kekkod is a small village in Bhatkal tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 165, made up of 87 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 200.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581320, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kekkod Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kekkod village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Bhatkal
Pincode	581320
Area (hectares)	200.77 hectares
Population	165
Male Population	87
Female Population	78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kekkod compares

By the 2011 count Kekkod is the 44th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,896 residents. Its 200.77 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Kekkod

Kekkod is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kekkod as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Kekkod from other places

Kekkod lies about 76 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Shiroor, about 7.7 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 Kekkod
Nearest railway station	Shiroor	7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhatkal	9.9 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	76 km

Villages closest to Kekkod

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 Kekkod

As per the Census of India 2011, Kekkod village had a population of 165. That makes it the 44th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,896 residents.

Kekkod village has 87 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kekkod has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

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

Kekkod covers 200.77 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Kekkod is Shiroor, about 7.7 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kekkod.

Kekkod 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.

Kekkod is in Bhatkal tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Shiroor is about 7.7 km away. Bhatkal is about 9.9 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.