About Kekkar Village

Kekkar is a mid sized village in Honavar tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,510, made up of 748 males and 762 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 309.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581338, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kekkar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kekkar village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Honavar
Pincode	581338
Area (hectares)	309.83 hectares
Population	1,510
Male Population	748
Female Population	762
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kekkar compares

By the 2011 count Kekkar is the 29th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents. Its 309.83 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Kekkar

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

How far is Kekkar from other places

Kekkar lies about 33 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Honnavar, 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 Kekkar
Nearest town	Kumta	7.2 km
Nearest railway station	Honnavar	7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Honavar	11 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	33 km

Villages closest to Kekkar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kekkar village had a population of 1,510. That makes it the 29th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents.

Kekkar village has 748 males and 762 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kekkar has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Kekkar is 581338. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kekkar covers 309.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kekkar falls under Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Kekkar is Honnavar, 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kekkar.

Kekkar is about 33 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kekkar is in Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Kumta is about 7.2 km away. Honnavar is about 7.7 km away. Honavar is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.