Bhatkal, Karnataka
Bhatkal is a town in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka and serves as Town Municipal Council. It is also a Block, Taluk and Taluka Panchayat of Uttara Kannada district.
As on December 2024, the current population of Bhatkal is 35.9 thousands out of which 18.4 thousands are males and rest 17.5 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 949 females per 1000 males. There are around 4.2 thousands teenagers in Bhatkal. It has literacy rate of 82% which means around 29.3 thousands persons can read and write. Total 744 people belonging to scheduled caste and 372 scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 5.5 thousands households in Bhatkal, which means every family has 6 members on average. The town has working population of 9.7 thousands.
These 1 villages comes under Bhatkal Town Municipal Council.
Schools
Bhatkal has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Ali Public School, Bhatkal
- Anand Ashram High School, Bhatkal
- New Shams School
- St. Thomas Convent Primary And High School, Kotebagil Shirali
- Rns Vidyaniketan Primary And High School, Murdeshwar
Bhatkal Taluka Panchayat
Iswar Biliya Naik is the President (Block Pramukh) of Taluka Panchayat Bhatkal, who can be contacted at email address eotp_bhatkal@rediffmail.com and mobile number 98459xxx94. The Block landline number is 08385-22**29. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Prabhakar S Chikkanmane, who can be reached at email address eotpbhatkal@gmail.com and mobile number 94800xxx98. The Block address is Main Road, Taluk Panchayat Bhatkal, Pincode - 581320. You can reach there by taking a bus till Ksrtc bus stop which is less than a km away. The Block has internet facility.There are fifteen computers, one laptop, six printers and six scanners available for various works.Bhatkal Taluka Panchayat consists of total 16 Gram Panchayat.
- Bailur
- Belake
- Bengre
- Hadavalli
- Heble
- Kaikini
- Konar
- Koppa
- Marukeri
- Mavalli
- Mavinakurve
- Mundalli
- Mutalli
- Shirali
- Yelavadikavoor
- Mavalli-2
Other villages in Bhatkal Taluk
Bhatkal Taluk has total 3 villages which are currently not mapped to any Gram Panchayat.