Karikal, Bhatkal

Karikal is a village located in the Bhatkal Taluk of Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka. The village falls in Bhatkal block and comes under Mavinakurve Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Uttara Kannada parliament constituency and Bhatkal assembly constituency.

As on May 2024, the current population of Karikal is 1.2 thousands out of which 583 are males and rest 580 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 995 females per 1000 males. There are around 80 teenagers in Karikal. It has literacy rate of 79% which means around 920 persons can read and write. Total 546 people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 243 households in Karikal, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 507. The pincode of Karikal is 581320 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Bhatkal Sub Post office
• Bhatkal Bazar Sub Post office
• Marukeri Branch Post office
• Hadavalli Branch Post office
• Hadil Branch Post office

Schools

Karikal has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Govt. Higher Primary School Karikal
• Premanjali Holy Family School, Karikal

Hospitals

Karikal has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Belke Sub-Center
• Jali Sub-Center
• Hadavalli Sub-Center
• BhatkalTown Sub-Center
• Mudbhatkal Sub-Center

Banks

Karikal has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Bank of Baroda Bhatkal
• Canara Bank Bhatkal
• Canara Bank Belke
• Canara Bank Bhatkal Nehru Road
• ICICI Bank Bhatkal, Karnataka