Jarkala, Karkal

Jarkala is a village located in the Karkal Taluk of Udupi district of Karnataka. The village falls in Karkal block and comes under Shirlal Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Udupi Chikkamagaluru parliament constituency and Karkal assembly constituency.

As on January 2025, the current population of Jarkala is 1 thousands out of which 491 are males and rest 513 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1045 females per 1000 males. There are around 82 teenagers in Jarkala. It has literacy rate of 79% which means around 797 persons can read and write. Total 86 people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 192 households in Jarkala, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 539. The pincode of Jarkala is 574101 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Ajekar Sub Post office
• Yennehole Branch Post office
• Andar Branch Post office
• Hadiangady Branch Post office
• Hermunde Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Church School Ajekar
• Gpuc Shirlal College Section
• Jyothi Ahs Ajekar
• Govt. Higher Primary School Ajekaru - Marne
• Govt. Higher Primary School Shirlalu Soodi - Shirlal

Hospitals

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

• Ajekar Primary Health Center
• Yennehole Sub-Center
• Hermunde Sub-Center
• Andaru Sub-Center
• Kote Sub-Center

Banks

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

• Indian Overseas Bank Mandya
• Karnataka Bank Shirlal
• Union Bank of India Ajekar