Kanajaru, Karkal

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

As on January 2025, the current population of Kanajaru is 2.9 thousands out of which 1.4 thousands are males and rest 1.5 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1052 females per 1000 males. There are around 200 teenagers in Kanajaru. It has literacy rate of 79% which means around 2.3 thousands persons can read and write. Total 189 people belonging to scheduled caste and 114 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 658 households in Kanajaru, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 1.5 thousands. The pincode of Kanajaru is 574102 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Bailur Sub Post office
• Yerlapady Branch Post office
• Gundyadka Branch Post office
• Kanajar Branch Post office
• Nire Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Gpuc Bailur
• Lourdes English Medium Lower Primary School Kanajar
• Little Flower Ranganpalke
• B.E.M English Medium School Bailur
• Govt. Higher Primary School Basri Bailuru - Bailur

Hospitals

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

• Bailoor Primary Health Center
• Kowdoor Sub-Center
• Neere Sub-Center
• Bailoor Sub-Center

Banks

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

• Bank of Baroda Nirebailur
• Canara Bank Bailur
• Canara Bank Kanajar
• State Bank of India Bailur Branch