Kukkuje, Karkal

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

As on January 2025, the current population of Kukkuje is 1.6 thousands out of which 753 are males and rest 859 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1141 females per 1000 males. There are around 122 teenagers in Kukkuje. It has literacy rate of 74% which means around 1.2 thousands persons can read and write. Total 231 people belonging to scheduled caste and 175 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 354 households in Kukkuje, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 840. The pincode of Kukkuje is 574108 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Muniyal Sub Post office
• Kukkuje Branch Post office
• Varanga Branch Post office
• Kadthala Branch Post office
• Vishwasnagar Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Karnataka Public Schools Gpuc Muniyalu
• Karnataka Public Schools Govt. Higher Primary School Muniyalu - Varanga
• Gpuc Kukkuje
• Govt. Higher Primary School Kukkuje
• Govt. Higher Primary School Padukuduru

Hospitals

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

• Ellare Sub-Center
• Kadthala Sub-Center
• Varanga Sub-Center
• Kukkuje Sub-Center
• Muniyalu Sub-Center

Banks

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

• Bank of Baroda Donderangadi