Kumta, Karnataka
Kumta 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 April 2024, the current population of Kumta is 41 thousands out of which 20.4 thousands are males and rest 20.5 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 1004 females per 1000 males. There are around 3.1 thousands teenagers in Kumta. It has literacy rate of 83% which means around 34 thousands persons can read and write. Total 2.5 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 81 scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 9.5 thousands households in Kumta, which means every family has 4 members on average. The town has working population of 15.3 thousands.
These 8 villages comes under Kumta Town Municipal Council.
Schools
Kumta has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Karnataka Public Schools Hanumant Benne Govt P U College Nellikeri
- Hps Saraswati Vidya Kendra
- Hps Nirmala Higher Primary School
- B.G.S. Central School Mirjan
- Dr.A.V.Baliga English Medium School
Kumta Taluka Panchayat
Shri N G Nayak is the President (Block Pramukh) of Taluka Panchayat Kumta, who can be contacted at email address tpkumta@gamail.com and mobile number 94814xxx83. The Block landline number is 08386-22**50. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Shrimati Nagartna Nayak, who can be reached at email address tpkumta@gmail.com and mobile number 94808xxx25. The Block address is Kumta Uttar Kannda, Kumta, Uttar Kannda Karwar, Pincode - 581343. You can reach there by taking a bus till Kumta bus stop which is around 3 km away. The Block has both library facility and internet facility.There are nine computers, one laptop, five printers and four scanners available for various works.It also has a CSC center. Kumta Taluka Panchayat consists of total 22 Gram Panchayat.