Karkunje, Kundapura

Karkunje is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Kundapura Taluk in Udupi district of Karnataka, which falls under Kundapura block. It belongs to Shivamogga parliament constituency and Byndoor assembly constituency. Shreemathi is the President of Karkunje Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address karkunje27@gmail.com and mobile number 82962xxx50. The Secretary is Ganesh Hebbar, who can be reached at email address ganeshph68@gmail.com and mobile number 94808xxx60. The Panchayat address is Karkunje, Kundapura Taluku, Udupi Dist, Pincode - 576283. You can reach there by taking a bus till Neralakatte bus stop which is around 5 km away. The Panchayat has both library facility and internet facility. There are four computers, one laptop, two printers and two scanners available for various works. It also has a CSC center.

As on January 2025, the current population of Karkunje is 4.9 thousands out of which 2.4 thousands are males and rest 2.5 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1048 females per 1000 males. There are around 431 teenagers in Karkunje. It has literacy rate of 72% which means around 3.5 thousands persons can read and write. Total 119 people belonging to scheduled caste and 64 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 943 households in Karkunje, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 2.1 thousands. The pincode of Karkunje is 576283 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Hattiangadi Sub Post office
• Ajrihara Branch Post office
• Kenchanur Branch Post office
• Gulvadi Branch Post office
• Karkunje Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Sri Siddhivinayaka Residential School Hattiangadi
• Karnataka Public Schools Gpuc Vandse
• Sri Mookambika Temple High School Mavinakate
• Govt. Higher Primary School Mavinakatte
• Govt. Higher Primary School Nempu Karkunje

Hospitals

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

• Kenchanoor Sub-Center
• Kodladi Sub-Center
• Gulvadi B Sub-Center
• Karkunje Sub-Center
• Ajri Sub-Center

Banks

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

• Bank of Baroda Gulwadi

Panchayat Members

Member

Karkunje Gram Panchayat has total 11 elected Member.

1. Nagaraja Shetty - Mobile: 99013xxx24 - Email: nagarajshetty@gmail.com
2. Smt Naseema - Mobile: 94808xxx60 - Email: naseema@gmail.com
3. Rajeeva Shetty - Mobile: 94482xxx92 - Email: rajeevshettybijri@gmail.com
4. B Nagarathna - Mobile: 97409xxx19 - Email: nagarathna @gmail.com
5. Shobha - Mobile: 90089xxx81 - Email: shobha@gmail.com
6. Sadhu Poojarthi - Mobile: 97317xxx16 - Email: sadhupoojarthi@gmail.com
7. Sukumar - Mobile: 99802xxx39 - Email: sukujanatha@gmail.com
8. Subbu - Mobile: 99722xxx25 - Email: subbu@gmail.com
9. Santhosh Poojary - Mobile: 94487xxx25 - Email: karkunje27@gmail.com
10. Sathish Poojary - Mobile: 94494xxx56 - Email: karkunje27@gmail.com
11. Shrimathi - Mobile: 82962xxx50 - Email: karkunje27@gmail.com

Covered villages

Karkunje Gram Panchayat manages total 1 villages.

• Karkunje