Vakwadi, Kundapura

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

As on January 2025, the current population of Vakwadi is 3.1 thousands out of which 1.5 thousands are males and rest 1.6 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1136 females per 1000 males. There are around 215 teenagers in Vakwadi. It has literacy rate of 75% which means around 2.3 thousands persons can read and write. Total 206 people belonging to scheduled caste and 58 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 615 households in Vakwadi, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 1.2 thousands. The pincode of Vakwadi is 576257 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Kumbhashi Sub Post office
• Vakwadi Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Gurukul Public School-Vakwadi
• Govt. Higher Primary School Vakwadi
• Govt. High School Vakwadi
• Gurukul Pu College Koteshwara

Hospitals

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

• Kumbhashi Sub-Center
• Vakvadi Sub-Center
• Kumbhashi Primary Health Center

Banks

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

• Bank of Baroda Kumbhashi
• Karnataka Bank Kumbhashi