Balkunje, Mulki
Balkunje is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Mulki Taluk in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, which falls under Mulki block. It belongs to Dakshina Kannada parliament constituency and Moodabidri assembly constituency. Mamatha D Poonja is the President of Balkunje Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address poonjamamatha@gmail.com and mobile number 98454xxx36. The Secretary is Prakash B, who can be reached at email address balkunje.mng.dk@gmail.com and mobile number 94808xxx97. The Panchayat address is Balkunje Gram Panchayath, Balkunje Post & Village, Mangalore Taluk, Pincode - 574154. You can reach there by taking a bus till Balkunje bus stop which is very far away. The Panchayat has both library facility and internet facility. There are two computers, one laptop, two printers and one scanner available for various works.
As on February 2025, the current population of Balkunje is 1.7 thousands out of which 736 are males and rest 1 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1364 females per 1000 males. There are around 126 teenagers in Balkunje. It has literacy rate of 85% which means around 1.5 thousands persons can read and write. Total 133 people belonging to scheduled caste and 44 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 395 households in Balkunje, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 666. The pincode of Balkunje is 574154 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.
- Mulki Sub Post office
- Mulki Bazar Sub Post office
- Karnad Sub Post office
- Sadashivanagar Branch Post office
- Athikaribettu Branch Post office
Schools
Balkunje has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Sri Vyasa Maharshi Vidya Peetha Kilpady
- Sri Narayana Guru Com. Puc Mulky
- Bethany Primary School Mulky
- Dkzp Govt. Govt. Higher Primary School Model K.S.Rao Nagar (Rmsa Upgraded)
- Csi English Medium High School Karnad
Hospitals
Balkunje has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.
- Bappanadu-A Sub-Center
- Mulki Community Health Center
- Balkunje Sub-Center
- Karnad Sub-Center
- Kavatharu Sub-Center
Banks
Balkunje has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.
- Bank of Baroda Balkunje
- Bank of Baroda Mulki
- Bharat Co-operative Bank Mumbai Mulki
- Canara Bank Mulki
- Canara Bank Mulki II
Panchayat Members
President
Mamatha D Poonja is the President of Balkunje Gram Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 98454xxx36 and email is poonjamamatha@gmail.com.
Vice President
Ananda is the Vice President of Balkunje Gram Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 94486xxx89 and email is balkunje.mng.dk@gmail.com.
Member
Balkunje Gram Panchayat has total 10 elected Member.
- Dinesh Puthran - Mobile: 98452xxx81 - Email: dineshputhran@gmail.com
- Sujatha - Mobile: 97412xxx50 - Email: balkunje.mng.dk@gmail.com
- Marina Dsouza - Mobile: 81059xxx11 - Email: balkunje.mng.dk@gmail.com
- Surekha - Mobile: 95915xxx20 - Email: balkunje.mng.dk@gmail.com
- Shantha Poojarthi - Mobile: 99641xxx33 - Email: balkunje.mng.dk@gmail.com
- Prashanth Shetty - Mobile: 81051xxx92 - Email: balkunje.mng.dk@gmail.com
- Vanaja S Kotian - Mobile: 88619xxx22 - Email: balkunje.mng.dk@gmail.com
- Naveen Kotian - Mobile: 99646xxx31 - Email: balkunje.mng.dk@gmail.com
- Naveenchandra Shetty - Mobile: 66456xxx55 - Email: balkunje.mng.dk@gmail.com
- Geetha Vasu - Mobile: 99003xxx92 - Email: balkunje.mng.dk@gmail.com
Covered villages
Balkunje Gram Panchayat manages total 4 villages.