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 May 2024, the current population of Balkunje is 1.7 thousands out of which 732 are males and rest 999 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1365 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 393 households in Balkunje, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 663. 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
• Karnad Sub Post office
• Mulki Bazar Sub Post office
• Kakva Branch Post office
• Karnire 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.

1. Dinesh Puthran - Mobile: 98452xxx81 - Email: dineshputhran@gmail.com
2. Sujatha - Mobile: 97412xxx50 - Email: balkunje.mng.dk@gmail.com
3. Marina Dsouza - Mobile: 81059xxx11 - Email: balkunje.mng.dk@gmail.com
4. Surekha - Mobile: 95915xxx20 - Email: balkunje.mng.dk@gmail.com
5. Shantha Poojarthi - Mobile: 99641xxx33 - Email: balkunje.mng.dk@gmail.com
6. Prashanth Shetty - Mobile: 81051xxx92 - Email: balkunje.mng.dk@gmail.com
7. Vanaja S Kotian - Mobile: 88619xxx22 - Email: balkunje.mng.dk@gmail.com
8. Naveen Kotian - Mobile: 99646xxx31 - Email: balkunje.mng.dk@gmail.com
9. Naveenchandra Shetty - Mobile: 66456xxx55 - Email: balkunje.mng.dk@gmail.com
10. Geetha Vasu - Mobile: 99003xxx92 - Email: balkunje.mng.dk@gmail.com

Covered villages

Balkunje Gram Panchayat manages total 4 villages.

• Balkunje
• Karnire
• Kavathar
• Kollur