Echikere, Narasimharajapura

Echikere is a village located in the Narasimharajapura Taluk of Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka. The village falls in Narasimharajapura block and comes under Gubbiga Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Udupi Chikkamagaluru parliament constituency and Sringeri assembly constituency.

As on December 2024, the current population of Echikere is 1.3 thousands out of which 649 are males and rest 612 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 943 females per 1000 males. There are around 138 teenagers in Echikere. It has literacy rate of 79% which means around 991 persons can read and write. Total 232 people belonging to scheduled caste and 1 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 305 households in Echikere, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 659. The pincode of Echikere is 577134 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Narasimharajapura Sub Post office
• Mudabagilu Branch Post office
• Muthinakoppa Branch Post office
• Shettykoppa Branch Post office
• Gubbiga (Sutta) Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Govt. Higher Primary School Echikere

Hospitals

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

• Sutta Sub-Center
• Shettykoppa Sub-Center
• Mudabagilu Sub-Center
• N.R.Pura-B Sub-Center
• Mutthinakoppa Sub-Center

Banks

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

• Bank of Baroda N R Pura
• Canara Bank Mallandur
• Canara Bank Narasimharajapura
• Canara Bank Muthinkoppa
• Karnataka Bank Narasimharajapura