Puttur, Karnataka
Puttur is a city in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka and serves as City Municipal Council. It is also a Block, Taluk and Taluka Panchayat of Dakshina Kannada district.
As on April 2024, the current population of Puttur is 59.2 thousands out of which 29.5 thousands are males and rest 29.7 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this city is 1010 females per 1000 males. There are around 5 thousands teenagers in Puttur. It has literacy rate of 84% which means around 49.5 thousands persons can read and write. Total 5.3 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 2.7 thousands scheduled tribe people live in the city. There are around 12.7 thousands households in Puttur, which means every family has 5 members on average. The city has working population of 25 thousands.
These 1 villages comes under Puttur City Municipal Council.
Schools
Puttur has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Vivekananda English Medium High School Puttur
- Vivekananda Pre University College Nehrunagara
- Dkzp Govt. Pre University College Uppinangady
- Bethany English Med High School Panglai Darbe Puttur
- Philomina Pre University College Puttur
Puttur Taluka Panchayat
Sandhya K S is the President (Block Pramukh) of Taluka Panchayat Puttur, who can be contacted at email address sandhyaks10@gmail.com and mobile number 94808xxx04. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Naveen Kumara Bhandary H, who can be reached at email address naveenbhandary2016@gmail.com and mobile number 99013xxx45. The Block address is Puttur Taluk Panchayath, Pincode - 574201. You can reach there by taking a bus till Puttur bus stop which is less than a km away. The Block has library facility, internet facility and Wi-Fi facility.There are ten computers available for various works.It also has a CSC center. Puttur Taluka Panchayat consists of total 22 Gram Panchayat.