Kuriya, Puttur

Kuriya is a village located in the Puttur Taluk of Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka. The village falls in Puttur block and comes under Aryapu Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Dakshina Kannada parliament constituency and Puttur assembly constituency.

As on May 2024, the current population of Kuriya is 3.7 thousands out of which 1.8 thousands are males and rest 1.8 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1019 females per 1000 males. There are around 336 teenagers in Kuriya. It has literacy rate of 79% which means around 2.9 thousands persons can read and write. Total 598 people belonging to scheduled caste and 213 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 780 households in Kuriya, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 1.7 thousands. The pincode of Kuriya is 574210 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Aryapu Sub Post office
• Kaikara Branch Post office
• Kedambady Branch Post office
• Kumbra Branch Post office
• Kuriya Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Dkzp Govt. Higher Primary School Kuriya
• Dkzp Govt. Higher Primary School Idyottu

Hospitals

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

• Keyyur-A Sub-Center
• Aryapu Sub-Center
• Kuriya Sub-Center
• Volamogaru Sub-Center
• Volathadka Sub-Center

Banks

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

• Canara Bank Thingalady
• Canara Bank Aryapu
• Karnataka Bank Keyyur