Virje, Karwar

Virje is a village located in the Karwar Taluk of Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka. The village falls in Karwar block and comes under Mallapur Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Uttara Kannada parliament constituency and Karwar assembly constituency.

As on December 2024, the current population of Virje is 7.9 thousands out of which 4.1 thousands are males and rest 3.8 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 940 females per 1000 males. There are around 947 teenagers in Virje. It has literacy rate of 81% which means around 6.4 thousands persons can read and write. Total 933 people belonging to scheduled caste and 202 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 2.3 thousands households in Virje, which means every family has 3 members on average. The village has working population of 2.9 thousands. The pincode of Virje is 581400 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Kaiga Sub Post office
• Mallapur Branch Post office
• Devalmakki Branch Post office
• Kaiga Workers Colony Branch Post office
• Kerwadi Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Govt. Higher Primary School Kurnipete
• Govt. Higher Primary School Virje

Hospitals

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

• Bargal Sub-Center
• Devalmakki Sub-Center
• Kerwadi Sub-Center
• Mallapur Sub-Center
• Kaiga Sub-Center

Banks

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

• Canara Bank Mallapur
• State Bank of India NPCC, Kaiga