Kurkalu, Kapu

Kurkalu is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Kapu Taluk in Udupi district of Karnataka, which falls under Kapu block. It belongs to Udupi Chikkamagaluru parliament constituency and Kapu assembly constituency. Mahesh Shetty is the President of Kurkalu Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address kurkalugp@gmail.com and mobile number 99022xxx84. The Secretary is Chandrakala, who can be reached at email address 44kurkalgp.udp@gmail.com and mobile number 94808xxx24. The Panchayat address is Kurkalu Grama Panchayath, Kurkalu Village, Post Subhasnagara, Pincode - 574105. You can reach there by taking a bus till Subhasnagara bus stop which is less than a km away. The Panchayat has library facility, internet facility and Wi-Fi facility. There are five computers, one laptop, five printers and two scanners available for various works. It also has a CSC center.

As on May 2024, the current population of Kurkalu is 5.9 thousands out of which 2.7 thousands are males and rest 3.2 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1164 females per 1000 males. There are around 449 teenagers in Kurkalu. It has literacy rate of 82% which means around 4.9 thousands persons can read and write. Total 491 people belonging to scheduled caste and 64 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 1.4 thousands households in Kurkalu, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 2.5 thousands. The pincode of Kurkalu is 574105 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• KatapadiUdupi Sub Post office
• Manipura West Branch Post office
• Kunjargiri Branch Post office
• Mattu Branch Post office
• Subhash Nagar Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Anandathirtha Vidyalaya - Kunjarugiri
• Ehs S.V.S Katapadi
• Svs P U College Highschool Section, Katapadi
• S V S Aided Hr. Primary School Katapadi
• Govt. Higher Primary School Manipura - Manipura

Hospitals

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

• Koragrapadi B Sub-Center
• Moodubettu Primary Health Center
• Mattu Sub-Center
• Korangrapadi A Sub-Center

Banks

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

• Bank of Baroda Moodabettu
• Canara Bank Katapadi
• Canara Bank Mattur
• Canara Bank Yenagudde
• Canara Bank Madhvanagar

Panchayat Members

President

Mahesh Shetty is the President of Kurkalu Gram Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 99022xxx84 and email is kurkalugp@gmail.com.

Vice President

Margaret Seema D Souza is the Vice President of Kurkalu Gram Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 90085xxx30 and email is margaratseema@gmail.com.

Member

Kurkalu Gram Panchayat has total 12 elected Member.

1. Sudarshana Rao - Mobile: 94483xxx40 - Email: 44kurkalgp.udp@gmail.com
2. Nataliya Martis - Mobile: 99450xxx41 - Email: 44kurkalgp.udp@gmail.com
3. Praveen Kumar - Mobile: 99455xxx69 - Email: 44kurkalgp.udp@gmail.com
4. Prasahanth Poojary - Mobile: 95358xxx83 - Email: 44kurkalgp.udp@gmail.com
5. Mallika - Mobile: 99028xxx52 - Email: 44kurkalgp.udp@gmail.com
6. Mahesh Shetty - Mobile: 99004xxx10 - Email: 44kurkalgp.udp@gmail.com
7. Vincent Rodrigus - Mobile: 98809xxx23 - Email: 44kurkalgp.udp@gmail..com
8. Shobha Acharya - Mobile: 95386xxx27 - Email: 44kurkalgp.udp@gmail.com
9. Sindhu Poojarthy - Mobile: 99016xxx19 - Email: 44kurkalgp.udp@gmail.com
10. Sarita Harishchandra - Mobile: 99642xxx82 - Email: sarithaharish478@gmail.co
11. Saroja - Mobile: 78297xxx84 - Email: 44kurkalgp.udp@gmail.com
12. Swapna - Mobile: 99027xxx55 - Email: 44kurkalgp.udp@gmail.com

Covered villages

Kurkalu Gram Panchayat manages total 1 villages.

• Kurkalu