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- LGD code
- 603729
- Pincode
- 581338
- Post office
- Kadtoka
- Population
- 1,510
- Households
- 372
- Literacy rate
- 67.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1019 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 855
- Distance to district centre
- 59 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 27 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 373 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 545 km
- Nearest railway station
- Honnavar · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Health Center · 1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kekkar compares
By population, Kekkar ranks #29 of 93 villages in Honavar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.5%
−7.6% vs mandal average
- Kekkar
- 67.5%
- Honavar mandal
- 75.1%
- Uttara Kannada district
- 75.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,019
+22 vs mandal average
- Kekkar
- 1,019
- Honavar mandal
- 997
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Kekkar
- 4.1
- Honavar mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kekkar at a glance
Kekkar is a village of 1,510 people in 372 households (Census 2011) in Honavar taluk, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, the 29th-largest of 93 villages in Honavar taluk. Literacy is 68%, 8 points below the taluk average of 75% and the sex ratio is 1,019 women per 1,000 men. It lies 59 km from the Uttara Kannada district centre, 6 km from Haldipur, the nearest town, 8 km from Honnavar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 581338, served by Kadtoka post office; the LGD village code is 603729. Mapped within or next to the village: high school, primary health centre, bank. The village votes in Bhatkal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mankal Vaidya. The population is estimated at 1,780 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kekkar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- HONAVAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KADATOKA
- Total area (ha)
- 309.83
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 33.93
- Forest area (ha)
- 110.96
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kekkar
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Key facts — Kekkar
- LGD code
- 603729
- Pincode
- 581338
- Post office
- Kadtoka
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,510
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,780
- Households
- 372
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1019
- Literacy rate
- 67.5%
- Coordinates
- 14.37860°N, 74.46190°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Uttara Kannada
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bhatkal
- Member of Parliament
- Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mankal Vaidya
- Block / Mandal
- Honavar
- Nearest PHC
- Health Center (1.0 km)
- Nearest bank
- Syndicate Bank (0.9 km)
Getting there
How to reach Kekkar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bengaluru373 kmcapital
- Hyderabad545 km
- Mumbai549 km
- Chennai644 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationHonnavar8 km
- Bus stopAngadikere18 km
- Hospital / PHCHealth Center1 km
- ATM / bankSyndicate Bank<1 km
- Petrol pumpBharath Petroleum7 km
- CollegeSDM College10 km
- Police stationPolice Station11 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Health Center1.0 km
- Bank / ATM
- Syndicate Bankunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ High school
- ✓ Primary health centre
- ✓ Bank
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kekkar
7 Temples, 1 Church mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Kekkar
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🎓Kadatoka High SchoolHigh school<1 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)