Badiyadka
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Badiyadka officially known as "Badiadka" is a village
and Gram panchayat
in Kasaragod district
in the state of Kerala
, India
.
The name Badiadka derived from Badi - temple and adka - ground. Still you can see the old temple in the ground in Badiadka town. This place is on the top of a small hill and scenery is eye catching. The state highway to Karnataka passes through the town. Badiadka is the centre point to connect Kumbla, Kasargod, Mulleria-Mercara and Puttur.
Perdala Mosque is situated on the top of a small hill and the Uroos festival once in every two year is famous in this area. Festival in Perdala temple is also famous among other communities.
making (various brands) is the living for many families here. The Koraga tribal community living in Badiadka has its own colony. Earnings from abroad, especially from West Asia is another major source of income.
, Badiyadka had a population of 10138 with 5152 males and 4986 females.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
and Gram panchayat
Gram panchayat
Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...
in Kasaragod district
Kasaragod district
Kasaragod District is one of the districts of the Indian state of Kerala. Kasaragod District was organised as a separate district on 24 May 1984...
in the state of Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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The name Badiadka derived from Badi - temple and adka - ground. Still you can see the old temple in the ground in Badiadka town. This place is on the top of a small hill and scenery is eye catching. The state highway to Karnataka passes through the town. Badiadka is the centre point to connect Kumbla, Kasargod, Mulleria-Mercara and Puttur.
Perdala Mosque is situated on the top of a small hill and the Uroos festival once in every two year is famous in this area. Festival in Perdala temple is also famous among other communities.
Economy
Agricultural products from this place are Cashew, Cocoa and Coconut. BeediBeedi
A beedi is a thin, South Asian cigarette filled with tobacco flake and wrapped in a tendu leaf tied with a string at one end.The word comes from beeda, Marwari for a leaf wrapped in betel nuts, herbs, and condiments....
making (various brands) is the living for many families here. The Koraga tribal community living in Badiadka has its own colony. Earnings from abroad, especially from West Asia is another major source of income.
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Badiyadka had a population of 10138 with 5152 males and 4986 females.