Karadka

Village in Kerala, India

Karadka

Village

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Karadka

Location in Kerala, India

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Karadka

Karadka (India)

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Coordinates: 12°32′0″N 75°8′0″E﻿ / ﻿12.53333°N 75.13333°E﻿ / 12.53333; 75.13333
Country|  India
State| Kerala
District| Kasaragod
Government

• Type| Panchayati Raj (India)
• Body| Block Panchayat/Grama Panchayat
Area

• Total

| 18.59 km2 (7.18 sq mi)
Population

(2011)

• Total

| 9,613
• Density| 520/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Languages

• Official| Malayalam, English [1]
Time zone| UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN|

671542

Telephone code| 0494
Vehicle registration| KL-14
Nearest city| Kasaragod
Literacy| 89 %

Karadka  is a village, block panchayat and grama panchayat in Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India.[2][3]

## Demographics

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As of the 2011 census, Karadka village had a population of 9,613, with 4,693 males and 4,920 females. Karadka village has an area of 18.59 km2 (7.18 sq mi) with 2,158 families residing in it. The average female sex was 1,048, lower than state average of 1,084. The population of children below 6 years was 9.67%. Karadka had an average literacy of 89.65%, higher than the national average of 74% and lower than the state average of 94.00%: male literacy was 94.3% and female literacy was 85.2%.

Karadka Grama Panchayat had a total population of 21,211 among which 10,535 are males and 10,676 are females. Total number of households in the panchayat limits was 4,265. 10.94% of the population was under 6 years of age in Karadka Panchayat. Karadka Grama Panchayat has administration over the villages of Karadka and Adhur.[4]

## Administration

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Karadka Grama Panchayat is part of Karadka Block Panchayat. Karadka Panchayat is politically a part of Kasaragod (State Assembly constituency) in Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency).[5]

## Transportation

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The western main road to Kasaragod have access to NH.66 which connects to Mangalore in the north and Calicut in the south. The road to the east connects to Sullia in Karnataka from where Mysore and Bangalore can be accessed. The nearest railway station is Kasaragod on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There is an airport at Mangalore.

## See also

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* Adhur
* Mulleria
* Muliyar
* Delampady

## References

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1. ^ "The Kerala Official Language (Legislation) Act, 1969" (PDF). Archived from the original on 11 September 2014.
2. ^ "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
3. ^ "Panchayats | Website of Kasargod | India".
4. ^ District Census Handbook, Kasaragod (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala. pp. 80, 81, 150. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
5. ^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2008.

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Cities and subdivisons of Kasaragod district

Municipalities|

* Kasaragod
* Kanhangad
* Nileshwaram

Taluks|

* Manjeshwaram
* Kasaragod
* Vellarikundu
* Hosdurg

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