| Badiyadka | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Other Name: | Perdala |
| Pushpin Map: | India Kerala#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
| Coordinates: | 12.5833°N 75.0667°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kasaragod |
| Governing Body: | Panchayath |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 67.8 |
| Population Total: | 34207 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 671551 |
| Area Code: | 04998 (Peradala Exchange, Uppala SDE) |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Registration Plate: | KL-14, KL 85 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Kasaragod (20 km) |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam, English[1] |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Kasaragod |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Kasaragod |
| Blank4 Name Sec1: | Civic agency |
| Blank4 Info Sec1: | Panchayath |
Badiyadka officially known as "Badiadka" (also known as Perdala") is a town and gram panchayat in the Kasaragod district, state of Kerala, India.[2]
Badiyadka is a panchayath in Kasaragod Taluk in Kasaragod District of Kerala, India. It is located 13 km to the east of District headquarters Kasaragod. 17 km from Manjeshwar. 584 km from State capital Thiruvananthapuram.
Badiyadka Pin code is 671551 and postal office is Perdala.
Enmakaje (8 km), Madhur (9 km), Puthige (9 km), Delampady (9 km), Karadka (9 km) are the nearby villages to Badiyadka. Kasaragod, Puttur, Kanhangad, Mangalore are the nearby cities to Badiyadka. The nearest airport is Mangalore International Airport, Bajpe.
This place is in the border of the Kasaragod District and Dakshina Kannada District. It is near to the Karnataka-Kerala State border.
The State Highway 31 (Kerala) to Karnataka passes through the town. Badiyadka is the cross roads of Kumbla, Uppala, Kasaragod, Mulleria-Mercara and Puttur. Bolukatte is an active sport and cricket grounds in Badiyadka.
Madhur Sri Madanantheshwara Vinayaka Temple, Perdala Mosque, St. Mary's Church and Perdala Udaneshwara Temple are the important religious places around the town and the Perdla Uroos festival is held once in every two year is famous in this area.
Arecanut is the chief agricultural product from this place. Other crops, are: Coconut, Rubber, Cashew and Cocoa. Beedi making (various brands) is the occupation of many families here. The Koraga tribal community living in Badiyadka has its own colony.
Kasaragod Station is nearest major railway station (21 km) to Badiyadka. Also Kumbla Station 17 km near to Badiyadka.
Cricket and football are given major importance. Other major sports include volleyball, Kabaddi and badminton.
Badiyadka has a tropical climate. In most months of the year, there is significant rainfall in Badiyadka. There is only a short dry season and it is not very effective. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is Am. The average annual temperature in Badiyadka is 27.1 °C. About 3801 mm of precipitation falls annually.
The driest month is January with 1 mm. Most precipitation falls in July, with an average of 1178 mm.
The warmest month of the year is April with an average temperature of 29.2 °C. In July, the average temperature is 25.9 °C. It is the lowest average temperature of the whole year.
| Average high °C (°F) | 31(88) | 31(88) | 32(90) | 33(91) | 32(90) | 29(84) | 28(82) | 28(82) | 29(84) | 30(86) | 31(88) | 32(90) | 33(91) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average low °C (°F) | 22(72) | 23(73) | 24(75) | 26(79) | 26(79) | 24(75) | 24(75) | 24(75) | 24(75) | 24(75) | 23(73) | 22(72) | 22(72) | |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 1(0.04) | 1(0.04) | 4(0.16) | 46(1.81) | 234(9.21) | 992(39.06) | 1,178(46.38) | 698(27.48) | 337(13.27) | 215(8.46) | 76(2.99) | 19(0.75) | 3,801(149.65) | |
| Average rainy days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 136 | |
| Averagerelative humidity(%) | 62 | 66 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 87 | 89 | 88 | 85 | 79 | 73 | 65 | 75 |
As of 2011 Census, Badiyadka village had a population of 10,694 of which constitutes 5,320 males and 5,374 females. Badiyadka village spreads over an area of with 2,117 families residing in it. Average sex ratio of Badiyadka was 1,010 lower than state average of 1,084. The population of children under 6 years was 1,191 which makes up 11.1% of total population. Child sex ratio for Badiyadka as per census is 946, lower than state average of 964.Badiyadka village had lower literacy rate compared to Kerala. In 2011, literacy rate of Badiyadka village was 88.3% compared to 94.00% of Kerala. The male literacy stands at 92.9% while female literacy rate was 82.8%.
Badiyadka Grama Panchayat had total population of 34,207 where 16,988 are males and 17,219 are females. There are 6,744 families residing in badiyadka panchayat limits. Badiyadka panchayat consists of 3 revenue villages like Badiyadka, Neerchal and Bela. Average literacy of Badiyadka panchayat is 88.36% where male literacy stands at 92.85% and female literacy at 83.93%.[5]
It is well connected to district HQ Kasaragod, Mulleria, Perla, and other towns in Kerala and Puttur, Mangalore, Sullia towns in Karnataka state. Direct bus service is available to Bangalore via Puttur