| Karadka | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Kerala#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
| Coordinates: | 12.5333°N 75.1333°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kasaragod |
| Government Type: | Panchayati Raj (India) |
| Governing Body: | Block Panchayat/Grama Panchayat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 18.59 |
| Population Total: | 9,613 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam, English [1] |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 671542 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 0494 |
| Registration Plate: | KL-14 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Kasaragod |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | 89 % |
Karadka is a village, block panchayat and grama panchayat in Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India.[2] [3]
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 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 state average of 94.00%: male literacy was 94.3% and female literacy at 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]
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]
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.