Yedapadavu

Yedapadavu is a former village (township) in Mangalore taluk, Karnataka, India, that was divided into Badagayedapadavu (North Yedapadavu) and Tenkayedapadavu (South Yedapadavu). Yedapadavu now gives its name, as "Yedapadav" to the gram panchayat for those two villages.[1] The village of Tenkayedapadavu is the main village for the gram panchayat,[2] and is sometimes called "Yedapadavu". Yedapadavu was affected by the 2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka.[3] The gram panchayat is about 21 km northeast of the city of Mangalore, connected via NH 169 (formerly NH 13).bh

Notes

  1. ↑ 2011 Village Panchayat Code for Yedapadav =220391, "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Mangalore, Dakshin Kannad, Karnataka". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
  2. ↑ 2011 Census Village code for Tenkayedapadavu = 617485, "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: List of Census Villages mapped for: Yedapadav Gram Panchayat, Mangalore, Dakshin Kannad, Karnataka". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
  3. ↑ "Twenty-eight churches have been targeted in the State since August". The Hindu. 26 September 2008. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2012.

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Coordinates: 12°59′58″N 74°58′32″E / 12.99944°N 74.97556°E / 12.99944; 74.97556


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