Tenkayedapadavu
village in Karnataka, India
Tenkayedapadavu is a panchayat village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. Administratively, it is under Mangalore taluk of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka. It is located at a distance of 26 km from Mangalore city. There are two villages in the gram panchayat, Tenkayedapadavu and Badagayedapadavu.
The village Tenka Yedapadav is the part of Yedapadavu, divided for easier administration of village.
Demographics
As of 2001 India census, Tenkayedapadavu had a population of 6,073 with 3,069 males and 3,004 females.
As of 2011 census, Tenkayedapadavu reported 6,246 inhabitants.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Tenkayedapadavu” as village in Karnataka, India. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Karnataka, India. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7699911. Authority coordinates are 12.995, 74.964. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2001 and 2011.
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