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Clean up spacing around commas and other punctuation fixes, replaced: ,T → , T, ,t → , t, ,v → , v, inline, title → inline,title

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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Edavaka
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = mal<ref name="ISO639">{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php|title=Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages| access-date=2015-07-14}}</ref>
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Grama Panchayat
| image_skyline = File:Edavaka.Dwaraka Church.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Dwaraka Church

| image_map =
| mapsize =
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Location of [[Kerala]] (marked in red) in [[India]]
| mapsize1 =
| image_map1 = 
| map_caption1 = 
| pushpin_map = India Kerala#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
| coordinates = {{coord|11|46|0|N|75|48|0|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Wayanad district|Wayanad]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type =
| governing_body =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 792
| population_total = 15620
| population_as_of = 2001
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 670645
| area_code_type = Telephone Code
| area_code = +91 4935
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#KL.E2.80.94Kerala|KL]]-12([[Wayanad]] RTO<ref name="RTO">{{cite web |url=http://www.keralamvd.gov.in/index.php/directory/regional-transport-offices |title=Regional Transport Offices, Kerala |access-date=2015-07-13 |archive-date=14 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714102608/http://www.keralamvd.gov.in/index.php/directory/regional-transport-offices |url-status=dead }}</ref>), [[List of RTO districts in India#KL.E2.80.94Kerala|KL]]-72 ([[Mananthavady]] Sub-RTO<ref name="SubRTO">{{cite web|url=http://www.keralamvd.gov.in/index.php/directory/sub-regional-transport-offices|title=Sub Regional Transport Offices, Kerala|access-date=2015-07-13|archive-date=14 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714100646/http://www.keralamvd.gov.in/index.php/directory/sub-regional-transport-offices|url-status=dead}}</ref>)
| blank1_name_sec1 = Coastline
| blank1_info_sec1 = {{Convert|0|km|mi}}
| blank2_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Mananthavady]]
| website = http://lsgkerala.in/edavakapanchayat
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-KL]]
| footnotes =
}}

'''Edavaka''' is a [[Gram panchayat|Grama Panchayat]] in the [[Wayanad district]] of [[Kerala]], [[India]].
<ref name="censusindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |title=Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above |access-date=2015-07-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044522/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |archive-date=2008-12-08 }}</ref>
<ref name="keralagov">{{cite web|url=http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2064&Itemid=2584|title=The Official Web Portal, the Government of Kerala|access-date=2015-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821003035/http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2064&Itemid=2584|archive-date=21 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]], Edavaka had a population of 15,620, with 7,939 males and 7,681 females.<ref name="censusindia" />

==Major landmarks==
* Thonichal Siva Temple
*Kalyanathum Palil [[Dargah]]
* St.George Church, Kallody
* Hidayath Madrasa
* St.Sebastians Church
*Veera Pazhassi Vidya Mandiram
* Holy face school
* Venmani school
* Kannur University B.Ed Centre
* Darussalam Madrasa Karakkuni
* Juma Masjid Karakkuni
* Juma Masjid West Palamukku
* Badr Juma Masjid East Palamukku
* Juma Masjid 2/4

==Villages and towns in the Panchayath==
The following little towns, villages are part of Edavaka panchayath jurisdiction.
* Palamukku
* Pallikkal
* Dwaraka
* Nalam Mile
* Kallody
* Pandikkadavu
* Rande Nalu or Chundamukku
* Thonichal
* Moolithode
* Karakkuni

==Cattle market==
Every Tuesday and Friday, a cattle market is conducted in the village. The Panchayath has built an expensive unwalled building for this purpose.

==Transportation==
Edavaka village is very near Mananthavady town. The Periya ghat road connects Mananthavady to Kannur and Thalassery. The Thamarassery mountain road connects Calicut with Kalpetta. The Kuttiady mountain road connects Vatakara with Kalpetta and Mananthavady. The Palchuram mountain road connects Kannur and Iritty with Mananthavady. The road from Nilambur to Ooty is also connected to Wayanad through the village of Meppadi.

The nearest railway station is at Mysore and the nearest airports are [[Kozhikode International Airport]]-120 km, [[Bengaluru International Airport]]-290 km, and [[Kannur International Airport]], 58 km.

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Wayanad district}}

[[Category:Villages in Wayanad district]]
[[Category:Mananthavady Area]]

{{Wayanad-geo-stub}}

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