Yedapadavu is a former village (township) in

Mangalore taluk Mangaluru taluk is a ''taluk'' (subdistrict) in the Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka on the western coast of India. Mangaluru is the administrative headquarters of the ''taluk''. It is made up of Mangaluru City Corporation, Ullal City Munici ...

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

, 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. The village of Tenkayedapadavu is the main village for the gram panchayat,2011 Census Village code for Tenkayedapadavu = 617485, and is sometimes called "Yedapadavu". Yedapadavu was affected by the

2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka The 2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka were the wave of attacks directed against Christian churches and prayer halls in the Indian city of Mangalore and the surrounding area of southern Karnataka in September and October 2008 by ...

. The gram panchayat is about 21 km northeast of the city of

Mangalore Mangaluru (), formerly called Mangalore ( ), is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bengaluru, the st ...

, connected via NH 169 (formerly NH 13).bh

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* Villages in Dakshina Kannada district {{DakshinaKannada-geo-stub