Bandadka

thumb|200px|Bandadka Town Bandadka is a small town in Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India. It is also called Kottakal because of Bandadka Fort. It falls under the Kuttikole Grama Panchayat. It is located east of the district headquarters Kasaragod, away from the State capital Thiruvananthapuram, west of the Karnataka border and away from Sullia. Bandadka's pin code is 671541 and its postal head office is Chengala.

==Demographics== As of 2011 Census, Bandadka had a population of 7,824 with 3,893 males and 3,931 females. Bandadka village has an area of with 1,849 families residing in it. The average female sex ratio was 1010 lower than the state average of 1084. 10.1% of the population in the village was under 6 years of age. Bandadka had an average literacy of 87.36% lower than the state average of 94%; male literacy was 91% and female literacy was 83.66%. Bandadka includes hamlets such as Kakkachal.