Naikal, Wadgera

Coordinates: 16°43′23″N 077°03′54″E / 16.72306°N 77.06500°E / 16.72306; 77.06500
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Naikal
village
Naikal is located in Karnataka
Naikal
Naikal
Location in Karnataka, India
Naikal is located in India
Naikal
Naikal
Naikal (India)
Coordinates: 16°43′23″N 077°03′54″E / 16.72306°N 77.06500°E / 16.72306; 77.06500
Country India
StateKarnataka
DistrictYadgir
TalukaWadgera
Government
 • TypePanchayat raj
 • BodyGram panchayat
Population
 (2001)
 • Total6,050
Languages
 • OfficialKannada
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
585319
Telephone codePIN
ISO 3166 codeIN-KA
Vehicle registrationKA 33
Websitekarnataka.gov.in

Naikal is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India.[1][2] It lies at the foot of a rocky hill called Parmanan,[3] along the Yadgir-Shahaptur Road (State Highway 15 (Karnataka)).[4] Administratively, it is under Wadgera Taluk of Yadgir district in Karnataka. The Naikal Hill Station, #17 of the Great Arc Meridional Survey, was located just east of the village on another rocky hill called Gúrbasapa.[3]

Naikal lies along the path of the proposed Surat-Chennai Expressway,[5] and over forty hectares of Naikal's irrigated land was condemned by eminent domain in 2020 for the project.[6]

KBN Agro Industries operates a cotton gin in Naikal, and Sugureshwar Mineral Water operates a bottling plant there.[7]

Demographics[edit]

As of 2001 India census, Naikal had a population of 6,050 with 3,010 males and 3,040 females.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Village code= 377400 "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 18 December 2008.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Yahoomaps India". Retrieved 18 December 2008. Naikal, Gulbarga, Karnataka [permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b Strahan, George, ed. (1890). Account of The Operations of the Great Triganometrical Survey of India. Vol. 12. Dehradun, India: Surveyor General of India. p. Appendix A, page 9.
  4. ^ Google Maps: Naikal
  5. ^ "Surat Chennai Expressway Project Complete Details, Route Map, Current Status, Contractors Etc". Indian Construction Info. 24 October 2023. Archived from the original on 24 November 2023.
  6. ^ "3A Notification for "Development of 6 lane of Access Controlled Newly proposed Green Field Highway of NH-150C starting from MH/KN Border (Nimbal Village) to KN/TS Border (Singnodi village) as part of Surat - Chennai Economic Corridor under Bharatmala Pariyojna". 24 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 November 2023.
  7. ^ F-Register of Organizations, KSPCB, RO, Yadgir for the period up to 01-04-2021 to 31-12-2022 (PDF), Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, archived (PDF) from the original on 24 November 2023

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