Bandishola

Vandicholai/Vandichollai
village
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Coordinates: 11°22′20″N76°49′07″E / 11.372186°N 76.818493°E / 11.372186; 76.818493
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,073
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Literacy	57%
Climate	Moderate (Köppen)

Vandicholai is a Panchayat village in Coonoor Taluk of The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India. ^[1] The settlement takes its name from a nearby Shola (indigenous forest). The Chinna Vandicholai (Small Vandicholai) is a settlement adjoining Wellington Cantonment. The village gets its name from the conjunction of two Badaga words [bandu+so:le; 'moth+woods']. ^[2]

References

1. Paul Hockings; Christiane Pilot-Raichoor (1992). A Badaga-English Dictionary. p. 393. ISBN   3-11-084605-5.
2. Hockings, Paul; Pilot-Raichoor, Christiane (June 2011). A Badaga-English Dictionary. ISBN   978-3-11-084605-8.