Naikal, Wadgera

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Naikal
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Naikal
Location in Karnataka, India
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Naikal
Naikal (India)
Coordinates: 16°43′23″N077°03′54″E / 16.72306°N 77.06500°E / 16.72306; 77.06500
CountryFlag of India.svg India
State Karnataka
District Yadgir
Taluka Wadgera
Government
 • Type Panchayat raj
 • Body Gram panchayat
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
6,050
Languages
 • Official Kannada
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
585319
Telephone code PIN
ISO 3166 code IN-KA
Vehicle registration KA 33
Website karnataka.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-Shahapur 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]

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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

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

References

  1. 1 2 Village code= 377400 "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
  2. ↑ "Yahoomaps India". Archived from the original on 3 April 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2008.Naikal, Gulbarga, Karnataka
  3. 1 2 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 (Singanodi 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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