Naikal, Wadgera
Village in Karnataka, India
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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]
Naikal | |
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village | |
  Naikal Location in Karnataka, India  Naikal Naikal (India) | |
| Coordinates: 16°43′23″N 077°03′54″E | |
| Country |  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 |
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]