Wandal, Nidagundi

Wandal
Wandal
village
	Wandal Location in Karnataka, India Wandal Wandal (India)
	Coordinates: 16°24′52″N 75°53′10″E / 16.414537°N 75.886073°E
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Bijapur
Talukas	Nidagundi
Elevation	530 m (1,740 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	7,593
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	586201
ISO 3166 code	IN-KA
Vehicle registration	KA-28
Website	karnataka.gov.in

Wandal is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India.

Overview

Wandal^[1] is a village and has population of approximately 8,000 (in the year 2011). People speak Kannada, Hindi and English languages fluently. 80% of the people in the village are educated. Each house in the village has at least one teacher or doctors or engineers are common in Wandal village.^[2]^[3] It is located in the Nidagundi taluk of Bijapur district in Karnataka. It was once recorded that village was having highest number of teachers in Bijapur district.

History

The village name came from banyan tree (in Kannada banyan tree means alada mara). In ancient days, people of the village used to gather under big banyan tree and have fun and other activities like village fest. So later, village name became Wandal (meaning one banyan tree).

Demographics

As of 2011^[update] India census, Wandal had a population of 6,730 with 2,882 males and 2,848 females.^[2] Wandal is in Nidagundi Taluka. The village is situated along Bijapur–Bangalore National Highway No.50 at a distance of 54 kilometres (34 mi) from Bijapur, and 487 kilometres (303 mi) distance from the state capital of Bangalore.

Culture

Includes genuine North Karnataka style art. Men wear dhothra, Nehru shirt and silk rumalu (Pakata). Women wear Ilkal saree and Khadi clothes in previous decades now it is all modern style brought it up from cities to village.

Cuisine

In the village, wheat and jowar rottis (unleavened bread made with millet) are popular.

The following are typical items in a vegetarian meal:

Rotti/Bhakri, Rice, Saaru, Happala and Kosambari
Shenga/Ellu – Dry chutney in powder form, sometimes called Hindi (chutney)

Temples

The village has several temples

Shree Banashankari Temple- The Village Goddess^[4]
Shree Durga Devi Temple
Shree Mallikarjuna Temple
Shree Basaveshwara Temple
Shree Venkateswara Temple
Shree Hanuman Temple
Shree Beeralingeshwara Temple
Shree Lakshmi Devi Temple

Education

In 2011, literacy rate of Wandal village is 75.36% of Karnataka. In Wandal, male literacy stands at 86.67% while female literacy rate was 63.76%.

College/schools near Wandal:

Shree Shakhambari High School
KBHPS Wandal
Lower primary Urdu school
Bhagyavanti Lower Primary School

Transportation

Trains to Wandal:

Golgumbaz Express
Basava Express
Dharwad -Solapur passenger

References

^ "Wandal". Wandal.
^ ^a ^b Village code= 599487 "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
^ "Yahoomaps India :". Retrieved 18 December 2008. Wandal, Bijapur, Karnataka
^ "Banashankari Temple". Wandal.

External links

"Bijapur District Official Website". Bijapur District.
https://www.studyapt.com/school-unaided-bhagyavanti-lps-wandal-bijapur-ka

[1] "Wandal". Wandal.

[censusindia-2] Village code= 599487 "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.

[yahoomaps-3] "Yahoomaps India :". Retrieved 18 December 2008. Wandal, Bijapur, Karnataka

[4] "Banashankari Temple". Wandal.

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