| Wandal | |
| Settlement Type: | village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Karnataka#India3 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Karnataka, India |
| Coordinates: | 16.4145°N 75.8861°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Karnataka |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bijapur |
| Parts Type: | Talukas |
| Parts: | Nidagundi |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 530 |
| Population Total: | 7593 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Kannada |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 586201 |
| Registration Plate: | KA-28 |
| Iso Code: | IN-KA |
Wandal is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India.
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.
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).
India census, Wandal had a population of 6,730 with 2,882 males and 2,848 females. Wandal is in Nidagundi Taluka. The village is situated along Bijapur–Bangalore National Highway No.50 at a distance of from Bijapur, and distance from the state capital of Bangalore.
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.
In the village, wheat and jowar rottis (unleavened bread made with millet) are popular.
The following are typical items in a vegetarian meal:
The village has several temples
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:
Trains to Wandal: