Mandikal (

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

: ಮಂಡಿಕಲ್) is a village located in present Chikkaballapura taluk,

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

, India. As of 2011, it had a population of 910. It is 5.06 km² in area.

Geography and culture

The village is situated about 80 km from

Bengaluru Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

and the nearest highway is

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. Mandikal is classified as a

hobli A hobli, nad or mágani is a cluster of adjoining villages administered together for tax and land tenure purposes in the states of Karnataka India. This clustering of villages was formed mainly to streamline the collection of taxes and maintenan ...

, and it has a government school with grades from 1st standard to 10th standard. A Government ITI and PU college are also located in the village. Nearby villages are Gundalamandikal,

Hosahalli Hosahali is one of twin-villages Mattur-Hosahali, on the banks of the Tunga River in Karnataka state, southern India. It lies in an agricultural region where the main crop is the Areca nut. It is known for Sanskrit, Veda, Gamaka (storytellin ...

, Bachenahalli, Yatagana halli, Nalapana halli, Jegana halli, Jidamakala halli, Yarabapana halli and Kammaguta halli.

and

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India ** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language. * Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Tel ...

are the two main languages of the settlement. It lies along the route to the popular trekking destination of Avulabetta hill.

Economy

The main occupation of the village's residents are

subsistence farming Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow crops on smallholdings to meet the needs of themselves and their families. Subsistence agriculturalists target farm output for survival and for mostly local requirements. Planting decisions occ ...

and

herding Herding is the act of bringing individual animals together into a group (herd), maintaining the group, and moving the group from place to place—or any combination of those. Herding can refer either to the process of animals forming herds in ...

References

Villages in Kolar district {{Adjacent communities, Center=Mandikal, WEST=Dorabure, N=Kammaguttahalli, South=Gundlamandikal, E=Hosahalli