Gonal, Shorapur

Gonal
Village
Gonal Gonal
Coordinates: 16°27′50″N 076°41′15″E / 16.46389°N 76.68750°ECoordinates: 16°27′50″N 076°41′15″E / 16.46389°N 76.68750°E
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Yadgir district
Taluka	Shorapur
Government
• Type	Panchayati raj (India)
• Body	Gram panchayat
Population (2001)
• Total	634
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
ISO 3166 code	IN-KA
Vehicle registration	KA
Website	karnataka.gov.in

Gonal (Kannada: ) is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India.^[1][2] Administratively, Gonal is under Aldal gram panchayat, Shorapur Taluka of Yadgir District in Karnataka.^[2] It lies on the left (north) bank of the Devapura Nala, a tributary of the Krishna River.^[3] The village of Gonal is 2.6 km by road east of the village of Aldhal and 15 km by road southeast of the town of Shorapur. The nearest railhead is in Yadgir.^[4]

In 2006, planning was started for a small dam (weir) and hydroelectric plant on the Devapura Nala at Gonal.^[3] The water impoundment area does not affect any farmland or structures.^[3]

Demographics

At the 2001 census, Gonal had 634 inhabitants, with 330 males and 304 females.^[5]

Notes

1. 2001 Census Village code = 362300, "2001 Census of India: List of Villages by Tehsil: Karnataka" (PDF). Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. p. 138. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 November 2012.
2. 2011 Census Village code = 621005, "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: List of Census Villages mapped for: Aldal Gram Panchayat, Shorapur, Yadgir, Karnataka". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India.
3. "Gonal Small Hydro Project by South West Hydro: Clean Development Mechanism Project Design Document Form". United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. 22 December 2006.
4. "Yadgir District Map Showing Railway Line". Yadgir District. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013.
5. "Village wise statistics of Shorapur Taluka". Yadgir district.

External links

• "Official Website of Yadgir District".