Naikal is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It lies at the foot of a rocky hill called Parmanan, along the Yadgir-Shahaptur Road (State Highway 15 (Karnataka)). 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.

Naikal lies along the path of the proposed Surat-Chennai Expressway, and over forty hectares of Naikal's irrigated land was condemned by eminent domain in 2020 for the project.

KBN Agro Industries operates a cotton gin in Naikal, and Sugureshwar Mineral Water operates a bottling plant there.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Naikal had a population of 6,050 with 3,010 males and 3,040 females.