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{{short description|Village in Maharashtra}}
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[[File:Dikwal Map.jpg|thumb|Dikwal Map]]
'''Dikval''' or '''Dikwal''' is a village in Golvan-Kumame panchayat,<ref>[https://civicatlas.in/gram-panchayat-golvan-kumame-190710 Civicatlas.in: Golvan-Kumame panchayat]</ref> [[Malvan]] [[taluka]] in the [[Sindhudurg district|district of Sindhudurg]],<ref name="malvan">[https://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/566578-dikval-maharashtra.html Census2011.co.in: Dikval]</ref> [[Maharashtra]], India, about {{Convert|10|km|mi}} from the [[Arabian Sea]].<ref>[http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=16.121398&lon=73.608828&z=15&m=b&search=Dikwal "Dikwal"]</ref> In 2011 it had a population of 325.<ref name="malvan" /> Its total area is about 560 hectares.{{citation needed|date=September 2025}} The local spoken language is [[Malvani people|Malvani]].{{citation needed|date=September 2025}}

The village land supports excellent crop-growing, including pineapples.<ref>Suresh Dasharath Shinde: ''Agriculture in an Underdeveloped Region: A Geographical Survey''. Himalaya Publishing House, 1980 ([https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OHksAAAAMAAJ&q=dikval&dq=dikval&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjYnoSX9_2PAxXuQEEAHVgEPAYQ6AF6BAgIEAM online version])</ref>

==Origin of the name==
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This village had a large area of water, so it was muddy, and while walking in this area mud used to stick to the legs, so the area was named ''dik'' which means "gum" (sticky glue) and ''wal'' meaning "wet". In this way, the area is known as Dik-wal, i.e. Dikwal.

In another explanation, as per the old and official record, the village of Dikwal had plenty of the plant called ''dinda''. In front of the temple of the local deity Gangeshwar, villagers traditionally played a game called ''bhavai'' on every day of the new moon. They used to dig deep in soil where a man sat with a coconut in his hand and others were taken away or snatched away and then went to be washed in the stream. Then they came back to play a game, the beginning of the religious rituals, called ''dindwal'', i.e., a game played with the stalks of the ''dinda'' plant, a group of which was called ''dindwan'', which became ''Dindwal'', then ''Dikwal''.

==History, economy, education, religion==
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The village started developing in 1971, when the government started to look after it, with the efforts of villagers. Villagers were able to build roads which helped to develop transport facilities. Now students can go to school with State Transport Bus (MSRTC).

The nearest railway station is [[Sindhudurg railway station]], situated on the route of the [[Konkan Railway]]. This station area is also known as Oras.<ref>[http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=16.107380&lon=73.693328&z=15&m=b&search=sindhudurg Wikimapia: Oras]</ref>

Villagers residing in this village are all farmers. Rice is a primary crop and supporting crops are taken with gardening, i.e. plantation. Most of the people work in a city like Mumbai, Pune, or Delhi. Some of them are doing business. Most of them visit their native place in the month of May, a month of hot summer when in India it is a holiday for school students.

Education is also one of the reasons which make people move to the cities. The school at Dikwal teaches up to 4th standard. For further studies, students have to walk more than one and a half hours to [[Katta, Sindhudurg|Katta]], on the way to Malwan via Kasal, where they can study up to twelfth standard. The nearest market to Dikwal is also in Katta.

In the month of December, the villagers perform a festival for the worship of God called ''Dahikalo''. On this occasion all villagers come together to enjoy the celebration. Dahikalo is a drama based on happenings in the life of God. Different stories are performed in the front of the temple on a permanent stage built for this purpose.

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Sindhudurg district]]

Dikval - Revision history

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