Vandeikya

Vandeikya is a local government area in Benue State Nigeria.Vandeikya Local Government Council is located between latitude 7°5' and 7°15' north of the Equator and Longitude 9° and 9°6' east of Greenwich. It has a landmass of 183,939 square meters (0.7 sq miles) with a population of well over 80,288.

Vandeikya is in the South Eastern part of Benue State and shares boundaries with Obudu and Bekwara in Cross River State to the East, Ushongo to the North and Konshisha LGA to the West. There are twelve administrative council wards.

Vandeikya LGA was carved out of Gboko Local Government Council in 1976. The indigenous community of the Kunav people who speak Tiv language. The Vandeikya people are a hospitable group and are predominantly Christians with a few traditionalists.

Vandeikya Local Government area is dominated by undulating terrain with much of the area being below 183 m (600 ft) above the sea level. Surface drainage is generally good with almost all the rivers being seasonal, notably river Aya and river Be.