Karaiyamputhur

Karaiyamputhur is a village[1] in Bahour Commune of Bahour taluk in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. It is one of the 11 Enclaves of Puducherry. Karaiyamputhur serves as a gateway to Puducherry - Panruti route. It lies on the southwesternmost tip of Puducherry district.

Karaiyamputhur
Village
Karaiyamputhur is located in Puducherry
Karaiyamputhur
Karaiyamputhur
Location in Puducherry, India
Karaiyamputhur is located in India
Karaiyamputhur
Karaiyamputhur
Karaiyamputhur (India)
Coordinates: 11.819437°N 79.649794°E / 11.819437; 79.649794
Country India
StatePuducherry
DistrictPondicherry
TalukBahour
CommuneBahour
Population
 (2001)
  Total36,983
Languages
  OfficialFrench, Tamil, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
605 106
Telephone code0413
Vehicle registrationPY-01
Sex ratio50% /

Toponymy

The name Karaiyamputhur means new settlement on the banks of a river. Here the karai (banks) refers to Pennaiyar River banks. Pennaiyatrukaraiputhur may be the name which gets shortened to Karaiyamputhur.The original name may be Karaiyanputrur.

Geography

Karaiyamputhur is surrounded by villages of Tamil Nadu on all side. It is connected to Bahour, its Commune Headquarters by Frontier Road (RC-21).

Villages

Karaiyamputhur village panchayat consist of

Politics

Karaiyamputhur is a part of Nettapakkam (Union Territory Assembly constituency) which comes under Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency)

References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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