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Karaiyamputhur

Coordinates: 11°49′10″N 79°38′59″E / 11.819437°N 79.649794°E / 11.819437; 79.649794
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Karaiyamputhur
Village
Karaiyamputhur is located in Puducherry
Karaiyamputhur
Karaiyamputhur
Location in Puducherry, India
Karaiyamputhur is located in India
Karaiyamputhur
Karaiyamputhur
Karaiyamputhur (India)
Coordinates: 11°49′10″N 79°38′59″E / 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% /

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.

Toponymy

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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

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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

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Karaiyamputhur village panchayat consist of

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Politics

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

References

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  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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