Karaiyamputhur

Karaiyamputhur
Village
Karaiyamputhur
Karaiyamputhur

Location in Puducherry, India

Coordinates: 11°49′10″N 79°38′59″E / 11.819437°N 79.649794°E / 11.819437; 79.649794Coordinates: 11°49′10″N 79°38′59″E / 11.819437°N 79.649794°E / 11.819437; 79.649794
Country  India
State Puducherry
District Pondicherry
Taluk Bahour
Commune Bahour
Population (2001)
  Total 36,983
Languages
  Official French, Tamil, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 605 106
Telephone code 0413
Vehicle registration PY-01
Sex ratio 50% /

Karaiyamputhur (Tamil: கரையாம்புதூர்) 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

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.

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

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