Earipakkam is a

panchayat village Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

in Nettapakkam Commune in the Union Territory of

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. It is also a revenue village under

Nettapakkam firka Nettapakkam is one of the three ''firkas''http://www.pon.nic.in/revenue/NEM-Action-Plan-2009/ANNEXURE part 1.pdf of Bahour ''taluk'' in Pondicherry (North) revenue sub-division of the Indian union territory of Puducherry. Revenue villages The f ...

Geography

Earipakkam is bordered by

Kariyamanickam Kariyamanickam is a panchayat village in Nettapakkam Commune in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. It is also a revenue village under Nettapakkam firka. Molapakkam is a part of Kariyamanickam village. Geography Kariyamanickam is borde ...

to the west; Kothambakkam,

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to the north; Palli Puthupattu,

to the east; and

Nettapakkam Nettapakkam is a Village, Commune and Assembly Constituency in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. It consists of Nettapakkam Enclave and Embalam part of Nettapakkam Commune in the main Enclave of Puducherry. It forms a part of western b ...

to the south. This village is one of the most famous villages in Puducherry.

Transport

Earipakkam is 26 km from Puducherry, and can be reached directly by buses running between

Cuddalore Cuddalore, also spelt as Kadalur (), is the city and headquarters of the Cuddalore District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Situated south of Chennai, Cuddalore was an important port during the British Raj. While the early history of Cudda ...

and

Villupuram Viluppuram, Villupuram, or Vizhuppuram () is a Municipality and the administrative headquarters of Viluppuram district. Located south west of a Tiruvannamalai and north west of Cuddalore null The town serves as a major railway junction, ...

. Alternatively, one can reach the nearby town of Kalmandapam from

Pondicherry Pondicherry (), now known as Puducherry ( French: Pondichéry ʊdʊˈtʃɛɹi(listen), on-dicherry, is the capital and the most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the sout ...

by taking the

Maducarai Maducarai is a panchayat village in Nettapakkam Commune in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. It is also a revenue village under Nettapakkam firka. Muducarai consists of two village panchayats namely Maducarai(East) and Maducarai(West). ...

bus, which travels along the Earipakkam-Maducarai road. Earipakkam is also connected by the Kalmandapam link road.

Politics

Earipakkam is a part of

Nettapakkam (Union Territory Assembly constituency) Nettapakkam is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seve ...

which comes under

Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency) Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency covers the entire Union Territory of Puducherry. Pondicherry became a union territory after the implementation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of India in 1962 and changed its name to Puduche ...

Gallery

File:Earipakkam.JPG, Earipakkam File:Earipakkam-School.JPG, Earipakkam-School

References

External links

Official website of the Government of the Union Territory of Puducherry
{{Puducherry District Villages in Puducherry district