Karaiyamputhur is a village in Bahour Commune of

Bahour taluk Bahour taluk is one of four taluks in the Pondicherry District of the union territory of Puducherry. It comprises villages under Bahour and Nettapakkam Commune. Bahour taluk is further divided into three sub-taluks/firkas, viz. Bahour, Selliamed ...

in the Union Territory of Puducherry,

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. It is one of the 11 Enclaves of Puducherry. Karaiyamputhur serves as a gateway to Puducherry -

Panruti Panruti is a developing city, municipality and taluk headquarters of Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu, India. Panruti is located between Cuddalore and Neyveli. Panruti is famous for jackfruits and cashew nuts. The jackfruit grown here is exported ...

route. It lies on the southwesternmost tip of

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Toponymy

The name Karaiyamputhur means new settlement on the banks of a river. Here the karai (banks) refers to

Pennaiyar River The South Pennar River (also known as ''Dakshina Pinakini'' in Kannada and ''Thenpennai or Ponnaiyar'' or ''Pennaiyar'' in Tamil) is a river in India. Bangalore, Hosur, Tiruvannamalai, and Cuddalore are the important cities on the banks of Sout ...

banks. Pennaiyatrukaraiputhur may be the name which gets shortened to Karaiyamputhur.The original name may be Karaiyanputrur.

Geography

Karaiyamputhur is surrounded by villages of

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on all side. It is connected to

Bahour Bahour is a town, Bahour Commune, Commune, Bahour taluk, Taluk and Bahour (Union Territory Assembly constituency), Assembly Constituency in the Union Territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry, India. It consists of four non-contiguous ...

, its Commune Headquarters by Frontier Road (RC-21).

Villages

Karaiyamputhur village panchayat consist of * Karaiyamputhur *

Chinna Karaiyamputhur Chinna Karayambuthur is a village in Bahour Commune of Bahour taluk in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. It lies on the eastern part of Karaiyamputhur Enclave of Puducherry. Chinna Karaiyamputhur serves as a link between Karaiyamputhu ...

Panayadikuppam Panayadikuppam otherwise known as Panaiyadikuppam or Panaiyadikkuppamis is a village in Bahour Commune of Bahour taluk in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. It lies on the north part of Karaiyamputhur Enclave of Puducherry. Panayadikupp ...

Gallery

File:Karaiyamputhur-BHR.jpg, Map of Karaiyamputhur Village Panchayat

Politics

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

References

External links

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