Pudukuppam 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 Puducherry or Pondicherry may refer to: * Puducherry (union territory), a union territory of India ** Pondicherry, capital of the union territory of Puducherry ** Puducherry district, a district of the union territory of Puducherry ** Puducherry t ...

, India. It lies east of NH-45A at a distance of 2 km from it.

Geography

Pudukuppam is bordered by Krishnavaram in the west, Manappattu in the north,

Bay of Bengal The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line between ...

in east and Mullodai in the south. Murthikuppam Pudukuppam fishing village is located about twenty four kilometers towards south of Pondicherry Town. It falls under Bahur Cummune. It is well connected to Villupuram – Nagapattinam road (NH 45A extn.). A water tank, a village school, a few shops, marketplace, and the office of the local Panchayat (the traditional village government) are present in the Village. Electricity and piped water supply are available at this village. Total fishermen families of this village are about 411 of which 386 families are active fishermen and the remaining 25 are passive fishermen. About 200 FRP boats with outboard engine and about 50 non-mechanized country boats (catamaran) are available at this village. The boats are well placed on the seashore. Fish landing depends on the season. Fish catching time depends on season either from early morning hours between 3.00am to 11.00am or in evening between 3.00pm to 7.00pm. This fishing village has no facility for storing the fish in chilling units. Murthikuppam Pudukuppam is located towards south side of the village and falls in survey no. 244 and 245 of Manapet Revenue Village, which is in CRZ III. Turtle nesting is reported over and area of about 38380 m2

Employment

Pudukuppam village is famous for fishing and more than 95% of the residents main work is fishing. More than 250 boats work from the village. The government of Puducherry began construction of a harbor worth 7cr, but cancelled the project before completion.

Road Network

Pudukuppam is connected by Mullodai Arch - Pudukuppam road. Also

Pannithittu Pannithittu is a village in Bahour Commune of Bahour taluk in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. It lies east of NH-45A at a distance of 2 km from it. River Malattar joins Bay of Bengal at Pannithittu. Geography Pannithittu is ...

- Pudukuppam road connects Pudukuppam.

Gallery

File:Pudukuppam-BHR.jpg, Map of Pudukuppam Village Panchayat File:Pudukuppam-Village-BHR.jpg, Pudukuppam Village Panchayat Office, Bahour Commune

Politics

Pudukuppam is a part of

Bahour (Union Territory Assembly constituency) Bahour 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, seventh-l ...

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 ...

References

External links

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