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Karikalampakkam | |
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Village | |
  Karikalampakkam Location in Puducherry, India  Karikalampakkam Karikalampakkam (India) | |
| Coordinates: 11°51′52″N 79°44′56″E / 11.864579°N 79.748855°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Puducherry |
| District | Pondicherry |
| Taluk | Bahour |
| Commune | Nettapakkam |
| Languages | |
| • Official | French, Tamil, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 605 007 |
| Telephone code | 0413 |
| Vehicle registration | PY-01 |
| Sex ratio | 50% ♂/♀ |
Karikalampakkam is a panchayat village[1] in Nettapakkam Commune in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. It is also a revenue village under Nettapakkam firka. If splitting the Name of Karikalampakkam and translating into English it will give the reason of village name by how it came. Kari - Dark; akalam - Non Leaving; pakkam - the place or location. So when the Pondicherry under French rule, this place identified by the other village people by noticing the full darkness; occupying entire area of the village even at day time: as this village fully covered with big trees thus not permitting the light passing inside.
Beautiful village well connected to all near by villages for their every day needs. Good transport connectivity with all major urban area.
Geography
[edit]Karikalampakkam is bordered by Chellancherry village (Tamil nadu) in the west, Korkadu in the north, Pudukkadai village (Tamil nadu) in the east and Malattar & Kumaramangalam village ( Tamil nadu) in the south.
Transport
[edit]Karikalampakkam is located at 15 km. from Pondicherry. Karikalampakkam can be reached directly by any bus running between Puducherry - Maducarai or Puducherry- Bahour via Karikalampakkam.
Road Network
[edit]Karikalampakkam is connected to Pondicherry by both Villianur-Bahour road (RC-18) and Thavalakuppam-Embalam road (RC-20). In fact, Karikalampakkam is located at the junction of RC-18 and RC-20.
Politics
[edit]Karikalampakkam is a part of Embalam (Union Territory Assembly constituency) which comes under Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency)
References
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
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External links
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