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Karaikal district
District
Karaikal districtLocation of Puducherry's Karaikal district within Tamil NaduShow map of Tamil NaduKaraikal districtLocation of Karaikal district in IndiaShow map of India
Coordinates: 11°01′00″N 79°52′00″E / 11.01667°N 79.86667°E / 11.01667; 79.86667
Country	India
Union Territory	Puducherry
District	Karaikal
Area
• Total	161 km (62 sq mi)
Population
• Total	200,222
• Density	1,200/km (3,200/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Tamil, English,
• Additional	French,
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	609 602
Telephone code	91 (0)4368
Vehicle registration	PY-02
Website	karaikal.gov.in

Karaikal district (French: District de Karikal) is one of the four districts of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India.

Geography

Karaikal district occupies an area of 160 square kilometres (62 sq mi).

Karaikal is a small coastal enclave of territory which was formerly part of French India. Together with the other former French enclaves of Pondicherry, Yanam, and Mahé, Karaikal forms the Union Territory of Puducherry. Karaikal is bounded on the North by Mayiladuthurai district, on the South by Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu state, on the west by Tiruvarur district (also belonging to Tamil Nadu), and on the East by the Bay of Bengal.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Karaikal district has a population of 200,222, roughly equal to the nation of Samoa. This gives it a ranking of 589th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 1,252 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,240/sq mi) . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 17.29%. Karaikal has a sex ratio of 1048 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 87.83%.

Tamil is the principal language spoken and Tamils are the predominant linguistic group in the district.

Hindus formed the majority of the population at 83.41% of the population followed by Christians at 10.70%, Muslims at 6.46% and others at 0.12%.

Transportation

Air

The nearest airport is in Trichy (Tiruchirappalli). Karaikal Airport is a greenfield airport under construction. It will be the first airport in the country to be built entirely with private capital.

Train

Karaikal railway station is a railway terminus, situated in the town of Karaikal in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India.

Port

Karaikal Port Private Limited (KPPL), a private port developed by the Chennai-based MARG Limited, became operational in April 2009. The port is located on the Eastern coast of India at keezhavanjore village in Karaikal District of Puducherry, around 300 km along the coast south of Chennai Port and around 360 km along the coast north of Tuticorin Port. The shoreline of the port is between 10° 50′ 56″ N and 10° 49′ 44″ N.

Educational institutions

See also

• French colonial empire
• French East India Company
• French India

References

1. ^ "Official website of Karaikal District, Puducherry UT". Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
2. ^ "The Pondicherry Official Languages Act, 1965" (PDF). lawsofindia.org. Laws of India. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
3. Animesh Rai (2020). The Legacy of French Rule in India (1674-1954): An investigation of a process of Creolization. Institut français de Pondichéry. ISBN 9791036549892.
4. Srivastava, Dayawanti, ed. (2010). "States and Union Territories: Pondicherry: Government". India 2010: A Reference Annual (54th ed.). New Delhi, India: Additional Director General, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Government of India. p. 1222. ISBN 978-81-230-1617-7.
5. ^ "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
6. US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011. Samoa 193,161
7. "New Page 1". Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
8. "Coimbatore firm to build India's first private airport in Karaikal". The Times of India. 13 March 2012. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
9. "Nagore-Karaikal BG line inspection by September". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 8 July 2011.
10. http://www.karaikalport.com/

v t e Places adjacent to Karaikal district
Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu (Northern) Thiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu Karaikal district Bay of Bengal Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu (Southern)

v t e Union territory of Puducherry
Capital: Pondicherry
Districts	Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam
Municipalities	Karaikal Mahé Uzhavarkarai Pondicherry Yanam
Languages	French Tamil Telugu Malayalam
Education	Pondicherry University Puducherry Technological University JIPMER National Institute of Technology, Puducherry
History	History of Puducherry
Places of interest	Auroville Promenade Beach Manakula Vinayagar Temple Matrimandir Sri Aurobindo Ashram Sacred Heart Basilica
Transport	Rail Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Air Puducherry Airport Karaikal Airport
Sports	Pondicherry Cricket Association Pondicherry Premier League Indira Gandhi Sports Stadium YSR Indoor Stadium

v t e Proposed states and union territories of India
Central India	Baghelkhand (Madhya Pradesh/Uttar Pradesh) Bundelkhand (Madhya Pradesh/Uttar Pradesh) Gondwana (Chhattisgarh/Madhya Pradesh/Odisha) Mahakoshal (Madhya Pradesh) Malwa (Madhya Pradesh) Vindhya Pradesh (Madhya Pradesh)
East India	Bhojpur (Bihar/Uttar Pradesh) Gorkhaland (West Bengal) Kamtapur (West Bengal) Kosal (Odisha) Mithila (Bihar) Rarhbhumi (Odisha)
North India	Awadh Pradesh (Uttar Pradesh) Braj Pradesh (Uttar Pradesh) Delhi Harit Pradesh (Uttar Pradesh) Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) Kashmir (Jammu and Kashmir) Panun Kashmir (Jammu and Kashmir) Purvanchal (Uttar Pradesh)
Northeast India	Bodoland (Assam) Dimaraji (Assam/Nagaland) Garoland (Meghalaya) Karbi Anglong (Assam) Tipraland (Tripura)
South India	Karu Nadu (Karnataka) Kalyana-Karnataka (Karnataka) Kodagu (Karnataka) Kongu Nadu (Tamil Nadu) Karaikal (Puducherry) Malabar (Kerala) Rayalaseema (Andhra Pradesh) Tulu Nadu (Karnataka/Kerala)
West India	Khandesh (Maharashtra) Konkan (Goa/Karnataka/Maharashtra) Kutch (Gujarat) Marathwada (Maharashtra) Maru Pradesh (Rajasthan) Saurashtra (Gujarat) Vidarbha (Maharashtra)
Current states and union territories of India

• Karaikal district
• Districts of Puducherry
• Proposed states and union territories of India