Karaikal

Also known as Karikal

Key facts

Settlement.name: Karaikal
Settlement.other_name: Karikal
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Karaikal District in India along with the other districts of Pondicherry
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Tamil Nadu
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Karaikal in Tamil Nadu, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: India
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Union territory
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Puducherry
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Karaikal
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Tamil Nadu
Settlement.government_type: Municipality
Settlement.governing_body: Karaikal Municipality()
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric

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Wikidata facts

Elevation: 0
Official website: karaikal.gov.in
Image: Karaikal French house.JPG
Dialing code: 4368

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Commons category: Karaikal
postal code: 609602

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Karaikal (, , /kaʁikal/) is a port city of the Indian Union Territory of Puducherry. It is the administrative headquarters of the Karaikal District and the second most populated town in the Union Territory after Pondicherry. Located on the Coromandel Coast of Bay of Bengal in South India, it is situated at the center of a coastal enclave surrounded by the state of Tamil Nadu and its Cauvery delta districts (Mayiladuthurai, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam).

==Etymology==