Karaikudi

Karaikudi is a city and municipal corporation in in the Indian state of . It is the largest city in the district, and the centre of the Karaikudi Metropolitan Area, that forms part of the region.
municipality.tn.gov.in
Wikipedia
Photo: Joelsuganth, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Karaikkudi Junction railway station and Central Electro Chemical Research Institute.

Railway station
Karaikkudi Junction is an NSG–4 category railway station located in south-eastern part of Karaikudi Municipal Corporation in the state of .

University
Photo: Balajijagadesh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, founded on 25 July 1948 at Karaikudi in , CECRI came into existence in January 1953. It is the largest Electrochemical research institute in and is one of the largest research institutes for Electrochemistry in the world.

School building
The is a system of central government schools in . Governed by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. As of April 2025, it has a total of 1,257 schools in , and three abroad, in , and .

Karaikudi

Latitude
10.0728° or 10° 4′ 22″ north
Longitude
78.7795° or 78° 46′ 46″ east
Population
107,000
Elevation
85 metres (279 feet)
Open location code
7J2W3QFH+4R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1669647828
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1267885
Wiki­data ID
Q1023693
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Karaikudi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاريكودي”
  • Bengali: “কারাকুদি, কারাক্কুদি”
  • Bhojpuri: “कराईकुडी”
  • Bishnupriya: “কারাইক্কুড়ি”
  • Cebuano: “Kāraikkudi”
  • Chinese: “卡賴庫迪”
  • Chinese: “卡赖库迪”
  • Dutch: “Karaikudi”
  • Esperanto: “Karaikudi”
  • French: “Karaikudi”
  • Georgian: “კარაიკუდი”
  • German: “Karaikkudi”
  • German: “Karaikudi”
  • Gujarati: “કરાઇકુડી”
  • Hindi: “कराईकुड़ी”
  • Hindi: “कारईकुड़ी”
  • Italian: “Karaikkudi”
  • Japanese: “カライクディ”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾರೈಕುಡಿ”
  • Kashmiri: “کرایکودی”
  • Korean: “카라쿠디”
  • Malay: “Karaikkudi”
  • Newari: “करैक्कुडी”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karaikudi”
  • Norwegian: “Karaikudi”
  • Pampanga: “Karaikudi”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਰਾਈਕੁੜੀ”
  • Portuguese: “Karaikudi”
  • Russian: “Караикуди”
  • Russian: “Карайккуди”
  • Spanish: “Karaikkudi”
  • Spanish: “Karaikudi”
  • Swedish: “Karaikkudi”
  • Tamil: “காரைக்குடி”
  • Telugu: “కరైకుడి”
  • Urdu: “کرایکودی”
  • Urdu: “کرے کوڈی”
  • Vietnamese: “Karaikkudi”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Karaikkudi”
  • “कराईकुडी”

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