Karaikal

Karaikal district is one of the four districts of the Union Territory of in India.
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  • Type: district of India with 200,000 residents
  • Description: district of Puducherry, India
  • Also known as: Karaikal district”, “Karaikal District”, “Karaikkal”, and “Kārikāl

Places of Interest

Highlights include Karaikal railway station and Our Lady of Angels Church.

Railway station
is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Tiruchirappalli railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway terminus, situated in the city of in the Union Territory of , India.

Church
is the oldest church in in the Union territory of Pondicherry, in . The current structure was built in Neo-Gothic architecture by the French Colonial Empire in 1822.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karaikal and Thirunallar.

district, part of the discontiguous union territory of , is a small enclave within . and the other parts of Pondicherry are former French colonial territories in .

Village
is a small town in southeastern India in the of the Union Territory of Puducherry, near the town of . The village is home to the Dharbaranyesvarar temple, dedicated to Shiva, which contains within it a shrine of Shani. is situated 4½ km west of Karaikal.

Village
, or Neravi, is a town and commune in the Karaikal District of , . The village lies 145 km south of Puducherry in the Puducherry district, and is located between Karaikal and . is situated 3½ km south of Karaikal.

Karaikal

Latitude
10.9221° or 10° 55′ 20″ north
Longitude
79.8335° or 79° 50′ 1″ east
Population
200,000
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Abbreviation
“KKL”
Open location code
7J2XWRCM+RC
Geo­Names ID
1267888
Wiki­data ID
Q639264
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Karaikal” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: منطقة كاريكال
  • Asturian: distritu de Karaikal
  • Asturian: Karaikal (distritu)
  • Asturian: Karaikal
  • Bengali: কারাইকল জেলা
  • Bhojpuri: कराईकल जिला
  • Cebuano: Kāraikāl
  • Chinese: Karaikal
  • Chinese: 卡來卡縣
  • Chinese: 卡来卡县
  • Chinese: 开利开尔县
  • Dutch: Karaikal
  • Egyptian Arabic: كاريكال
  • French: district de Karaikal
  • French: District de Karikal
  • German: Karaikal
  • Gujarati: કરાઈકલ જિલ્લો
  • Hebrew: קראיקל
  • Hindi: कराईकल जिला
  • Hindi: कारईकाल ज़िला
  • Italian: distretto di Karaikal
  • Italian: Distretto di Karaikal
  • Japanese: カーライッカール (地区)
  • Malayalam: കാരക്കല്‍ ജില്ല
  • Marathi: करैकल जिल्हा
  • Min Nan Chinese: Karaikal
  • Northern Frisian: Distrikt Karaikal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Karaikal
  • Norwegian: Karaikal
  • Panjabi: ਜਿਲ਼੍ਹਾ ਕਰਾਈਕਲ
  • Persian: بخش کارایکال
  • Persian: بخش کارایکل
  • Russian: Карайкал
  • Sanskrit: कारैकलमण्डलम्
  • Santali: ᱠᱟᱨᱟᱭᱠᱟᱞ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ
  • Spanish: Distrito de Karaikal
  • Spanish: Karaikal
  • Swedish: Karaikal
  • Swedish: Karikal
  • Tamil: காரைக்கால் மாவட்டம்
  • Telugu: కరైకల్ జిల్లా
  • Telugu: కారైకాల్ జిల్లా
  • Urdu: کارائکال ضلع
  • Vietnamese: Karaikal
  • कराईकल जिला

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