Arcot
Arcot and Ranipet are two towns on opposite sides of the Palar River, in Northern Tamil Nadu. Ranipet, also called Ranipettai, is mainly known for its industrial development, in particular leather.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Priasai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 56,000 residents
- Description: town in Ranipet district, Tamil Nadu, India
- Also known as: “Arcot, Tamil Nadu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Delhi Gate.
Delhi Gate
Monument
Photo: Priasai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Delhi Gate is part of the fortification of Arcot, a town which is located on the banks of Palar river in Ranipet district, Tamil Nadu, India. The gate was part of a fort built by Mughal governor, Daud Khan Panni, in the first half of the 18th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arcot and Ranipet and Melvisharam.
Arcot and Ranipet
Arcot and Ranipet are two towns on opposite sides of the Palar River, in Northern Tamil Nadu. Ranipet, also called Ranipettai, is mainly known for its industrial development, in particular leather.Melvisharam
Town
Melvisharam is a town in Ranipet district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is 7 km from Ranipet, 5 km from historic town of Arcot and 17 km from Vellore city. Melvisharam is situated 4½ km west of Arcot.
Walajapet
Town
Walajapet is a municipality and taluk in the state of Tamil Nadu. Walajapet is situated 5 km northeast of Arcot.
Arcot
- Category: locality
- Location: Arcot, Ranipet district, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
12.9079° or 12° 54′ 28″ northLongitude
79.3204° or 79° 19′ 13″ eastPopulation
56,000Elevation
173 metres (568 feet)Open location code
7J4XW85C+55OpenStreetMap ID
node 263014528OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1278432Wikidata ID
Q589185
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Arcot” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Arcot”
- Bishnupriya: “আরকোট”
- Catalan: “Arcot”
- Cebuano: “Arcot”
- Chinese: “阿尔果德”
- Chinese: “阿爾果德”
- Czech: “Árkádu”
- Dutch: “Arcot”
- French: “Arcot”
- French: “Arkat”
- French: “Arkât”
- German: “Arcot”
- Hindi: “आर्कोट”
- Italian: “Arcot”
- Japanese: “アルコット”
- Kannada: “ಆರ್ಕಾಟು”
- Kannada: “ಆರ್ಕಾಟ್”
- Kashmiri: “آرکاٹ، ویلور”
- Malay: “Arcot”
- Newari: “आर्कोट”
- Panjabi: “ਅਰਕੋਟ”
- Persian: “آرکوت (ولور)”
- Persian: “آرکوت”
- Russian: “Аркот”
- Russian: “Аркота”
- Slovenian: “Arcot”
- Spanish: “Arcot”
- Swedish: “Arcot”
- Tamil: “ஆர்க்காடு”
- Tamil: “ஆற்காடு”
- Tamil: “வட ஆற்காடு மாவட்டம்”
- Urdu: “آرکاٹ، رانی پیٹ”
- Urdu: “آرکاٹ، ویلور”
- Vietnamese: “Arcot”
- Waray (Philippines): “Arcot”
- Western Panjabi: “ارکوٹ”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fathima Hospital, Arcot and Lakshmanan park.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Arcot”. Photo: Priasai, CC BY-SA 3.0.