Puducherry
Karaikal
Karaikal Taluk

Karaikal

Karaikal district, part of the discontiguous union territory of , is a small enclave within . Karaikal and the other parts of Pondicherry are former French colonial territories in .
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  • Type: Town with 86,800 residents
  • Description: town in, Puducherry, India
  • Also known as: “kāraikāl”, “Karikal”, 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 Karaikal in the Union Territory of , India.

Church
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is the oldest church in Karaikal 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 Neravy.

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
10.9219° or 10° 55′ 19″ north
Longitude
79.8354° or 79° 50′ 8″ east
Population
86,800
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IN KRK
Open location code
7J2XWRCP+Q5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 84886703
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1267887
Wiki­data ID
Q277258
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Karaikal” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Karaikal”
  • Bengali: “করাইকাল”
  • Bishnupriya: “কারাইকাল”
  • Catalan: “Karikal”
  • Cebuano: “Kāraikāl”
  • Chinese: “卡莱凯”
  • Chinese: “卡萊凱”
  • Chinese: “开利开尔”
  • Dutch: “Karaikal”
  • Esperanto: “Karaikal”
  • French: “Karikal”
  • French: “Kârikâl”
  • German: “Karaikal”
  • German: “Karaikkal”
  • German: “Karikal”
  • Gujarati: “કરૈકાલ”
  • Hindi: “कराईकल”
  • Hindi: “करैकाल”
  • Hindi: “कारईकाल”
  • Indonesian: “Karaikal”
  • Italian: “Karaikal”
  • Japanese: “カーライッカール”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾರೈಕಾಲ್”
  • Kashmiri: “کارایکال”
  • Korean: “카라이칼”
  • Latin: “Karaikala”
  • Malagasy: “Karaikal”
  • Malay: “Karaikal”
  • Malayalam: “കാരക്കൽ”
  • Malayalam: “കാരക്കാൽ”
  • Marathi: “करैकल”
  • Newari: “करैकाल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karaikal”
  • Oriya: “Karaikal”
  • Oriya: “କରାଇକାଲ”
  • Pampanga: “Karaikal”
  • Persian: “کارایکال”
  • Polish: “Karajkkal”
  • Portuguese: “Karaikal”
  • Russian: “Карайкал”
  • Russian: “Карикал”
  • Sanskrit: “कारैकल्”
  • Spanish: “Karaikal”
  • Swedish: “Karaikal”
  • Talysh: “Karaikal”
  • Tamil: “காரைக்கால்”
  • Telugu: “కరైకల్”
  • Telugu: “కారైకాల్”
  • Urdu: “کارائکال”
  • Vietnamese: “Karaikal”

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