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Karaikudi and surrounding areas are generally referred as "Chettinad". [12] [13] Chettinad comprises a network of 73 villages and 2 towns forming clusters spread over a territory of 1,550 km 2 in the districts of Sivagangai and Pudukottai in the state of Tamil Nadu. Karaikudi is the largest town in Sivaganga district.
The Karaikudi Urban Agglomeration, or Karaikudi Metropolitan Area, is the 21st most populous urbanized area in Tamil Nadu state of India. The Karaikudi Metropolitan Area [ 1 ] consists of the city of Karaikudi and its suburbs in Sivaganga district , together formed as Karaikudi Urban Agglomeration by government of Tamil Nadu.
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, many residents of Chettinad were trading in South and Southeast Asia, particularly Burma, Ceylon, Vietnam and Malaysia.By 2010, only 74 villages remained of the original 96, [4] organised in clusters spread over a territory of 1,550 square kilometres (600 square miles) in the Districts of Sivagangai and Pudukottai in the State of Tamil Nadu.
Kottaiyur is the Northern Suburb of Karaikudi city in Sivaganga district. Formerly, it was a Town panchayat until getting included into Karaikudi City Municipal Corporation. It's the most populous and a well-developed suburb of Karaikudi. It is known for its Kottaiyur Sivan Temple, one of the master pieces of the Chettinad region. The temple ...
Karaikkudi Junction (station code: KKDI) is an NSG–4 category railway station located in Karaikudi in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.It is the principle rail-head in the city that serves it's metropolitan area, falling under the jurisdiction of Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone.
Ariyakudi [1] is situated in the southern part of Karaikudi Municipal Corporation in the Sivaganga District. It is situated approximately 5 kilometers southeast from the centre of Karaikudi city, it has a population of 5,368 as of 2011.
The largest before had been the East Amarillo Fire of 2006, which was around 907,000 acres, according to statistics from the Texas A&M Forest Service, which is a state agency.
Koviloor is a suburban village to the Port of Karaikudi of Sivaganga District of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It contains Arulmigu Kotravaaleeswara Temple, [ 1 ] which is more than 1500 years old. It has one of the country's oldest mutts , Koviloor Adheenam.