Karaikal

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Karaikal Karikal
Town
Karaikal Beach Karaikal Ammaiyar Temple Karaikal Port Sri Dharbaranyeswarar Temple at Tirunallar Karaikal Grand Mosque Our Lady of Angels Church Karaikal Lighthouse Arasalar River Estuary Beach Road during Dawn
Karaikal Location of Karaikal in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 10°55′58″N 79°49′55″E / 10.932701°N 79.831853°E / 10.932701; 79.831853
Country	India
Union territory	Puducherry
District	Karaikal
Region	Tamil Nadu
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Karaikal Municipality (Conseil Municipal de Karaikal)
Elevation	4 m (13 ft)
Languages
• Official	Tamil, French
• Additional	English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	609601-609609
Telephone code	+91-04368-
Vehicle registration	PY 02
Website	www.karaikal.gov.in

Karaikal (/kʌdɛkʌl/, French: Karikal /kaʁikal/) is a town of the Indian Union Territory of Puducherry.^[2] It is the administrative headquarters of the Karaikal District and the second most populated town in the Union Territory after Pondicherry. Located on the Coromandel Coast of Bay of Bengal in South India, it is situated at the center of a coastal enclave surrounded by the state of Tamil Nadu and its Cauvery delta districts (Mayavaram, Tiruvarur and Negapatnam).