Karaiyamputhur
Village
Karaiyamputhur Location in Puducherry, India Show map of Puducherry Karaiyamputhur Karaiyamputhur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 11°49′10″N 79°38′59″E / 11.819437°N 79.649794°E / 11.819437; 79.649794
Country	India
State	Puducherry
District	Pondicherry
Taluk	Bahour
Commune	Bahour
Population  (2001)
• Total	36,983
Languages
• Official	French, Tamil, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	605 106
Telephone code	0413
Vehicle registration	PY-01
Sex ratio	50% ♂/♀

Karaiyamputhur is a village^[1] in Bahour Commune of Bahour taluk in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. It is one of the 11 Enclaves of Puducherry. Karaiyamputhur serves as a gateway to Puducherry - Panruti route. It lies on the southwesternmost tip of Puducherry district.

The name Karaiyamputhur means new settlement on the banks of a river. Here the karai (banks) refers to Pennaiyar River banks. Pennaiyatrukaraiputhur may be the name which gets shortened to Karaiyamputhur.The original name may be Karaiyanputrur.

Karaiyamputhur is surrounded by villages of Tamil Nadu on all side. It is connected to Bahour, its Commune Headquarters by Frontier Road (RC-21).

Karaiyamputhur village panchayat consist of

• Karaiyamputhur
• Chinna Karaiyamputhur
• Panayadikuppam

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  Map of Karaiyamputhur Village Panchayat

Karaiyamputhur is a part of Nettapakkam (Union Territory Assembly constituency) which comes under Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency)

• Official website of the Government of the Union Territory of Puducherry^{[permanent dead link‍]}