Manakuppam is one of the villages under Sathamangalam revenue village in the

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. It is an isolated part of Villianur Commune and

Villianur Taluk Villianur taluk is one of four taluks in the Pondicherry District of the States and territories of India, union territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry. It comprises villages under Villianur Commune, Villianur and Mannadipet Commune ...

Geography

Manakuppam is surrounded by

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, bordered by

Nallathur Nallathur is a village in the Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu, one of 28 states of India. Nallathur's postal code is 605 106. Demographics According to the 2011 Indian census, the population of Nallathur was 4,456, of which 2,238 were male ( ...

(East and North), Nadukuppam (west) and the dried Malattaru river in the south.

Transport

Manakuppam is located 18 km from Pondicherry city. Manakuppam can be reached by bus running between Pondicherry and

Madukarai Maducarai is a panchayat village in Nettapakkam Commune in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. It is also a revenue village under Nettapakkam firka. Muducarai consists of two village panchayats namely Maducarai(East) and Maducarai(West). ...

Road Network

Manakuppam is connected to

Pondicherry Pondicherry (), now known as Puducherry ( French: Pondichéry ʊdʊˈtʃɛɹi(listen), on-dicherry, is the capital and the most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the sout ...

by Mangalam - Maducarai State Highway ( RC-19)

Politics

Manakuppam is a part of Mangalam Assembly Constituency which comes under

Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency) Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency covers the entire Union Territory of Puducherry. Pondicherry became a union territory after the implementation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of India in 1962 and changed its name to Puduc ...

External links

Official website of the Government of the Union Territory of Puducherry
Villages in Puducherry district {{Puducherry-geo-stub