Manakuppam is one of the villages under

Sathamangalam Sathamangalam is a village in the Ariyalur taluk of Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, ...

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 union territory of Puducherry. It comprises villages under Villianur and Mannadipet Commune. Villianur taluk is further divided into four sub-taluks or firkas, namel ...

Geography

Manakuppam is surrounded by

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, bordered by Nallathur (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.

Road Network

Manakuppam is connected to

Pondicherry Pondicherry, officially known as Puducherry, is the Capital city, capital and most populous city of the Puducherry (union territory), Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the southeast coast of Indi ...

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 Puduche ...

References

External links

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