Thavalakuppam is a panchayat village in Ariyankuppam Commune in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. It is also a revenue village under

Ariyankuppam Firka Puducherry taluk is one of four taluks in the Puducherry district of the union territory of Puducherry. It comprises the city of Pondicherry and villages of Ariyankuppam Commune. Puducherry taluk is further divided into three sub-taluks (firkas ...

Geography

Thavalakuppam is bordered by Sankaraparani River in the north,

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in the east, periyakattupalayam(

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) in the south and Abishegapakkam in the West

Demographics

India

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...

, Thavalakuppam had a population of 5670. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Thavalakuppam has an average literacy rate of 81.49%, male literacy is 88.89%, and female literacy is 74.13%. In Thavalakuppam, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Transport

Thavalakuppam is located at 11° 52′N 79° 47′E. Thavalakuppam is at 7.5 km from Pondicherry city and 3.5 km from Ariyankuppam. It is in between Pondicherry and Cuddalore on NH-45A. One can reach Thavalakuppam by any local bus from Pondicherry to

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and

Karaiyanputtur Karaiyamputhur is a village 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 southwester ...

running via Ariyankuppam.

Road Network

The following are main roads in Thavalakuppam * National Highway - 45A * Thavalakuppam - Embalam Highway (RC-20) * Pudukuppam Road * Nallavadu Road

Tourism

Singirikudi Lakshminarashimhar Koil

Singirikudi Lakshminarashimhar Koil is located atAbishegapakkam,2 km from Thavalakuppam on Thavalakuppam - Embalam Highway (RC-20).

Singirikudi Singirikudi or Singarakudi is a revenue village in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu, India. This is one of the Nava-Narasimhar temples of Tamil Nadu which are popular for Lord Narasimha worship. Also, this is one of the 3 temples along with Po ...

is famous for the Ugira Narashimhar. The presiding deity is approximately eight feet tall. Here Lord Narasimha swamy appears in the posture of killing Hiranya Kasibu. The Presiding deity has 8+8 = 16 hands. Here the pooja is conducted according to Vaikhanasa agamam. The exact date of construction of this temple is not known. Jalakandeswarar Temple
Jalakandeswarar temple is residing at Edayarplayam village. This temple has a Shiva lingam. It is nearly 5 feet height. The name of the temple came due to its neighborly pond(Jalam kanda Eeswarar). For all Pradosham the people will gather here to worship. On the olden days the Shiva lingam is located under the neem tree. Then people established a temple. During the time of construction of the temple two ruthratcham chain found, under the ground. Now they were put on to the shiva lingam.

Villages under Thavalakuppam Village Panchayat

* Thavalakuppam * Edayarpalayam * Nanamedu

Politics

Thavakuppam is part of Manavely (State Assembly Constituency) which comes under Pondicherry (Lok Sabha constituency)

References

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External links

Official website of the Government of the Union Territory of Puducherry
Villages in Puducherry district Ariyankuppam