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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Karaikal}}
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
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| postal_code = 609 602
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'''Karaikal district''' ([[French language|French]]: ''District de Karikal'') is one of the four districts of the [[Union Territory]] of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] in India.

==Geography==
Karaikal district occupies an area of {{convert|160|km2|sqmi}}.<ref name='Reference Annual'>{{cite book | last1 = Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.) | title = India 2010: A Reference Annual | chapter = States and Union Territories: Pondicherry: Government | edition = 54th | publisher = Additional Director General, Publications Division, [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)]], [[Government of India]] | year = 2010 | location = New Delhi, India | pages = 1222 | isbn = 978-81-230-1617-7}}</ref>

Karaikal is a small coastal enclave of territory which was formerly part of [[French India]]. Together with the other former French enclaves of [[Pondicherry (city)|Pondicherry]], [[Yanam district|Yanam]], and [[Mahé, India|Mahé]], Karaikal forms the Union Territory of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]. Karaikal is bounded on the North by [[Mayiladuthurai district]], on the South by [[Nagapattinam district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] state, on the west by [[Tiruvarur district]] (also belonging to Tamil Nadu), and on the East by the [[Bay of Bengal]].

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Karaikal district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 200,222,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Samoa]].<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Samoa 193,161
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</ref> This gives it a ranking of 589th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 1252 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 17.29%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Karaikal has a [[sex ratio]] of 1048 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 87.83%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

'''[[Tamil language|Tamil]]''' is the principal language spoken and [[Tamil people|Tamils]] are the predominant linguistic group in the district. Considerable amount of [[Sri Lankan Tamils]] are found in the pockets of Karaikal.

[[Hindus]] formed the majority of the population at 75.41% of the population followed by [[Christians]] at 10.70%, [[Muslims]] at 6.46% and others at 0.12%.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.karaikal.nic.in/Administration/People/MnPeople.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716221650/http://karaikal.nic.in/Administration/People/MnPeople.htm |archive-date=2009-07-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Transportation==
;Air
The nearest airport is in [[Tiruchirappalli Airport|Trichy]] (Trichirapalli). [[Sri Lankan Airlines]] service connects Tiruchirapalli with Colombo and proposed service with [[Jaffna]]. [[Karaikal Airport]] is a greenfield airport under construction. It will be the first airport in the country to be built entirely with private capital.<ref>{{cite news|title=Coimbatore firm to build India's first private airport in Karaikal |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-13/coimbatore/31159347_1_greenfield-airports-private-airport-karaikal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510005733/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-13/coimbatore/31159347_1_greenfield-airports-private-airport-karaikal |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 May 2013 |date= 13 March 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=3 July 2012}}</ref>{{better source|date=July 2021}}

;Train
[[Karaikal railway station]] is a railway terminus, situated in the town of Karaikal in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/article2209764.ece?css=print | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Nagore-Karaikal BG line inspection by September | date=8 July 2011}}</ref>

;Port

Karaikal Port Private Limited (KPPL), a private port developed by the Chennai-based MARG Limited, became operational in April 2009. The port is located on the Eastern coast of India at keezhavanjore village in Karaikal District of Puducherry, around 300 km along the coast south of Chennai Port and around 360 km along the coast north of Tuticorin Port. The shoreline of the port is between 10° 50′ 56″ N and 10° 49′ 44″ N.<ref>http://www.karaikalport.com/</ref>

==Educational institutions==
{{See also|List of Educational Institutions in Karaikal}}

==See also==
*[[French colonial empire]]
*[[French East India Company]]
*[[French India]]

==References==
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{{Geographic location
|Centre = Karaikal district
|North = [[Nagapattinam district]], [[Tamil Nadu]] (Northern)
|Northeast =
|East = ''[[Bay of Bengal]]''
|Southeast =
|South = [[Nagapattinam district]], [[Tamil Nadu]] (Southern)
|Southwest =
|West = [[Thiruvarur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
|Northwest =
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{{Former French colonies}}
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