Kuruvinatham is a village [1] in Bahour Commune of Bahour taluk in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. Kuruvinatham serves as a gateway for all buses going between Villupuram - Cuddalore via Thirubuvanai. It lies on the southwestern tip of Bahour Enclave of Puducherry district.

Kuruvinatham
Courivinatham
Village
Kuruvinatham is located in Puducherry
Kuruvinatham
Kuruvinatham
Location in Puducherry, India
Kuruvinatham is located in India
Kuruvinatham
Kuruvinatham
Kuruvinatham (India)
Coordinates: 11°47′47″N 79°43′58″E / 11.796512°N 79.732761°E / 11.796512; 79.732761
Country India
StatePuducherry
DistrictPondicherry
TalukBahour
CommuneBahour
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
36,983
Languages
 • OfficialFrench, Tamil, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
607 402
Telephone code0413
Vehicle registrationPY-01
Sex ratio50% /

Geography

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Kuruvinatham is bordered by Thirupanampakkam village of Tamil nadu in the west, Karaimedu village of Tamil nadu in the north, Bahour and Parikkalpattu in the east and Soriyankuppam in the south.

Road Network

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Kuruvinatham is connected to Bahour, its Commune Headquarters, by RC-33 road. Cuddalore-Pallinelliyanur Major District Road (MDR) passes through Kuruvinatham. Buses plying between Puducherry and Soriyankuppam connects Kuruvinatham. Also Cuddalore-Villupuram bus plying via Bahour connects Kuruvinatham.

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Politics

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Kuruvinatham was once a Union Territory Assembly constituency. After Delimitation 2005, Kuruvinatham constituency was abolished and is made as a part of Bahour (Union Territory Assembly constituency) which comes under Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency)

References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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