Maducarai (மடுகரை) is a panchayat village[1] 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).

Maducarai
Madukarai
Village
Nickname: 
Madukkarai
Maducarai is located in Puducherry
Maducarai
Maducarai
Location in Puducherry, India
Maducarai is located in India
Maducarai
Maducarai
Maducarai (India)
Coordinates: 11°52′08″N 79°36′21″E / 11.868947°N 79.605925°E / 11.868947; 79.605925
Country India
StatePuducherry
DistrictPondicherry
TalukBahour
CommuneNettapakkam
Languages
 • OfficialFrench, Tamil, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
605 105
Telephone code0413
Vehicle registrationPY-01
Sex ratio50% /

Geography

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Maducarai is bordered by Kariamanickam in the east and rest of three sides bordered by Tamil nadu villages.

Transport

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Maducarai is located at 32 km. from Pondicherry. Maducarai can be reached directly by any bus running between Pondicherry and Maducarai.

Road Network

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Maducarai is connected to Pondicherry by Mangalam - Maducarai State Highway (RC-19).

Tourism

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Marakaleswarar Temple

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Marakaleswarar Temple is one of the ancient temple in Puducherry. It belongs to Chozha period.

Freedom Fighters Arch

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Freedom Fighters Centenary Year Memorial Arch is located on Siruvandhadu road. The pillars in the arch has the list of freedom fighters who fought for the merger of Pondicherry with the Indian Union.

People from Maducarai

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Politics

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Maducarai is a part of Nettapakkam (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 5 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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