Karaikudi metropolitan area

The Karaikudi Urban Agglomeration, or Karaikudi Metropolitan Area, is the 21st most populous urbanized area in Tamil Nadu state of India. The Karaikudi Metropolitan Area consists of the city of Karaikudi and its suburbs in Sivaganga district, together formed as Karaikudi Urban Agglomeration by government of Tamil Nadu.

Economy

The economy of the metropolitan area of Karaikudi is heavily influenced by education, information technology and engineering at recent times.

Composition

The Karaikudi urban agglomeration is a metropolitan area in Tamil Nadu state, consisting of the city of Karaikudi and its suburbs. It consists of a municipal corporation and suburban areas spread out in parts of Sivaganga district.
Below is the list of surrounding towns and village panchayats which comprises the Karaikudi Metropolitan Area. Number of wards will be reformed to approximately 100 depends on the population and zones going to be allocated.

Sl. No.	Name	Governing Type	Population	Area	Wards
1	Karaikudi	Municipal Corporation	131,120	13.75	36
2	Kottaiyur	Town Panchayat	50,164	6.75	15
3	Kandanur	Town Panchayat	12,430	8.75	15
4	Puduvayal	Town Panchayat	20,164	5.00	15
5	Sankarapuram	Town Panchayat	53,476	22.69	15
6	Koviloor	Village Panchayat	5,496	5.06	9
7	Ariyakudi	Village Panchayat	10,532	8.29	9
8	Ilupakkudi	Village Panchayat	9,768	12.29	9
9	Managiri	Village Panchayat	10,141	11.73	5
Total	Karaikudi City	Corporation	303,291	94.31

Districts

Sivaganga district

Taluks

From Sivaganga district, parts of Karaikudi Taluk

Transport

The Regional Transport offices in the Karaikudi metropolitan area are the Unit type of code TN-63Z.
Karaikudi is the headquarters of the Chettinad region, which comes under Madurai railway division of the Southern Railway zone. The city has several railway stations, of which the Karaikudi Junction is the most important and busiest in the district and nearer parts of the region. This Junction is undergoing various developments by the Indian Railways AMRUT schemes. The undergoing electrification on Tiruvarur-Karaikudi line is expedited as the line demands more trains along with the reinstated schedules.
Railway stations include:

Temporary Halt Stations

During the time of electricals and track maintenance at Karaikudi Junction station, the suburban stations like Chettinad and Periyakottai will be used as a temporary halt stations for the arrival/departures of trains to/from at Karaikudi Junction.

Freight Stations

Chettinad has an inland container depot, also known as a container freight station, that operates as a railway goods shed. This CFS is operated by the Karaikudi Junction railway station, It has a warehouse where goods are consolidated or deconsolidated before or after being exported or imported.

New Updates on the routes

Karaikudi Chamber of Commerce and Trade union is urging the government of India to initiate a new route to Ramanathapuram through Devakottai Road railway station.