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Karambakudi block

c.d. block in Pudukkottai district, in Tamil Nadu state, India

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 5, 2021
Entity authorityQ25553115 ↗
Source-derived summary

Karambakudi block is a revenue block in Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu, India. It has 39 panchayat villages.

Villages of Karambakudi Block

1. karumali street

2. Athiranviduthi

3. Bandhuvakottai

4. Elaikadividuthi

5. Kalabam

6. Kaliyaranviduthi

7. Kannakkankadu

8. Karambaviduthi

9. Karu.keelatheru

10. Karu.therkkutheru

11. Karuppattipatti

12. Kattathi

13. Keerathur

14. Kulanthiranpattu

15. M.therkkutheru

16. Mailakonepatti

17. Malaiyur, Pudukkottai

18. Mankottai

19. Maruthakoneviduthi

20. Mudhalipatti

21. Mullankuruchi

22. Odappaviduthi

23. Pallavarayanpathai

24. Pappapatti

25. Pattathikkadu

26. Pilaviduthi

27. Ponnanviduthi

28. Puduviduthi

29. Rangiyanviduthi

30. Regunathapuram

31. Sengamedu

32. Theethanipatti

33. Theethanviduthi

34. Thirumanancheri

35. Vadatheru

36. Valankondanviduthi

37. Vandanviduthi

38. Vannakkankadu

39. Vellalaviduthi

40. Pattamaviduthi

References

"Map of Pudukkottai district".

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Karambakudi block” as c.d. block in Pudukkottai district, in Tamil Nadu state, India. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current 108-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Karambakudi, block and Pudukkottai can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as c.d. block in Pudukkottai district, in Tamil Nadu state, India. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 5, 2021. The linked authority identifier is Q25553115. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Karambakudi block”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Karambakudi block primary sources, Karambakudi block archive and Karambakudi research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Karambakudi block”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Karambakudi block” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.