Karaiyamputhur serves as a gateway to Puducherry - Panruti route.

It lies on the southwesternmost tip of Puducherry district.

Karaiyamputhur is surrounded by villages of Tamil Nadu on all side.

It is connected to Bahour, its Commune Headquarters by Frontier Road (RC-21).

Karaiyamputhur village panchayat consist of Karaiyamputhur is a part of Nettapakkam (Union Territory Assembly constituency) which comes under Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency)