Arcot (disambiguation) explained

Arcot or Arkat may refer to :

• Arcot, Vellore, city near Chennai, in present Tamil Nadu, southern India
• the princely Arcot State in the Carnatic region, where the above city was seat of the Nawabs of Arcot, during early British Raj.
• Arcot (State Assembly Constituency), in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly.
• North Arcot, former district under Madras Presidency, split in 1989 into present-day Tiruvannamalai District and Vellore District.
• South Arcot, former district under Madras Presidency, split in 1993 into Cuddalore District and Villupuram District.