| Karikalampakkam | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Puducherry#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Puducherry, India |
| Coordinates: | 11.8646°N 79.7489°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Puducherry |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Pondicherry |
| Subdivision Type3: | Taluk |
| Subdivision Name3: | Bahour |
| Subdivision Type4: | Commune |
| Subdivision Name4: | Nettapakkam |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2001 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | French, Tamil, English |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 605 110 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 0413 |
| Registration Plate: | PY-01 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Sex ratio |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 50% ♂/♀ |
Karikalampakkam is a panchayat village[1] in Nettapakkam Commune in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. It is also a revenue village under Nettapakkam firka. If splitting the Name of Karikalampakkam and translating into English it will give the reason of village name by how it came. Kari - Dark; akalam - Non Leaving; pakkam - the place or location. So when the Pondicherry under French rule, this place identified by the other village people by noticing the full darkness; occupying entire area of the village even at day time, because this village covered fully by big trees and it won't allow the light passing inside.
Karikalampakkam is bordered by Chellancherry village (Tamil nadu) in the west, Korkadu in the north, Pudukkadai village (Tamil nadu) in the east and Malattar in the south.
Karikalampakkam is located at 15 km. from Pondicherry. Karikalampakkam can be reached directly by any bus running between Puducherry - Maducarai or Puducherry- Bahour via Karikalampakkam.
Karikalampakkam is connected to Pondicherry by both Villianur-Bahour road (RC-18) and Thavalakuppam-Embalam road (RC-20). In fact, Karikalampakkam is located at the junction of RC-18 and RC-20.
Karikalampakkam is a part of Embalam (Union Territory Assembly constituency) which comes under Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency)