Arcot (disambiguation)

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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.