Ariyankuppam (West) has an average literacy rate of 81.49%, male literacy is 88.89%, and female literacy is 74.13%. In Ariyankuppam (West), 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Villages
Following are the villages under Ariyankuppam (West) Village Panchayat.
Chunnambar Boat House (Tamil: சுன்னாம்பாறு படகு துறை) is located in Ariyankuppam. It is one of the major tourist spot in Puducherry and it can be reached at a distance of 7 km from Puducherry. The boat house needs to be renamed either Ariyankuppam Boat House or Sankaraparani Boat House as it is located in Sankaraparani river bank at Ariyankuppam. Chunnambar is a name given to Sankaraparani river. The boat house comes under Ariyankuppam (West) village of Ariyankuppam Commune.
PachaiVazhiAmman Kovil
Arulmigu PachaiVazhiAmman sametha Mannathaswamy Kovil11°53′05″N79°48′05″E / 11.884633°N 79.801388°E / 11.884633; 79.801388 is an ancient temple of Ariyankuppam dating to the 17th century. It is located between Ariyankuppam and Chunnambar Boat House at a distance of 1.2 km from Ariyankuppam. The presiding deity is Goddess Pachaivazhiamman (Tamil: பச்சைவாழி அம்மன்)
Politics
Ariyankuppam (West) up to Ariyankuppam Police Station is a part of Ariyankuppam (State Assembly Constituency), Whereas Nonakuppam and Tollgate comes under Manavely (State Assembly Constituency) which is under Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency)