Puducherry Puducherry or Pondicherry may refer to: * Puducherry (union territory), a union territory of India ** Pondicherry, capital of the union territory of Puducherry ** Puducherry district, a district of the union territory of Puducherry ** Puducherry tal ...

consists of 5

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

. Two of them are located in

Puducherry district The Puducherry district, also known by its former name Pondicherry district, is one of the four districts of the union territory of Puducherry in South India. The district occupies an area of , spread over 11 non-contiguous enclaves lying on o ...

, while the other is located in

Karaikal district Karaikal district ( French: ''District de Karikal'') is one of the four districts of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. Geography Karaikal district occupies an area of . Karaikal is a small coastal enclave of territory which was f ...

Mahe district Mahé district ( ml, മയ്യഴി ജില്ല) is one of the four districts of the union territory of Puducherry, India. It consists of the whole of the Mahé region. Mahé is the smallest district of India by size. The total area of ...

, and

Yanam district Yanam district is one of the four districts of the Union Territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry in India. Geography Yanam district occupies an area of , It is located south of Kakinada port on the north bank of Godavari river ...

. All the municipalities come under the local administration department of the Government of Puducherry.

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Puducherry District

Pondicherry Municipality Pondicherry (), now known as Puducherry ( French: Pondichéry ʊdʊˈtʃɛɹi(listen), on-dicherry, is the capital and the most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the sout ...

–The total area is 19.46 km². The 2011 population was 2,44,377. The Municipality is divided into 42 wards comprising 8 Assembly Constituencies. *

Ozhukarai Uzhavarkarai is a city, a municipality and a taluk in Puducherry district in the union territory of Puducherry. The enclaves of Kalapet and Alankuppam are parts of Uzhavarkarai municipality. Uzhavarkarai is also the only sub-taluk (firka) in U ...

or Oulgaret Municipality–The total area is 36.75 km². The 2011 population was 3,00,150. The Municipality is divided into 37 wards.

Karaikal District

Karaikal Karaikal ( /kʌdɛkʌl/, french: Karikal /kaʁikal/) is a town of the Indian Union Territory of Puducherry. Karaikal was sold to the French by the Rajah of Thanjavur and became a French Colony in 1739. The French held control, with occasi ...

–the Population as per 2011 census is 86,838. It is divided into 18 wards.

Mahe District

* Mahe Municipality–The 2011 population was 41,816. It is divided into 15 wards.

Yanam District

Yanam Yanam (Telugu: ''యానాం'') is a town located in the Yanam district in Puducherry. It has a population of 35,000 and is entirely surrounded by Andhra Pradesh. It was formerly a French colony for nearly 200 years, and, though united wi ...

–The 2011 population was 55,626. It is divided into 10 wards.

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