Puducherry consists of 10

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...

. Out of these, five communes 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 ...

and the other five are 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 ...

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 t ...

is composed of three blocks, five municipalities, and ten communes. Puducherry and Karaikal have five communes each. The communes sub-divide into 98 village Panchayats. The administrative control of the communes resides with the Local Administration Department of the Government of Puducherry. Each commune is administered by a Commissioner. Birth and death registration take place in the offices of the communes. Various other licenses are issued by these offices.

List of communes: district and block wise

Puducherry District

Puducherry District comprises 71 Village Panchayats, five communes and two blocks, 2 municipalities.

Puducherry Municipality

Olugarate Municipality

Ariyankuppam Block

The three communes in

Ariyankuppam Ariyankuppam (also known by its former name Ariancoupom) is a Town, Commune, Sub-Taluk, and Assembly Constituency in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. The streets in Ariyankuppam are straight and in grid form, similar to Puducherry boule ...

Block are: * Ariyankuppam Commune - 11 Village Panchayats * Bahour Commune - 15 Village Panchayts * Nettapakkam Commune - 11 Village Panchayats

Villianur Block

The 2 communes in

Villianur Villianur, or Villianour, is a town in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. It is a commune panchayat and the headquarters of the Villianur taluk of Puducherry District. Kameeswarar temple is the major landmark in the town. Location Vi ...

Block are: * Villianur Commune - 18 Village Panchayats *

Mannadipet Commune Mannadipattu Commune is located in India. Originally it was called "Tribuvane Commune", then renamed "Mannadipet Commune" (after liberation, by the Temporary United Government on 12 April 1954 in Tirubuvane). The liberation occurred while French ...

- 16 Village Panchayats

Karaikal District

comprises 27 Village Panchayats, five communes and one block.

Karaikal Block

The 5 communes in Karaikal Block are: *

Kottucherry Kottucherry is a commune in Karaikal district, in the Indian state of Puducherry. The commune comprises a village of the same name, as well as the villages of Poovam, Thiruvettakudy and Varichikudy Varichikudy is a revenue village in the K ...

Commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

- 5 Village Panchayats *

Nedungadu Nedungadu, formerly Nédouncadou, is a town and commune in the Karaikal District of Puducherry, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second- ...

Commune - 4 Village Panchayats *

Neravy Neravy, or Neravi, is a town and commune in the Karaikal District of Puducherry, India. The village lies 145 km south of Puducherry in the Puducherry district, and is located between Karaikal and Nagapattinam. It is made up of two detached ...

Commune - 4 Village Panchayats *

Thirunallar Thirunallar is a small town in Karaikal, India, in the Union Territory of Puducherry, and can be reached by road from the town of Karaikal, an enclave which lies within the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu. Thirunallar contains the shrine of L ...

Commune - 9 Village Panchayats * Tirumalairayanpattinam Commune - 5 Village Panchayats

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