The Puducherry district, also known by its former name Pondicherry district, is one of the four districts of the union territory of

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 ...

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. The district occupies an area of , spread over 11 non-contiguous enclaves lying on or near the

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within a compact area in the state of

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. According to the 2011 census, the district has a population of 950,289.

Administrative divisions

For administrative purpose, the union territory of Puducherry is divided into eight

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s. Four of these, viz.

, Uzhavarkarai,

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 ...

and Bahour, together constitute Puducherry district. Among these four, only Ozhukarai taluk does not contain any rural area. The rural areas under the other three taluks are further divided commune panchayats (CP) or simply communes. Rural area of Puducherry taluk is covered by a single commune

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 bou ...

, whereas Villianur taluk has two communes, viz.

and Mannadipet, and rural area of Bahour taluk consists of two communes, viz. Bahour and Nettapakkam. Census 2011 has identified three census towns in Puducherry district, along with three existing statutory towns.

Pondicherry 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 ...

and Ozhukarai are the municipalities, Kurumbapet is the gram panchayat and the 3 census towns are:

, Manavely and

. Puducherry

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consists of the area under the all these six towns along with Odiampet, which is considered as urban outgrowth of Kurumbapet. For the ease of administration, Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Puducherry, has defined two sub-divisions of the Puducherry district, viz. Pondicherry North subdivision and Pondicherry South subdivision, each consisting of two taluks. Pondicherry North subdivision contains the taluks of Pondicherry and Ozhukarai, whereas Pondicherry South subdivision consists of the other two taluks of the district, viz. Villianur and Bahour. Each of these four taluks are further divided into sub-taluks/firkas which consists of revenue villages from rural/semi-urban/urban area. Planning and Research Department, Government of Puducherry, further defines the notion of a block. The union territory of Puducherry is divided into six blocks, three of which forms the Puducherry district, viz. Ariyankuppam, Ozkhukarai and Villianur.

Demographics

Puducherry's population, 950,289, is roughly equal to that of the nation of Fiji or the US state of

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. This gives it a ranking of 460th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 28.73%. Puducherry has a

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of 1,031

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for every 1,000 males, and a literacy rate of 86.13%.

Notes

External links

North East Monsoon 2009 - Action Plan
published by Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Puducherry

published by Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Puducherry

published by Planning and Research Department, Government of Puducherry {{DEFAULTSORT:Pondicherry District Districts of Puducherry