Puducherry district

Puducherry district , formerly Pondicherry district is one of the four districts of the union territory of Puducherry in southern India. The district occupies an area of 290 square kilometres (110 sq mi),[1] spread over 11 non-contiguous enclaves lying on or near the Bay of Bengal within a compact area in the state of Tamil Nadu. According to the 2011 census, the district has a population of 946,600.[2]

Administrative divisions

Geographically, the district of Pondicherry is highly fragmented as it was during the colonial period.
District Taluks Municipalities Communes Census Towns
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Ozhukarai
  • Ozhukarai
 None None
Puducherry
  • Puducherry
Villianur None

For administrative purpose, the union territory of Puducherry is divided into eight taluks.[3] Four of these, viz. Puducherry, Ozhukarai, Villianur and Bahour, together constitute Pondicherry district.[3] Among these four, only Ozhukarai taluk does not contain any rural area.[4] The rural area 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, whereas Villianur taluk has two communes, viz. Villianur and Mannadipet, and rural area of Bahour taluk consists of two communes, viz. Bahour and Nettapakkam.[4]

Census 2011 has identified three census towns in Puducherry district, along with three existing statutory towns.[4] Pondicherry and Ozhukarai are the municipalities, Kurumbapet is the gram panchayat and the 3 census towns are: Ariyankuppam, Manavely and Villianur.[5] Puducherry urban agglomeration consists of the area under the all these six towns along with Odiampet, which is considered as urban outgrowth of Kurumbapet.[5]

For the ease of administration, Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Puducherry, has defined two sub-divisions of the Pondicherry district, viz. Pondicherry North subdivision and Pondicherry South subdivision, each consisting of two taluks.[6] 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.[7] 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,[8] three of which forms the Pondicherry district, viz. Ariyankuppam, Ozkhukarai and Villianur.[8]

Demographics

Pondicherry's population, 946,600,[2] is roughly equal to that of the nation of Fiji[9] or the US state of Delaware.[10] This gives it a ranking of 460th in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of 3,231 inhabitants per square kilometre (8,370/sq mi).[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 28.73%.[2] Pondicherry has a sex ratio of 1031 females for every 1000 males,[2] and a literacy rate of 86.13%.[2]

Notes

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  1. ↑ Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.) (2010). "States and Union Territories: Pondicherry: Government". India 2010: A Reference Annual (54th ed.). New Delhi, India: Additional Director General, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Government of India. p. 1222. ISBN 978-81-230-1617-7.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Literacy Rates by Residence and Sex - U.T. District and Taluk – 2011" (PDF). 2011 census of India. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Chapter 1 (Introduction)" (PDF). 2011 census of India. pp. 4, 5. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Chapter 4 (Trends in Urbanisation)" (PDF). 2011 census of India. pp. 26, 27. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "Right to Information Act Manual, Manual 2" (PDF). Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Puducherry. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  7. ↑ "Right to Information Act Manual, Manual 1" (PDF). Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Puducherry. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Draft Annual Plan 2012-13" (PDF). Planning and Research Department, Government of Puducherry. p. 1. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  9. ↑ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Retrieved 2011-10-01. Fiji 883,125 July 2011 est.
  10. ↑ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-09-30. Delaware 897,934

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Coordinates: 11°55′48″N 79°49′48″E / 11.93000°N 79.83000°E