List of districts of Puducherry

Puducherry is a union territory of India. It has four administrative divisions: four districts, viz. Pondicherry, Mahé, Yanam and Karaikal. Pondicherry district has the largest area and population. Mahé district has the smallest area and population. All the four districts retained borders of the French India, and were organised as a union territory of Puducherry after the de facto transfer of French India territories to India in 1954.

Districts

ISO 3166-2 Code[1] District Headquarters Population (2011)[2] Area (km²) Density (/km²)[2] Official website
IN-PY-KA Karaikal district Karaikal 200,314 160 1,252 http://karaikal.gov.in/
IN-PY-MA Mahé district Mahé 41,934 9 4,659 http://mahe.gov.in/
IN-PY-PO Pondicherry district Pondicherry 946,600 293 3,231 http://py.gov.in/
IN-PY-YA Yanam district Yanam 55,616 30 3,272 http://yanam.gov.in/

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NIC Policy on format of e-mail Address: Appendix (2): Districts Abbreviations as per ISO 3166–2" (PDF). Ministry Of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India. 2004-08-18. pp. 5–10. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
  2. 1 2 "List of all districts of Paducherry with census data on population, literacy and sex ratio". 2011 census of India. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
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