Puducherry district | |
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District of Puducherry | |
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| Coordinates:11°55′N79°49′E / 11.917°N 79.817°E /11.917; 79.817 | |
| Country |  India |
| Union Territory | Puducherry |
| Headquarters | Pondicherry |
| Taluks | Bahour,Puducherry,Uzhavarkarai,Villianur |
| Government | |
| • Type | City Municipal Council |
| • Body | Pondicherry Municipal Council (PDY) |
| • District Collector | Shri. A. Kulothungan,IAS |
| • Senior Superintendent of Police | Rahul Alwal,IPS |
| Area | |
• Total | 293 km2 (113 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3 m (9.8 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 950,289 |
| • Density | 3,240/km2 (8,400/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| • Additional | English,French[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 605xxx |
| Telephone code | 0413 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-PY |
| Vehicle registration | PY-01 |
| Nearest districts | Viluppuram,Cuddalore |
| Central location: | 11°13′N78°10′E / 11.217°N 78.167°E /11.217; 78.167 |
| Website | puducherry-dt |
Puducherry district, also known by its former namePondicherry district, is one of the four districts of theunion territory ofPuducherry inSouth India. The district occupies an area of 290 square kilometres (110 sq mi),[2] spread over 12 non-contiguousenclaves lying on or near theBay of Bengal within a compact area in the state ofTamil Nadu. According to the2011 census, the district has a population of 950,289.[3]
| District | Taluks | Municipalities | Communes | Census Towns |
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| Puducherry | Bahour | None | Bahour Nettapakkam | None |
| Puducherry | Pondicherry | Ariyankuppam | Ariyankuppam Manavely | |
| Uzhavarkarai | Uzhavarkarai | None | None | |
| Villianur | None | Mannadipattu Villianur | Villianur |
For administrative purpose, the union territory of Puducherry is divided into eighttaluks.[4] Four of these, viz.Puducherry,Uzhavarkarai,Villianur andBahour, together constitute Puducherry district.[4] Among these four, only Uzhavarkarai taluk does not contain any rural area.[5] 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, whereas Villianur taluk has two communes, viz.Villianur andMannadipet, and rural area of Bahour taluk consists of two communes, viz.Bahour andNettapakkam.[5]
Census 2011 has identified threecensus towns in Puducherry district, along with three existing statutory towns.[5]Pondicherry andUzhavarkarai are the municipalities,Kurumbapet is the gram panchayat and the 3 census towns are:Ariyankuppam,Manavely andVillianur.[6] Puducherryurban agglomeration consists of the area under the all these six towns along withOdiampet, which is anurban outgrowth.[6]
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.[7] Pondicherry North subdivision contains the taluks of Pondicherry and Uzhavarkarai, whereas Pondicherry South subdivision consists of the other two taluks of the district, viz. Villianur and Bahour.[8] Each of these four taluks are further divided intosub-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,[9] three of which forms the Puducherry district, viz. Ariyankuppam, Ozkhukarai and Villianur.[9]
Puducherry's population, 950,289,[3] is roughly equal to that of the nation ofFiji[10] or the US state ofDelaware.[11] This gives it a ranking of 460th in India (out of a total of640).[3] The district has a population density of 3,231 inhabitants per square kilometre (8,370/sq mi).[3] Itspopulation growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 28.73%.[3] Puducherry has asex ratio of 1,031females for every 1,000 males,[3] and aliteracy rate of 86.13%.[3]
Fiji 883,125 July 2011 est.
Delaware 897,934
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