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Puducherry Glance 2022
Puducherry Glance 2022
Puducherry Glance 2022
AT A GLANCE
2022
DIRECTORATE OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS,
PUDUCHERRY
Legislative
Chief Secretariat
Assembly
No.1 Goubert Avenue
Puducherry-605 001
Puducherry-605 001
PREFACE
I am sure that this Directorate will carry on its great tradition forward
and continue to benefit the various sectors of people of Puducherry Union
Territory in the future.
S. Chandira Priyanga
Puducherry
June - 2022
Chief Secretariat
No.1 Goubert Avenue
Puducherry-605 001
The efforts put in by the officers and staff associated in collection, compiling,
printing and binding the publication are appreciated.
INTRODUCTION
The co-operation extended by the Director, and the staff of the Directorate of Stationery
and Printing, Puducherry for printing the publication in the present shape at short notice is
gratefully acknowledged.
Smt.r.cihtra
deputy Director
&
Along with NCT of Delhi, Puducherry is one of two union territories in India
that is entitled by special constitutional amendments to have an elected Legislative
Assembly. There are One Lok Sabha Constituency and 30 Legislative Assembly
Constituencies in the U.T. One Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) is representing
the U.T. of Puducherry. Three members are nominated for the Legislative Assembly.
The Centre is represented by the Lieutenant Governor, who resides at the Raj Nivas (Le
Palais du Governor) at the Park, the former palace of the French Governor.
According to the Treaty of Cession of 1956, the four territories of former French
India territorial administration are permitted to make laws with respect to specific
matters. In many cases, such legislation may require ratification from the federal
government or the assent of the President of India.
As per “The Pondicherry Official Language Act 1965” (Act No.3 of 1965)
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The Union Territory of Puducherry is extending over an area of 490 Sq.Kms.
The U.T of Puducherry consists of two revenue districts viz., Puducherry District
comprising of Puducherry, Mahe and Yanam regions and Karaikal District comprising
of Karaikal region. There are 5 Municipalities, 10 Commune Panchayats, 8 Taluks and
3 Community Development Blocks. As per 2011 Census, total population of the U.T is
12,47,953 (Puducherry – 9,50,289, Karaikal – 2,00,222, Mahe – 41,816 and Yanam –
55,626). Of which, SC population is 1,96,325 (15.7%). The Sex ratio of U.T. of
Puducherry as per 2011 Census is 1037 females per 1000 males. The literacy rate of the
U.T. of Puducherry as per 2011 Census is 85.9% (Male – 91.26% & Female – 80.67%)
There are 129 Revenue villages (Puducherry -81, Karaikal -37, Mahe -5 and Yanam -6).
Of which, 10 Revenue villages are having more than half of their total population as
Scheduled castes. Puducherry and Karaikal regions are classified into both urban and
rural areas whereas entire Mahe and Yanam regions are classified as urban area.
Puducherry is the 29th most populous and the third most densely populated State/UT in
India.
There was an influx of students from across the country to Puducherry for
education. Studying Medical Sciences is a much coveted dream to many students. There
are nine Medical colleges, including globally well known JIPMER, are here in
Puducherry to fulfil the ambitions of many young aspirants.
As per SRS 2019, the Birth rate, Death rate and Infant mortality rates of Union
Territory of Puducherry have been estimated at 13.3, 6.8 and 9.0 respectively.
The total area under all crops during 2019-20 was 27,212 Hectares and the
production of food grains, rice and sugarcane was in the order of 60,591, 59,345 and
1,83,120 tonnes respectively. The Milk and Egg production under Animal Husbandry
sector has been worked out to 49500 MTs and 113.78 lakhs respectively during 2019-
2020. There are 77 Large Scale, 191 Medium Scale and 9057 Small Scale Industries in
the U.T. of Puducherry.
The Gross State Domestic Product of the U.T. of Puducherry at Current prices
for the year 2020-21 (RE) and 2021-22 (AE) has been estimated at Rs. 37,206.86 Crores
and Rs.38,285.03 Crores respectively (2.9% increase). The per Capita income for the
year 2020-21 and 2021-22 has been estimated to be Rs.2,15,583 and Rs.2,16,495
respectively. The Consumer Price Index for Industrial workers of the Union Territory
of Puducherry stands at 308 during March 2020 revealing that there exists increasing
trend of prices in the Union Territory.
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1. SELECTED SOCIO - ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Pudu-
Item Year Unit Karaikal Mahe Yanam U.T.
cherry
Area Sq.km. 294 157 9 30 490
Per
Density of population 2011 census 3232 1275 4646 1854 2547
sq.km.
Towns " No. 6 2 1 1 10
Statutory Towns " " 3 1 1 1 6
Census Towns " " 3 1 0 0 4
Taluks " " 4 2 1 1 8
Municipalities " " 2 1 1 1 5
Commune Panchayats " " 5 5 0 0 10
Community Development
" " 2 1 0 0 3
Blocks
Revenue villages " " 81 37 5 6 129
Revenue villages having more
than half of their total " " 10 0 0 0 10
population as SCs
Person 950289 200222 41816 55626 1247953
Population "
(%) (76.1) (16.0) (3.4) (4.5) (100.0)
657209 98102 41816 55626 852753
Urban " "
(69.2) (49.0) (100) (100) (68.3)
293080 102120 395200
Rural " " - -
(30.8) (51.0) (31.7)
468258 97809 19143 27301 612511
Male " "
(49.3) (48.9) (45.8) (49.1) (49.1)
482031 102413 22673 28325 635442
Female " "
(50.7) (51.1) (54.2) (50.9) (50.9)
99838 22263 4553 6204 132858
Age 0-6 population " "
(10.5) (11.1) (10.9) (11.2) (10.6)
Decadal growth " % 29.2 17.20 13.5 77.2 28.1
Females
Sex Ratio " per ‘000 1029 1047 1184 1038 1037
Males
Child Sex Ratio Female child
" per ‘000 Male 970 969 978 921 967
(0-6 Age group) child
Agriculture
June'2020 to
Rain fall mm 2125 1985.4 4435 1716.8 ---
March 2021
Net area sown 2019-2020 Ha. 9757 4547 565 513 15382
Gross area irrigated " " 17486 5206 40 424 23156
Matric
Foodgrains Production " 46624 11470 0 1982 60076
Tonnes
Rice Production " " 46086 11295 -- 1964 59345
Sugarcane Production " " 183120 -- -- -- 183120
Fish Production
Matric
Marine Fish & Prawn catch 2022 15982.000 12427.030 6042.000 3787.000 38238.030
Tonnes
Inland Fish catch " " 1497.400 557.900 0.000 2303.990 4332.290
Animal Husbandry
Milk Production 2019-20 MTs. 35952 11068 315 2165 49500
in. lakh
Egg Production " 73.69 35.56 2.18 2.35 113.78
No.
Civil Supplies
Ration shops run by As on No. 326 72 18 22 438
Co-operative institutions 31.03.2022
Ration shops run by P.A.P.S.C.O No. 37 10 0 0 47
Ration shops run by
No. 17 9 0 0 26
private owners
Ration shops run by others(pvt) No. 4 0 0 0 4
Total No. 384 91 18 22 515
Ration Cards
APL (Yellow card) " " 1,23,508 30,662 8,289 4,896 1,67,353
BPL cards
i. AAY cards " No. 15,014 8,778 41 2,059 25,892
ii. Red cards " " 1,26,259 21,618 147 9,482 1,57,505
Total BPL cards " " 1,41,273 30,396 187 11,541 1,83,397
All Ration cards " No. 2,64,779 61,058 8,476 16,437 345918
1. SELECTED SOCIO- ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Pudu-
Item Year Unit Karaikal Mahe Yanam U.T.
cherry
Banking
No. of Scheduled
Commercial Banks,
As on 31-3-2022 No. 198 52 16 11 277
PSCB,PCCLDB & RRBs/
Branches
Rs.
Deposits " 18698.91 2280.52 1117.10 705.49 22802.00
in crore
Population per Bank " Person 4799 3850 2613 5057 4605
Transport
As on
Road length (by PWD) km. 462.921 194.282 25.879 37.595 720.677
31.03.2022
ii. Domestic Tourist " " 408622 90283 8338 5340 512583
Co-operation
No. of Societies As on 31.03.19 No. 350 82 33 45 510
U.T. 490 10 5 10 8
9
Total Area (in Sq. km)
30
157
294
Foodgrains
10 Tonnes 46624 11470 0 1982 60076
production
11 Rice production ,, 46086 11295 0 1964 59345
Sugarcane
12 ,, 183120 183120
production
Source: Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Puducherry.
15000 `
10000 6117
5479 6347
5000 567 731
563 573 784 782
0
Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam
2017-18 2018-19 2019-2020
3. AGRICULTURE
3.1 Number of Holdings and Area operated as per
2015-16 Agriculture census
Category of Number of Holdings Area operated (Hectares)
Holding and Size
2010-11 2015-16 % change 2010-11 2015-16 % change
class over the over the
previous previous
census census
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marginal
(less than 1.0 28481 28361 -0.42 9834.06 81.94 -16.27
Ha)
Small
2779 3385 21.81 4067.59 4913.97 20.81
(1.0 to 2.0 Ha)
Semi Medium
1449 1568 8.21 4138.40 4280.54 3.43
(2.0 to 4.0 Ha)
Medium
448 481 7.37 2561.11 2693.03 5.15
(4.0 to 10.0 Ha)
Large
(10.0 Ha and 71 45 -36.62 1200.17 782.00 -34.84
above)
25000
20000
No. of Operational Holdings
Area Operated (in Ha.)
9834.06
15000
4067.59
10000
4138.4
1200.17
2561.11
5000
2779
1449
448 71
0
Marginal Small Semi-Medium Medium Large
3. AGRICULTURE
3.2 Number of Operational Holdings and Area operated by
Social groups as per 2015-16 Agriculture Census
Scheduled tribes 0 0
10000
7382
5022
5000
578
0
Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam
14000.00 13259.54
Area Operated (in Hectares)
12000.00 (2015-16 Agricultural census)
10000.00
8000.00
6509.76
6000.00
4000.00
2000.00
499.41 595.46
0.00
Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam
4. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
Sl. 2019-2020
Item Unit
No. Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam U.T.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Milk Production MTs. 35952 11068 315 2165 49500
No. in
2 Egg production lakhs
73.69 35.56 2.18 2.35 113.78
Meat Production
3 I) Livestock MTs. 4992.508 1904.934 119.220 230.692 7247.354
II) Poultry MTs. 4764.674 2422.594 78.351 122.422 7388.041
Veterinary
4 Nos. 9 6 1 1 17
Dispensaries
5 Minor Dispensaries " 15 3 0 0 18
6 Key village Units " 49 16 3 3 71
Veterinary Assistant
7 " 23 8 1 1 33
Surgeon
Assistant
8 " 78 24 3 4 109
Veterinarians
9 Field Man " 9 5 2 1 17
10 Attendant " 87 37 7 6 137
Source: Animal Husbandry & Animal Welfare Department, Puducherry
40000 35952
Milk production (in MTs) 2019-2020
35000
30000
25000
20000
15000
11068
10000
5000 2165
315
0
Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam
60.00
50.00
40.00 35.56
30.00
20.00
10.00
2.18 2.35
0.00
Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam
5. ADI DRAVIDAR AND SCHEDULED TRIBE WELFARE
2020-2021
No. of Hostels
Region
Boys Girls Total
Puducherry 11 5 16
Karaikal 6 4 10
Yanam 1 1 2
Total 18 10 28
Source: Adi Dravidar Welfare and Scheduled Tribes Welfare
Department, Puducherry
5. ADI DRAVIDAR AND SCHEDULED TRIBE WELFARE
5.1 Socio-economic Development Schemes to SC people during the year 2020-2021
52 Puducherry
Karaikal
Mahe
Yanam
198
7. CIVIL SUPPLIES
Sl. As on 31.03.2022
Item Unit
No. Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam U.T.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ration Shops run by co-
1 No. 326 72 18 22 438
operative institutions
b BPL cards
Sl. Puduche
Item Unit Karaikal Mahe Yanam U.T.
No. rry
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Societies
1 No. 350 82 33 45 510
(as on 31.03.2019)
Membership
2 No. 478577 77510 50505 26948 633540
(as on 31.03.2017)
Primary Agricultural
4 Credit Societies No. 48 6 2 0 56
(as on 31.03.2019)
Membership (PACCS)
5 " 123995 13098 178 0 137271
(as on 31.03.2016)
400
No. of Co-operative Societies as on 31.03.2019
350
300
250
200
350
150
100
50
82
33 45
0
9. SCHOOL EDUCATION
(State & Central Government Schools) *
Sl. 2020-21
Item Unit Pudu-
No. Karaikal Mahe Yanam U.T.
cherry
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
I INSTITUTIONS
Pre-primary attached
with Primary, Middle,
Nos. 394 141 20 31 586
High & Hr. Sec.
Schools
Primary Schools " 177 72 10 16 275
Middle Schools " 53 23 5 0 81
High Schools " 123 43 11 17 194
Higher Sec.Schools " 147 33 7 1 188
Junior College " 0 0 0 3 3
All " 500 171 33 37 741
II ENROLMENT (by type of school)
Pre-primary
" 0
(LKG & UKG)
Primary Schools " 19917 7143 1931 2003 30994
Middle Schools " 9711 3301 0 1191 14203
High Schools " 45118 10747 3310 6029 65204
Higher Sec. Schools " 125229 21410 5213 0 151852
Junior College " 0 0 0 1380 1380
All " 199975 42601 10454 10603 263633
III ENROLMENT (by Stage)
Pre-Primary
Boys " 8471 2215 726 575 11987
Girls " 8110 1919 564 515 11108
Total " 16581 4134 1290 1090 23095
Primary (Classes I-V)
Boys " 39658 8456 2534 1837 52485
Girls " 36508 7951 2412 1852 48723
Total " 76166 16407 4946 3689 101208
Upper Primary (Classes VI-VIII)
Boys " 24893 5230 1305 1085 32513
Girls " 23347 4848 1265 980 30440
Total " 48240 10078 2570 2065 62953
Secondary (Classes IX&X)
Boys " 16361 3452 708 750 21271
Girls " 15568 3263 705 700 20236
Total " 31929 6715 1413 1450 41507
Higher Secondary (Classes XI&XII)
Boys " 13150 2389 738 533 16810
Girls " 13909 2878 688 585 18060
Total " 27059 5267 1426 1118 34870
All Stages
Boys " 102533 21742 6011 4780 135066
Girls " 97442 20859 5634 4632 128567
Total " 199975 42601 11645 9412 263633
9. SCHOOL EDUCATION
(State & Central Government Schools)
2020-21
Sl.
Item Unit Pudu-
No. Karaikal Mahe Yanam U.T.
cherry
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
IV Teacher Pupil Ratio
Primary School 1:18 1:16 1:26 1:18 1:18
Middle School 1:14 1:14 1:14 1:13 1:14
High School 1:11 1:10 1:7 1:8 1:10
Higher Secondary School 1:15 1:17 1:17 1:23 1:15
No. of Girls per 100 boys
150000 97442
102533
100000 20859
42601 5634 4632
50000 21742
6011 11645 4780 9412
0
Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam
160000
139968
140000
120000
100000
73860
80000
66108
60000
40000 11858
24464
3177 2293
20000 12606
6540 4794
3363 2501
0
Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Teacher Pupil Ratio
Primary School 1:17 1:13 1:25 1:15 1:16
IV Middle School 1:13 1:15 1:18 1:13 1:13
High School 1:9 1:11 1:8 1:8 1:9
Higher Secondary School 1:18 1:23 1;17 1:16 1:19
No. of Girls per 100 boys
Primary (Classes I -V) No. 102 95 99 109 101
Upper Primary
" 104 92 90 98 100
(Classes VI -VIII)
V Secondary
" 112 98 92 100 107
(Classes IX & X)
Higher Secondary " 131 121 89 96 124
(Classes XI & XII)
All Stages " 109 99 93 103 106
Source: Directorate of School Education, Puducherry
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Govt
Govt
Govt
Govt
Govt
Pvt
Pvt
Pvt
Pvt
Pvt
I INSTITUTIONS
1 University Nos. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Arts ,Science&
2 Commerce " 7 7 14 2 2 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 11 9 20
Colleges
Professional
Institutes
3 " 4 5 9 3 1 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 9 6 15
(Below Degree
Level)
Professional
Institutes
4 " 10 42 52 4 6 10 2 2 4 0 0 0 16 50 66
(Degree Level &
Above)
Total " 23 54 77 9 8 18 4 2 6 2 0 2 38 65 103
II ENROLMENT
4182
4182
4182
1 University "
0
0
Arts ,Science&
4676
2110
6786
1015
6320
2245
8565
880
135
302
302
462
462
2 Commerce " 0
0
Colleges
Professional
1049
Institutes
463
201
664
229
229
848
201
99
99
57
57
3 "
0
0
(Below Degree
Level)
Professional
1091
6241
7332
2071
6434
8506
Institutes
704
193
897
227
227
4 "
0
0
(Degree Level &
Above)
10412
18964
13422
22302
8552
1813
2141
8880
328
678
678
519
519
Total "
0
6000
4000
1808 2154
2000 660 760
346 100 333 0 333
0
Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Govt
Govt
Govt
Govt
Govt
Pvt
Pvt
Pvt
Pvt
Pvt
1 University Nos. 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Arts, Science &
2 " 7 7 14 2 2 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 11 9 20
Commerce
3 Colleges
Professional Institutes (Below Degree Level)
a D.T. Ed " 1 3 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 6
b Polytechnics " 2 2 4 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 6 2 8
c Catering " 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Others (French
d "
Institute)
e TOTAL " 4 5 9 3 1 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 9 6 15
4 Professional Institutes (Degree level and above)
a Medical " 2 6 8 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7 10
b Research 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
c Institute
Dental " 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 4
d Para Medical " 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
e Nursing " 1 9 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 10
f Engineering " 0 12 12 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 16
g Agriculture " 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
i Veterinary " 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
j Law " 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
k Fine Arts " 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
l B.Ed " 1 11 12 1 3 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 15 18
TOTAL " 11 42 53 4 6 10 1 2 3 0 0 0 16 50 66
GRAND TOTAL " 23 53 76 9 9 18 4 2 6 2 0 2 38 65 103
Source: Directorate of Higher & Technical Education, Puducherry.
42
70
60
53
50
40
30
23
18
20
9 9
10 6
4
2 2 2
0
0
Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam
2021-2022
Sl.
Item Unit Pudu- Karai-
No. Mahe Yanam U.T.
cherry kal
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Towns Electrified Nos. All the 10 towns and 92 villages have
alreay been electrified as early as 1972
2 Villages Electrified " itself
Electricity Purchased
3 M.U. 3134.06
(provisional)
Electricity
4 M.U. 2773.64
Sold(provisional)
Agricultural
5 Nos. 6180 814 3 56 7053
Connections
H.T. Industrial
6 Nos. 433 68 4 28 533
Connections
L.T. Industrial
7 " 3588 578 110 132 4408
Connections
Domestic
8 " 285206 68303 10360 13766 377635
Connections
Commercial
9 " 42059 9974 3533 1521 57087
Connections
10 Street lights " 35670 10370 3071 2270 51381
250000
225000
200000
175000
150000
125000
100000
75000 68303
42059
50000
9974
12. FISHERIES
Sl. 2021
Item Unit Pudu-
No. Karaikal Mahe Yanam U.T.
cherry
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Length of coastal
1 Kms. 24 20 1 Nil 45
line
Marine Fish & Matric
2 Tonnes
15982.00 12427.03 6042.00 3787.00 38238.03
Prawn catch
3 Inland fish catch ,, 1497.40 557.90 0.00 2606.99 4662.29
Inland Prawn
4 ,, 6.90 7.02 0.00 210.00 223.92
catch
Fishermen
5 No. 10360 3700 640 5300 20000
families
Fishermen
Nos.
Villages
6
Marine " 15 10 1 12 38
Inland " 11 1 0 0 12
Source: Directorate of Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare, Puducherry.
15982.00
16000.00
14000.00
12427.03
12000.00
10000.00
8000.00
6000.00
6042.00
4000.00
1497.40
2000.00 3787.00
557.90
0.00 2606.99
0.00
Marine Fish & Prawn catch Matric Tonnes Inland fish catch ,,
13. SAMPLE REGISTRATION SYSTEM
Estimated Birth Rates, Death Rates and Infant Mortality Rates in
India and Puducherry U.T.
INDIA PUDUCHERRY U.T.
Birth Death Infant Birth Death Infant
Year
Rate Rate Mortality Rate Rate Mortality
Rate Rate
1991 29.5 9.8 80 19.2 6.6 -
1992 29.2 10.1 79 19.8 6.8 -
1993 28.7 9.3 74 15.5 6.3 -
1994 28.7 9.3 74 18.0 7.5 -
1995 28.3 9.0 74 20.1 7.6 -
1996 27.5 9.0 72 18.1 7.1 25
1997 27.2 8.9 71 18.4 8.0 22
1998 26.5 9.0 72 18.2 7.8 21
1999 26.1 8.7 70 17.7 6.9 22
2000 25.8 8.5 68 17.8 6.5 23
2001 25.4 8.4 66 17.9 7.0 22
2002 25.0 8.1 63 17.9 6.7 22
2003 24.8 8.0 60 17.5 6.3 24
2004 24.1 7.5 58 17.0 8.0 24
2005 23.8 7.0 58 16.2 7.1 28
2006 23.5 7.5 57 15.7 7.3 28
2007 23.1 7.4 55 15.1 7.7 25
2008 22.8 7.4 53 16.4 7.5 25
2009 22.5 7.3 50 16.5 7.0 22
2010 22.1 7.2 47 16.7 7.4 22
2011 21.8 7.1 44 16.1 7.2 21
2012 21.6 7.0 42 15.8 7.1 17
2013 21.4 7.0 40 15.7 7.0 17
2014 21.0 6.7 39 14.6 6.6 14
2015 20.8 6.5 37 13.8 6.8 11
2016 20.4 6.4 34 13.9 7.2 10
2017 20.2 6.3 33 13.2 7.3 11
2018 20.0 6.2 32 13.7 6.9 11
2019 19.7 6.0 30 13.3 6.8 9
700 670
600
100 73 70 61
31 25
0
Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam
Sl. 20201-2022
Item Unit Puduc Karai
No. Mahe Yanam U.T.
herry kal
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
I HEALTH INSTITUTIONS
1 Hospitals Nos. 28 9 0 1 38
Medical College &
2 " 6 1 0 0 7
Research Institutions and
Hospitals
Dental College and
3 " 2 0 1 0 3
Hospitals
4 Nursing Homes 6 0 0 1 7
5 Clinics " 668 50 15 12 745
II BEDS IN HEALTH INSTITUTIONS
1 Hospital " 1188 226 0 6 1420
Medical College &
2 " 5040 708 0 0 5748
Research Institute
Dental College and
3 " 0 0 5 0 5
Hospital
4 Nursing Home " 131 0 0 1 132
5 Clinics " 55 12 10 0 77
III MANPOWER
2000
As on 31.03.2022
Sl.
Item Unit Puducher
No. Karaikal Mahe Yanam U.T.
ry
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Micro/Small Scale
1 Nos. 7444 1122 249 425 9240
Industries
Medium Scale
2 " 179 4 0 8 191
Industries
Large Scale
3 " 61 12 1 3 77
Industries
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1122
1000 249 425
0
Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam
17. LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
17.1 Employment Registration - Live Register
Sl. 2021-2022
Category Unit Sex
No. Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Male 1638 255 70 49 2012
Female 1889 469 68 58 2484
1 General Person
Transgender
Total 3527 724 138 107 4496
Male 1987 566 49 33 2635
Female 1951 556 50 40 2597
2 OBC Person
Transgender
Total 3938 1122 99 73 5232
Male 2177 214 10 41 2442
Female 2166 213 8 20 2407
3 MBC Person
Transgender
Total 4343 427 18 61 4849
Male 207 133 0 0 340
Female 236 142 0 0 378
4 EBC Person
Transgender
Total 443 275 0 0 718
Male 196 146 2 3 347
Female 197 127 7 5 336
5 BCM Person
Transgender
Total 393 273 9 8 683
Male 5 4 0 1 10
Female 7 3 0 0 10
6 BT Person
Transgender
Total 12 7 0 1 20
Male 1158 236 0 29 1423
Schedule Female 1173 269 0 29 1471
7 "
Castes Transgender
Total 2331 505 0 58 2894
Male 27 0 0 0 27
Schedule Female 19 1 0 0 20
8 "
Tribes Transgender
Total 46 1 0 0 47
Male 7423 1561 135 156 9275
Female 7674 1784 133 152 9743
Total "
Transgender
Total 15097 3345 268 308 19018
Male 28 7 4 0 39
Differently
Female 36 4 0 0 40
Abled "
Transgender
Persons
Total 64 11 4 0 79
Source: Employment Exchange, Labour Department, Puducherry
17. LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
17.2 CENSUS OF EMPLOYEES IN U.T. OF PUDUCHERRY
Number of Employees as on 31.03.2017
GAZETTED NON GAZETTED TOTAL
Female
7642 Female
8367 Female
Category
2008 Total
24950 Total
26958 Total
1283 Male
17308 Male
18591 Male
725
State Government
2894
1920
4814
3207
2040
5247
313
120
433
Central Government
3024
2364
5388
3483
2597
6080
459
233
692
Autonomous Bodies
1646
1998
1670
2025
352
355
24
27
Local Bodies
3
24872
12278
37150
26951
13359
40310
2079
1081
3160
Total
Central
Government,
5247
State
Government,
26958
18. POPULATION - 2011 CENSUS
Sl. Pudu-
Item Unit Karai-kal Mahe Yanam U.T.
No. cherry
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
I Total
Person 950289 200222 41816 55626 1247953
Population
Rural % 30.8 51.0 -- -- 31.7
Male Person 144769 50138 -- -- 194907
Female " 148311 51982 -- -- 200293
Total " 293080 102120 -- -- 395200
Urban % 69.2 49 100 100 68.3
Male Person 323489 47671 19143 27301 417604
Female " 333720 50431 22673 28325 435149
Total " 657209 98102 41816 55626 852753
Rural & Urban
Male Person 468258 97809 19143 27301 612511
Female " 482031 102413 22673 28325 635442
Total " 950289 200222 41816 55626 1247953
Literates % 85.4 87.1 97.9 79.5 85.8
Male Person 380946 79903 16610 19919 497378
Female " 345703 75013 19860 19355 459931
Total 726649 154916 36470 39274 957309
II Scheduled
Caste % 16.0 17.7 0.3 15.2 15.7
population
Rural Person 85624 24801 -- -- 110425
Male " 41680 12113 -- -- 53793
Female " 43944 12688 -- -- 56632
Urban " 66782 10547 144 8427 85900
Male " 32449 5093 77 4100 41719
Female " 34333 5454 67 4327 44181
Rural & Urban " 152406 35348 144 8427 196325
Male " 74129 17206 77 4100 95512
Female " 78277 18142 67 4327 100813
Source:O/o Registrar & Census Commissioner, India
19. Estimated Population (2001-2021)
Region
Year U.T.
Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam
1 2 3 4 5 6
2001
735332 170791 36828 31394 974345
(Actual)
2002 754433 173528 37299 33242 998502
2003 774030 176309 37776 35199 1023314
2004 794136 179135 38258 37271 1048801
2005 814765 182005 38748 39466 1074983
2006 835929 184922 39243 41789 1101883
2007 857643 187886 39744 44249 1129523
2008 879921 190897 40253 46854 1157925
2009 902778 193956 40767 49612 1187114
2010 926229 197064 41288 52533 1217115
2011
950289 200222 41816 55626 1247953
(Actual)
2012 974973 203431 42351 58901 1279655
2013 1000299 206691 42892 62368 1312250
2014 1026283 210003 43440 66040 1345766
2015 1052942 213369 43995 69928 1380234
2016 1080293 216788 44558 74044 1415683
2017 1108355 220263 45127 78404 1452148
2018 1137145 223793 45704 83019 1489661
2019 1166684 227379 46289 87907 1528258
2020 1196989 231023 46880 93082 1567974
2021 1228082 234725 47480 98562 1608849
2022 1259983 238487 48086 104364 1650921
2023 1292712 242309 48701 110508 1694231
2024 1326292 246192 49324 117014 1738822
2025 1360744 250138 49954 123902 1784738
Note : The figures from 2002 to 2010 and 2012 to 2021are estimated by
observing the respective regional growth rate observed between 2001& 2011
Censuses
Source : Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Puducherry.
21. SECTOR WISE BUDGET ESTIMATE, REVISED ESTIMATE & EXPENDITURE FOR
2021-2022(Tentative)
(Rs. in lakhs)
Sl. SECTOR
APPROVED REVISED EXPENDITURE
No. OUTLAY OUTLAY (Provisional)
1 2 3 4 5
1 Agriculture 11921.27 12033.24 10981.77
2 Animal Husbandry 4488.27 4833.56 4397.08
3 Civil Supplies 31453.95 33519.84 32595.59
4 Co-operation 6078.88 6131.92 5488.50
5 Community Development 8250.49 7938.98 4464.10
Information Technology
6 629.78 639.76 639.44
& e-governance
7 Dairy Development 551.27 555.27 551.91
8 Scientific Research 402.23 389.65 334.94
9 Fisheries 7383.24 8114.55 6368.90
10 Flood Control 1317.60 679.72 247.41
11 Forest 701.52 774.71 623.82
12 Handlooms 91.80 91.80 81.51
13 Housing 9582.20 11665.90 7627.16
1200000
1000000
800000
1247953
600000
974345
808785
604471
400000
471707
369079
200000
0
1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
Sl. 2021
Item Unit Pudu- Karai-
No. Mahe Yanam U.T.
cherry kal
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
No. of Police
1 Nos. 29 11 2 2 44
Stations
2 No. of Outposts " 7 1 1 1 10
3 Murder " 15 2 0 2 19
4 Dacoity " 4 0 0 0 4
5 Robbery " 14 0 0 0 14
6 House Breaking " 54 17 0 0 71
7 Theft " 316 78 4 6 404
8 Rioting " 12 1 0 6 19
Kidnapping and
9 " 27 9 0 4 40
Abduction
10 Accidents on
" 833 169 17 13 1032
Roads
Source: Crime Records Bureau, Puducherry
1100 1032
1000 948
900
800 Comparision of No of Incidents for last two years
700
600
500 404
400 329
300
200 19
39 43 71
100 33 19 19 40
0
2020 2021
23. POST & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Sl. 2021-2022
Item Unit Pudu- Karai-
No. Mahe Yanam U.T.
cherry kal
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Post Offices
Rural Post Offices Nos. 37 1*
Urban Post
'' 25 3**
Offices
2 BSNL services
Telephone
Nos. 21349 809
Connections
STD PCO '' 57 2
Local PCO '' 165 0
Mobile
" 215868
Connections
*MDG **BI+O
24. Women and Child Development
Sl. 2021-2022
Particulars Unit Pudu- Karai- U.T.
No. Mahe Yanam
cherry kal Total
a. No. of
1 Anganwadi No. 661 172 13 9 855
centres
b. Beneficiaries:
i. No. of Children
(6 months - No. 24632 6742 438 501 32313
6 years)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
I Roads (in km)
Length of Roads (PWD)
i.
(as on 31.03.2022)
(a) National Highways 41.578 21.400 1.988 - 64.966
(b) Major District Roads 18.581 0.525 17.451 - 36.557
(c) Other District Roads 214.816 73.601 6.440 31.365 326.222
(d) Rural Roads 187.946 98.756 0 6.230 292.932
Total (PWD) 462.921 194.282 25.879 37.595 720.677
Length of Roads
ii. (Municipalities) 265.924 170.332 120.234 55.862 612.352
(as on 31.03.2021)
Length of Roads
(Commune Panchayats) 997.703 201.903 0 0 1199.606
(as on 31.03.2020)
No. of Motor Vehicles Registered
Upto previous year 2019-2020
(Revised)
980445 114960 14327 8999 1118731
120786
15273
24924
1015954
9651
1 2 3 4 5 6
No. of Revolving
220 354 574
Fund Released
d) PONCARE
1 Day care centre in Puducherry 3934 0 0 0 3934
2 Physiotherapy centre at Puducherry 913 0 0 0 913
3 Home for the aged in Puducherry 44 0 0 0 44
4 Day care centre in Karaikal 2209 0 0 2209
5 Monthly medical camps in Puducherry 554 0 0 0 554
(2 camps in a month)
6 Physiotherapy centre at Karaikal
7 Day care centre at Ariyankuppam 3468 0 0 0 3468
8 World Elders Day celebration in Puducherry
9 World Elders Day celebration in Karaikal
10 Special Eye camps in Puducherry
11 Special Eye camps in Karaikal
12 Free Legal Advisory Centre, Ariankuppam
29. GENERAL BUDGETARY POSITION
(Rupees in thousands)
Consolidated Fund Accounts Budget Revised Budget
2019-2020 Estimate Estimate Estimate
2020-2021 2020-2021 2021-2022
Revenue Receipts 67813404 72700000 71200000 82400000
Expenditure met from
68358458 77150000 77729528 87239700
Revenue (Net)
Surplus (+) / Deficit (-)
-545054 -4450000 -6529528 -4839700
on Revenue Account
Capital Receipts 10433390 17120000 18620000 16844100
Expenditure met from
Capital including loans 10887592 12670000 12090472 12004400
and advances (Net)
Surplus (+) / Deficit (-) on
-454202 4450000 6529528 4839700
Capital Account
Total Consolidated Fund
-999256 - -
(Net)
Opening Balance 2568947
Non Air-
" 1510 346 52 25 1933
conditioned
Beds " 11540 1475 308 265 13588
d Dormitory " 45 7 2 0 54
Sl. 2020
Item Unit
No. Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam U.T.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
I Births Registered
II Deaths Registered
Rural " 16 1 0 0 17
Andaman &
7 380581 202871 177710 846 876
Nicobar
* Number of females per 1000 males
35. REVENUE VILLAGES IN THE U.T. OF PUDUCHERRY
Sl. No. Name of the Villages Sl. No. Name of the Villages Sl. No. Name of the Villages
I Puducherry region 46 Vambupet 10 Dharmapuram
1 Puducherry 47 Thethambakkam 11 Karaikal
2 Pudupalayam 48 Katteri 12 Vizhidhiyur
3 Olandai 49 Sellipet 13 Oduthurai
4 Thengaithittu 50 Manalipet 14 Keezhamanai
5 Murungapakkam 51 Chettipet 15 Neravy
6 Kombakkam 52 Kunichampet 16 Akkaraivattam
7 Abishegapakkam** 53 Mannadipet 17 Keezhaiyur (North)
8 Ariankuppam 54 Vadhanur 18 T.R. Pattinam
9 Thimmanaickenpalayam** 55 Kalitheerthalkuppam 19 Pologam
10 Thavalakuppam 56 Madagadipet 20 Keezhaiyur (South)
11 Manavely 57 Thirubuvanai 21 Vanjore
12 Poornankuppam 58 Sanniyasikuppam 22 Melakasakudi
13 Alankuppam 59 Thiruvandarkoil 23 Puthakudi
14 Kalapet 60 Maducarai 24 Ponpethy
15 Pillaichavady 61 Kariamanickam 25 Kurumbagaram
16 Thattanchavady 62 Eripakkam 26 Nedungadu
17 Ozhukarai 63 Nettapakkam 27 Ambagarathur
18 Reddiarpalayam 64 Pandasozhanallur 28 Nallazhundur
19 Saram 65 Embalam 29 Sethur
20 Karuvadikuppam 66 Korkadu 30 Thennankudi
21 Villianur 67 Karikalampakkam 31 Sellur
22 Uruvaiyar 68 Kaduvanur 32 Thirunallar
23 Perungalore 69 Panayadikuppam** 33 Pettai
24 Thirukanji 70 Karayamputhur 34 Surakudy
25 Odiampet 71 Manamedu** 35 Devamapuram
26 Sathamangalam 72 Bahour 36 Subrayapuram
27 Manakuppam 73 Irulanchandai** 37 Keezhavoor
28 Mangalam 74 Kuruvinatham III Mahe Region
29 Kizhur 75 Parikalpet** 1 Pandakkal
30 Ariyur 76 Kirumampakkam** 2 Chalakkara
31 Kurumbapet 77 Pillaiyarkuppam 3 Palloor
32 Thondamanatham 78 Seliamedu** 4 Kallayi
33 Karasur 79 Aranganur 5 Mahe
34 Thuthipet 80 Utchimedu IV Yanam Region
35 Sedarapet 81 Manapet 1 Yanam Town
36 Ramanathapuram II Karaikal Region 2 Mettacur
37 Koodapakkam 1 Varichikudi (South) 3 Kanakalapeta
38 Olavaikkal 2 Varichikudi (North) 4 Francethippa
39 Pillayarkuppam 3 Poovam 5 Adavipolam
40 Ossudu** 4 Thiruvettakudi 6 Isukithippa
41 Pudukuppam 5 Kottucherry Puducherry region - 81
42 Kuppam 6 Keezhakasakudi Karaikal region - 37
43 Suthukeny** 7 Thalatheru Mahe region - 5
44 Kodathur 8 Keezhaveli Yanam region - 6
45 Sorapet 9 Kovilpathu Total -129
** Villages having more than half of their population as Scheduled castes as per 2011 census.
36 GENERAL ELECTIONS TO PUDUCHERRY LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY - 2021
Name of the Winning
No.& Name of the Assembly No. of Votes
No. of Voters Candidate Name of the Party
Constituency Polled
Thiru/ Tmt.
Puducherry Region
01. Mannadipet 32357 28830 A. Namachivayam Bharathiya Janata Party
02. Thirubhuvanai (SC) 32883 28808 P.Angalane Independent
03. Oussudu (SC) 32342 28947 AK Sai J Saravanan Kumar Bharathiya Janata Party
04. Mangalam 38007 33353 Djeacoumar C. All India N.R.Congress
05. Villianur 42448 35266 R.Siva Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
06. Ozhukarai 42027 32710 M.Sivasankar Independent
07. Kadirgamam 34603 27005 K.S.P.@ S.Ramesh All India N.R. Congress
08. Indira Nagar 35605 29212 V.Aroumougame @ AKD All India N.R. Congress
09. Thattanchavady 30674 23586 N.Rangasamy All India N.R. Congress
10. Kamaraj Nagar 37814 29741 A. Johnkumar Bharathiya Janata Party
11. Lawspet 32535 26245 M. Vaithiyanathan Indian National Congress
12. Kalapet 34646 29751 P.M.L.Kalyanasundaram Bharathiya Janata Party
13. Muthialpet 29785 23423 J.Prakash kumar Independent
14. Raj Bhavan 26329 19466 K.Lakshminarayanan All India N.R. Congress
15. Oupalam 27882 23717 Anibal Kennedy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
16. Orleampeth 24718 20257 G.Nehru @ Kuppusamy Independent
17. Nellithope 33700 27823 Richards Johnkumar Bharathiya Janata Party
18. Mudaliarpet 35583 29536 L. Sampath Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
19. Ariankuppam 39027 32874 R.Baskar @ Datchanamourtty All India N.R. Congress
20. Manavely 34513 29936 Embalam Selvam @ R.Selvam Bharathiya Janata Party
21. Embalam (SC) 34614 30723 U.Lakshmikandhan All India N.R. Congress
22. Nettapakkam (SC) 32350 28121 P.Rajavelu All India N.R. Congress
23. Bahour 29527 26456 R.Senthilkumar Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Karaikal Region
24. Nedungadu (SC) 31557 26798 Chandira Priyanga All India N.R. Congress
25. Thirunallar 31276 26874 P.R.Siva Independent
26. Karaikal North 35661 28324 P.R.N.Thirumurugan All India N.R. Congress
27. Karaikal South 31951 24456 A.M.H.Nazim Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
28. Neravy-T.R.Pattinam 31183 26006 Naga Thiagarajan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Mahe Region
29. Mahe 31090 23408 Ramesh Parambath Indian National Congress
Yanam Region
Puducherry 3250 1816 5066 9988 29051 39039 13238 30867 44105
Karaikal 717 378 1095 3802 5704 9506 4519 6082 10601
Total 3967 2886 6853 13790 38509 52299 17757 41395 59152
No. of Persons
2 6994 6823 13817 61750 143811 205561 68744 150634 219378
employed
Without hired
a. 4098 2603 6701 10703 26207 36910 14801 28810 43611
worker
Puducherry 5727 3371 9098 48677 112539 161216 54404 115910 170314
Karaikal 1267 1339 2606 13017 17712 30729 14284 19051 33335
Total 6994 6823 13817 61694 143867 205561 68688 150690 219378
1. Adi-Dravidar Welfare
2. Agriculture
3. Animal Husbandry
4. Civil Supplies
5. Co-operative
6. District Industries Centre
7. Education
8. Health and Family Welfare
9. Industries
10. Labour
11. Local Administration
12. Municipalities
13. Public Works
14. Social Welfare
15. Tourism
31