Draft Annual Plan 2011-12 (Sectoral Profile) Union Territory of Puducherry

Abstract

The Union Territory of Puducherry is 480 Sq. Kms. in area and has a population of 9,74,345 as per 2001 census with four distinct regions viz. Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam lying geographically isolated from one another. The Union Territory of Puducherry constitutes two revenue districts, namely, Puducherry and Karaikal consisting of 264 census villages, 129 revenue villages, 6 taluks (4 in Puducherry and 2 in Karaikal) and 2 sub-taluks (Mahe and Yanam). For the purpose of development administration, the territory is divided into six blocks namely (i) Ariankuppam (ii) Oulgaret (iii) Villianur (iv) Karaikal (v) Mahe and (vi) Yanam consisting of 47 circles of ( village level units. Puducherry Panchayats Act of 1973 and Municipalities Act of 1973 came into force in 1974. the entire Mahe and Yanam regions are classified as urban and in total, 66% of the territory is classified as urban.