Union Territory of Puducherry Draft Annual Plan 2010-11 Planning and Research Department

Abstract

In the Union Territory of Puducherry, the entire Mahe and Yanam regions are classified as urban; in total, 66% of the territory is classified as urban with the percentage of population in the urban areas is higher than the percentage of rural population. 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, 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.