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{{for|city and capital of the union territory of Puducherry|Pondicherry}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Puducherry
| official_name = Puducherry district
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = ta
| other_name =
| settlement_type = District of Puducherry
| image_skyline = Pondicherrry ,Puducherry.JPG
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| pushpin_map = India Pondicherry#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Pondicherry in Puducherry
| coordinates = {{coord|11|55|N|79|49|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|Union Territory]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Pondicherry]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsil|Taluks]]
| parts = [[Bahour taluk|Bahour]], [[Puducherry taluk|Puducherry]], [[Uzhavarkarai taluk|Uzhavarkarai]], [[Villianur taluk|Villianur]]
| government_type = City Municipal Council
| governing_body = [[Pondicherry Municipal Council]] (PDY)
| leader_title1 = [[District Collector]]
| leader_name1 = Purva Garg, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| leader_title2 = [[Senior Superintendent of Police]]
| leader_name2 = Rahul Alwal, [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 293
| area_rank =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 3
| population_total = 950,289
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_rank =
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_title2 = Additional
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 605xxx
| area_code = 0413
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| iso_code = IN-PY
| registration_plate = PY-01
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest districts
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Viluppuram district|Viluppuram]], [[Cuddalore district|Cuddalore]]
| website = {{URL|https://puducherry-dt.gov.in/}}
| footnotes =
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[English language|English]]
| demographics1_info2 = [[French language|French]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://districts.ecourts.gov.in/pondicherry/history |title=Official Languages of Pondicherry - E-Courts Mission, Government of India |access-date=2015-06-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402195506/http://ecourts.gov.in/pondicherry/history |archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[IUCN protected area categories|IUCN category]]
| blank2_info_sec1 = 
| blank3_name_sec1 = Central location:
| blank3_info_sec1 = {{coord|11|13|N|78|10|E}}
}}

The '''Puducherry district''', also known by its former name '''Pondicherry district''', is one of the four districts of the [[union territory]] of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] in [[South India]]. The district occupies an area of {{convert|290|km2|sqmi}},<ref name='Reference Annual'>{{cite book | editor = Srivastava, Dayawanti | title = India 2010: A Reference Annual | chapter = States and Union Territories: Pondicherry: Government | edition = 54th | publisher = Additional Director General, Publications Division, [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)]], [[Government of India]] | year = 2010 | location = New Delhi, India | pages = 1222  | isbn = 978-81-230-1617-7}}</ref> spread over 12 non-contiguous [[enclaves]] lying on or near the [[Bay of Bengal]] within a compact area in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], the district has a population of 950,289.<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref>

==Administrative divisions==
[[File:Pondicherry map.png|thumb|Geographically, the district of Puducherry is highly fragmented as it was during the colonial period.]]

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0e0e66; text-align:center;"
! colspan="1" | '''District'''
! style="width:19%;" | '''Taluks'''
! '''Municipalities'''
! '''Communes'''
! '''Census Towns'''
|-
|rowspan="8" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;"|Puducherry
|style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;" | [[Bahour taluk|Bahour]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;"|None
|style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| [[Bahour Commune|Bahour]]<br>[[Nettapakkam Commune|Nettapakkam]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#cdfecd; textcolor:#000;"|None
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;" | [[Puducherry taluk|Puducherry]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;"| [[Pondicherry]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| [[Ariyankuppam Commune|Ariyankuppam]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#cdfecd; textcolor:#000;"| [[Ariyankuppam]]<br>[[Manavely]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;" | [[Uzhavarkarai taluk|Uzhavarkarai]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;"| [[Uzhavarkarai]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"|None
|style="text-align:center; background:#cdfecd; textcolor:#000;"|None
|-
|style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;" | [[Villianur taluk|Villianur]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;"|None
|style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| [[Mannadipattu commune|Mannadipattu]]<br>[[Villianur commune|Villianur]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#cdfecd; textcolor:#000;"| [[Villianur]]
|}

For administrative purpose, the union territory of Puducherry is divided into eight [[Tehsil|taluk]]s.<ref name=census11tbl5>{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2-vol2/data_files/Puducherry/Table/Table-5.pdf | title = Literacy Rates by Residence and Sex - U.T. District and Taluk – 2011 | publisher = [[2011 census of India]] | access-date = 2 February 2013 }}</ref> Four of these, viz. [[Puducherry taluk|Puducherry]], [[Uzhavarkarai taluk|Uzhavarkarai]], [[Villianur taluk|Villianur]] and [[Bahour taluk|Bahour]], together constitute Puducherry district.<ref name=census11tbl5/> Among these four, only Uzhavarkarai taluk does not contain any rural area.<ref name=census11chapter1_45>{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2-vol2/data_files/Puducherry/Chapter/Chapter-1.pdf | title = Chapter 1 (Introduction) | publisher = 2011 census of India | access-date = 2 February 2013 | pages=4, 5}}</ref> 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{{spaced ndash}}[[Ariyankuppam Commune|Ariyankuppam]], whereas Villianur taluk has two communes, viz. [[Villianur Commune|Villianur]] and [[Mannadipet Commune|Mannadipet]], and rural area of Bahour taluk consists of two communes, viz. [[Bahour Commune|Bahour]] and [[Nettapakkam Commune|Nettapakkam]].<ref name=census11chapter1_45/>

Census 2011 has identified three [[census town]]s in Puducherry district, along with three existing statutory towns.<ref name=census11chapter1_45/> [[Pondicherry (city)|Pondicherry]] and [[Uzhavarkarai]] are the municipalities, [[Kurumbapet]] is the gram panchayat and the 3 census towns are: [[Ariyankuppam]], [[Manavely]] and [[Villianur]].<ref name=census2011chap4_2627>{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2-vol2/data_files/Puducherry/Chapter/Chapter-4.pdf | title = Chapter 4 (Trends in Urbanisation) | publisher = 2011 census of India | access-date = 2 February 2013 | pages = 26, 27}}</ref> Puducherry [[urban agglomeration]] consists of the area under the all these six towns along with [[Odiampet]], which is considered as [[urban outgrowth]] of Kurumbapet.<ref name=census2011chap4_2627/>

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.<ref name=revrtiman2>{{cite web | url = http://www.pon.nic.in/rti/2_revenue%20dept/file2.pdf | title = Right to Information Act Manual, Manual 2 | publisher = Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Puducherry | access-date = 4 February 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071118151753/http://www.pon.nic.in/rti/2_revenue%20dept/file2.pdf | archive-date = 18 November 2007 | url-status = dead }}</ref> 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.<ref name=revrtiman1>{{cite web | url = http://www.pon.nic.in/rti/2_revenue%20dept/file1.pdf | title = Right to Information Act Manual, Manual 1 | publisher = Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Puducherry | access-date = 4 February 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120528054404/http://www.pon.nic.in/rti/2_revenue%20dept/file1.pdf | archive-date = 28 May 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Each of these four taluks are further divided into [[Revenue block|sub-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,<ref name=planblock>{{cite web | url = http://pandr.puducherry.gov.in/Plan%20Formulation/Plan%20Document/DAP%202012-13/pdffiles/int/int.pdf | page = 1 | title = Draft Annual Plan 2012-13 | publisher = Planning and Research Department, Government of Puducherry | access-date = 4 February 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001836/http://pandr.puducherry.gov.in/Plan%20Formulation/Plan%20Document/DAP%202012-13/pdffiles/int/int.pdf | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref> three of which forms the Puducherry district, viz. Ariyankuppam, Ozkhukarai and Villianur.<ref name=planblock/>

==Demographics==
Puducherry's population, 950,289,<ref name=districtcensus/> is roughly equal to that of the nation of [[Fiji]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Fiji 883,125 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Delaware]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php|title=2010 Resident Population Data|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau|access-date=2011-09-30| quote =Delaware 897,934
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 460th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/>
The district has a population density of {{convert| 3231 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 28.73%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Puducherry has a [[sex ratio]] of 1,031 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1,000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 86.13%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

==Notes==

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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110816222345/http://www.pon.nic.in/revenue/NEM-Action-Plan-2009/NRE-2009.htm North East Monsoon 2009 - Action Plan] published by Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Puducherry
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120510220955/http://www.pon.nic.in/rti/2_revenue%20dept/main.htm Right to Information Act Manual] published by Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Puducherry
* [http://pandr.puducherry.gov.in/Plan%20Formulation/Plan%20Document/DAP%202012-13/INDEX.htm Draft Annual Plan 2012-13] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035028/http://pandr.puducherry.gov.in/Plan%20Formulation/Plan%20Document/DAP%202012-13/INDEX.htm |date=4 March 2016 }}, published by Planning and Research Department, Government of Puducherry

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Pondicherry district
|North =
|Northeast =
|East = ''[[Bay of Bengal]]''
|Southeast =
|South =
|Southwest = [[Cuddalore district]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
|West =
|Northwest = [[Viluppuram district]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
}}

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