Puducherry Population Census data 2011

Puducherry

Due to India's history, there are many other cultures introduced here besides the already prosperous culture of India. In Pondicherry for instance, French culture has sneaked in and blended naturally with southern cultures of India. That's why, Pondicherry is probably the only place in India, where French is one of the widely spoken official languages. The territory includes several disconnected lands grouped together, with Puducherry as their capital.

It's the union territory with only 12 lac population living in an even smaller area of over 400 kilometer square. It being one of the 7 union governed regions, Puducherry has a greater population density of over 2000 people per kilometer square, as compared to Indian states. The population of Puducherry has been growing at the rate of nearly 30%, as revealed by the Puducherry census 2011. The census also shows an increase of about 3 lakhs in the population of Puducherry as compared to 2001 census.

Puducherry is the only union territory having a gender ratio above 1000, which makes it the second best region in India in terms of female to male ratio. Literacy has satisfactorily increased in the last decade in both genders. The distribution of the population in the rural and the more developed regions is unequal, and more than half the population lives in the urban areas. The growth in the population in underdeveloped areas of Puducherry is far less as compared to the urban land. Although both literacy percentage and the gender ratio present a better picture in the urban population, rural population is also up to the mark. French culture has obviously influenced the land with its architecture and cuisine as well. People here are skilled in metal and leather craft, and spirituality is the root of its culture. May be that's why its called the 'land of temples.'

The capital city which is also the largest city in the state of Puducherry is Puducherry. The languages spoken in the Puducherry state includes French, Tamil, Telegu and Malayalam. In total Puducherry (PY) state comprises 4 districts. The ISOCODE assigned by International Organization for Standardization for Puducherry state is PY.

Puducherry Population 2011

As per details from Census 2011, Puducherry has population of 12.44 Lakh, an increase from figure of 9.74 Lakh in 2001 census. Total population of Puducherry as per 2011 census is 1,244,464 of which male and female are 610,485 and 633,979 respectively. In 2001, total population was 974,345 in which males were 486,961 while females were 487,384.

Puducherry Population Growth Rate

The total population growth in this decade was 27.72 percent while in previous decade it was 20.56 percent. The population of Puducherry forms 0.10 percent of India in 2011. In 2001, the figure was 0.09 percent.

Puducherry Literacy Rate 2011

Literacy rate in Puducherry has seen upward trend and is 86.55 percent as per 2011 population census. Of that, male literacy stands at 92.12 percent while female literacy is at 81.22 percent. In 2001, literacy rate in Puducherry stood at 81.24 percent of which male and female were 86.33 percent and 73.90 percent literate respectively.

In actual numbers, total literates in Puducherry stands at 966,600 of which males were 502,575 and females were 464,025.

Puducherry Density 2011

Total area of Puducherry is 479 sq. km. Density of Puducherry is 2,598 per sq km which is higher than national average 382 per sq km. In 2001, density of Puducherry was 2,034 per sq km, while nation average in 2001 was 324 per sq km.

Puducherry Sex Ratio

Sex Ratio in Puducherry is 1038 i.e. for each 1000 male, which is below national average of 940 as per census 2011. In 2001, the sex ratio of female was 1001 per 1000 males in Puducherry.

Puducherry Urban Population 2011

Out of total population of Puducherry, 68.31% people live in urban regions. The total figure of population living in urban areas is 850,123 of which 416,097 are males and while remaining 434,026 are females. The urban population in the last 10 years has increased by 31.07 percent.

Sex Ratio in urban regions of Puducherry was 1043 females per 1000 males. For child (0-6) sex ratio the figure for urban region stood at 969 girls per 1000 boys. Total children (0-6 age) living in urban areas of Puducherry were 84,942. Of total population in urban region, 9.99 % were children (0-6).

Average Literacy rate in Puducherry for Urban regions was 89.09 percent in which males were 93.80% literate while female literacy stood at 84.60%. Total literates in urban region of Puducherry were 681,669.

Puducherry Rural Population 2011

Of the total population of Puducherry state, around 31.69 percent live in the villages of rural areas. In actual numbers, males and females were 194,388 and 199,953 respectively. Total population of rural areas of Puducherry state was 394,341. The population growth rate recorded for this decade (2001-2011) was 21.07%.

In rural regions of Puducherry state, female sex ratio per 1000 males was 1029 while same for the child (0-6 age) was 957 girls per 1000 boys. In Puducherry, 42,668 children (0-6) live in rural areas. Child population forms 10.82 percent of total rural population.

In rural areas of Puducherry, literacy rate for males and female stood at 88.49 % and 73.82 %. Average literacy rate in Puducherry for rural areas was 81.02 percent. Total literates in rural areas were 284,931.

Puducherry Census 2011 Conclusion

The official census 2011 of Puducherry has been conducted by Directorate of Census Operations in Puducherry. Enumeration of key persons including Chief Minister of Puducherry was also done by officials conducting population census.

Figures of population census 2011 Puducherry have been represented in chart for your reference at bottom.