Population

POPULATION CENSUS- 2011

(Source : O/o Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India)

POPULATION-2011

Sl. No.	Item	Unit	Puducherry	Karaikal	Mahe	Yanam	State
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	Population
	Male	Nos.	468258	97809	19143	27301	612511
	Female	"	482031	102413	22673	28325	635442
	Total		950289	200222	41816	55626	1247953
2	Rural	%	30.8	51.0	--	--	31.7
	Male	Nos.	144769	50138	--	--	194907
	Female	"	148311	51982	--	--	200293
	Total		293080	102120	0	0	395200
3	Urban	%	69.2	49.0	100	100	68.3
	Male	Nos.	323489	47671	19143	27301	417604
	Female	"	333720	50431	22673	28325	435149
	Total		657209	98102	41816	55626	852753
4	Literates	%	85.4%	87.1%	97.9%	79.5%	85.8%
	Male	Nos.	380946	79903	16610	19919	497378
	Female	"	345703	75013	19860	19355	459931
	Total		726649	154916	36470	39274	957309
5	Scheduled Caste	%	16.0	17.7	0.3	15.2	15.7
	Rural	Nos.	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
	Total	"	152406	35348	144	8427	196325

POPULATION INDICATORS - 2011

Sl. No.	Item	Unit	Puducherry	Karaikal	Mahe	Yanam	State
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	Total Population 2011	Nos.	950289	200222	41816	55626	1247953
	Male	"	468258	97809	19143	27301	612511
	Female	"	482031	102413	22673	28325	635442
2	Growth rate 2001-2011	%	29.2	17.2	13.5	77.2	28.1
3	Sex ratio Females (per '000 Males)		1029	1047	1184	1038	1037
4	Density - Persons (per Sq.Km)	Nos.	3232	1275	4846	1854	2547
5	Percentage of SC to total Population	%	16.0	17.7	0.3	15.2	15.7
6	Literacy rate (persons aged 7 years +)		85.4	87.1	97.9	79.5	85.8
	Male	%	91.23	92.37	98.63	82.75	91.3
	Female	"	79.86	82.02	97.25	76.35	80.7
7	Number of Main workers
	Male	No.	237953	46928	8295	13233	306409
	Female	"	77617	11414	2109	2140	93280
8	Category of Main workers
	Cultivators	"	8405	2052	23	283	10763
	Agricultural Labourers	"	38854	8740	57	2956	50607
	Household Industry workers	"	5203	992	60	118	6373
	Other workers	"	263108	46558	10264	12016	331946