POPULATION - 2007

Sl.
No.
Item Unit   (As per 2001 Population Census)
  Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam State
1 Population No.            
  Male "   369428 84487 17153 15893 486961
  Female "   365904 86304 19675 15501 487384
  Total     735332 170791 36828 31394 974345
2 Rural %   31.19 56.42 -- -- 33.43
  Male No.   116053 47650 -- -- 163703
  Female "   113320 48703 -- -- 162023
3 Urban %   68.81 43.58 100 100 66.57
  Male No.   253375 36837 17153 15893 323258
  Female "   252584 37601 19675 15501 325361
4 Scheduled Caste %   16.45 18.07 0.33 18.48 16.19
  Rural No.   66169 22376 -- -- 88545
  Urban "   54811 8492 121 5802 69226
5 Literates per'000
total pop.
  710 716 848 633 714
  Male No.   287494 65890 14614 10760 378758
  Female "   235288 56563 16620 9138 317609

Note: Mahe and Yanam Region are treated as Urban as per the Census classification.

Source: Directorate of Census Operations, Puducherry

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