Population Data - 2008

Sl. No.	Item / Details	Unit	Region wise /District wise
Sl. No.	Item / Details	Unit	Puducherry	Karaikal	Mahe	Yanam	State
1	Total Population	Nos.	735332	170791	36828	31394	974345
	Male	"	369428	84487	17153	15893	486961
	Female	"	365904	86304	19675	15501	487384
2	Growth rate 1991-2001	%	20.88	17.22	10.11	54.67	20.62
3	Sex ratio-Females (per 000 Males)		990	1022	1147	975	1001
4	Density - Persons (per Sq.Km)	Nos.	2510	1067	4092	1847	2034
5	Percentage of SC to total population	%	16.45	18.07	0.33	18.48	16.19
6	Literacy rate (persons aged 7 years +)		80.66	81.94	95.66	73.72	81.24
	Male		88.44	89.40	97.64	78.82	88.62
	Female		72.84	74.68	93.98	68.50	73.90
7	Percentage of workers to total Population		36.16	33.70	25.27	31.56	35.17
	Male		53.65	52.65	44.81	52.32	53.12
	Female		18.50	15.16	8.24	10.28	17.23
8	Category of workers in percentage to total Workers	%
	Cultivators		3.13	3.96	0.27	2.71	3.18
	Agriculture Labourers		19.95	29.19	2.36	21.95	21.09
	Household Industry		1.91	1.59	0.92	2.73	1.85
	Other workers		75.01	65.26	96.44	72.60	73.88