POPULATION INDICATORS - 2011 CENSUS

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Item Unit   Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam State
1 Total Population 2011 Census (P) Nos. 946600 200314 41934 55616 1244464
  Male " 466143 97796 19269 27277 610485
  Female " 480457 102518 22665 28339 633979
2 Growth rate 2001-2011 % 28.73 17.29 13.86 77.15 27.72
3 Sex ratio-(Females per '000 Males) 2011 Census (P)   1031 1048 1176 1039 1038
4 Density - Persons 
(per Sq.Km) 2011 Census (P)
Nos. 3231 1252 4659 3272 2598
5 Percentage of SC to total population (2001 Census)* % 16.45 18.07 0.33 18.48 16.19
6 Literacy rate 
(persons aged 7 years +) 2011 Census (P)
  86.13 87.83 98.35 80.26 86.55
  Male % 92.07 93.36 99.24 83.63 92.12
  Female " 80.40 82.61 97.61 77.07 81.22
7 Percentage of workers to total Population (2001 Census)    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 (2001 Census)            
  Cultivators " 3.13 3.96 0.27 2.71 3.18
  Agricultural Labourers " 19.95 29.19 2.36 21.95 21.09
  Household territory " 1.91 1.59 0.92 2.73 1.85
  Other workers " 75.01 65.26 96.44 72.60 73.88

Source: Director of Census Operations, Puducherry

* 2011 Scheduled Caste population figures is yet to be published by the Office of the Census Operation, Puducherry

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