Selected Socio - Economic Indicators - 2007

REGION - WISE SOCIO - ECONOMIC INDICATORS OF UNION TERRITORY OF PUDUCHERRY

Items Year Unit Union 
Territory
Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam
Area               
Area 2001 
Census
Sq.km. 479 293 160 9 17
Density " per 
sq.km.
2034 2510 1067 4092 1847
Towns " No. 6 3 1 1 1
Population 2001
 Census
lakh 9.74 7.35 1.71 0.37 0.31
Urban Population " % 66.57 68.81 43.58 100.00 100.00
Rural Population " % 33.43 31.19 56.42 -- --
Male " % 49.98 50.2 49.5 46.6 50.6
Female " % 50.02 49.8 50.5 53.4 49.4
Decadal growth " % 20.62 20.88 17.22 10.11 54.67
Sex ratio " per ‘000  Males 1001 990 1022 1147 975
Literacy rate              
Persons 2001 Census % 81.24 80.66 81.94 95.66 73.72
Male " % 88.62 88.44 89.40 97.64 78.82
Female " % 73.9 72.84 74.68 93.98 68.50
Projected Population - 2007   in lakh 10.89 8.23 1.88 0.39 0.39
Rain fall 2006-07 mm -- 1133 986 3281 1427
Agriculture              
Net area sown 2005-06  ' 000Hect. 20.713 12.950 6.489 0.624 0.650
Gross area irrigated " " 29.384 21.983 6.723 0.043 0.635
Food grains  Production "  ' 000 M.T 55.147 41.089 11.743 -- 2.315
Fish Production              
 Marine 2006-07 M.T 33792 17219 11765 3835 973
 Inland " " 5510 3300 1570 -- 640
Animal Husbandry               
Milk Production 2006-07  M.T. 44713 33895 9592 374 852
Egg Production " in. lakh 107.36 73.95 29.58 1.30 2.53
Public Health              
Hospitals 2006-07 No. 8 5 1 1 1
Chest Clinic " " 1 1 -- -- --
Primary Health Centres " " 39 27 11 1 --
Community Health Centres " " 4 2 1 1 --
Sub-Centres              
Urban 2006-07 No. 25 17 -- 4 4
Rural " " 52 35 17 -- --
ESI Dispensaries " " 14 11 1 1 1
Items Year Unit Union 
Territory
Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam
Doctors " " 586 410 98 43 35
Nurses " " 1271 847 278 86 60
Beds " " 2561 1607 645 207 102
Education              
Primary               
i. No. of Institutions 2006-07 No. 319 216 75 15 13
ii. No. of Students " % 100 69.72 15.65 5.59 9.04
Middle              
i. No. of Institutions " No. 118 81 30 5 2
ii. No. of Students " % 100 65.84 26.93 5.16 2.07
Secondary              
i. No. of Institutions " No. 155 112 27 6 10
ii. No. of Students " % 100 71.47 17.72 3.42 7.39
Higher Secondary              
i. No. of Institutions " No. 92 71 15 5 1
ii. No. of Students " % 100 83.02 12.02 4.60 0.36
 Teacher Pupil  Ratio              
  Primary  2006-07   1:21 1:21 1:16 1:27 1:56
  Middle "   1:20 1:19 1:21 1:22 1:32
  High/Higher Sec. "   1:27 1:28 1:27 1:21 1:25
No. of girls per 100 boys              
  Primary  2006-07 No. 95 94 97 101 97
  Middle " " 91 91 93 90 96
  High/Higher Sec. " " 101 102 103 83 105
Public Distribution System              
No.of Fair Price Shops 2006-07 Nos 438 318 84 18 18
Ration shops run by 
co-operative institution
"   399 290 73 18 18
Labour and Employment              
State Government Employees 2005-06 No. 28229 21545 4664 1169 851
Central Government Employees " " 4200 3996 110 48 46
Autonomous Bodies Employees " " 7982 6936 866 78 102
Local Bodies Employees " " 2591 2038 396 61 96
Items Year Unit Union 
Territory
Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam
Banking               
No. of scheduled
commercial banks
As on March 2007 No. 95 68 20 5 2
Deposits " Rs. 
in Crore
3932 3178 534 173 47
Credit "   “ 1856 1573 215 46 22
Population per Office " No. 10256 10814 8540 7366 15697
Transport              
Road length (PWD) 2006-07 km. 677.525 440.344 188.417 22.319 26.445
Regd. Motor vehicle " No. 47917 40609 6394 493 421
Tourism              
Tourist arrival Jan to June 2007 No. 409611 347518 62093 -- --
i. Foreign Tourist "   “ 28022 27894 128 -- --
ii. Domestic Tourist "   “ 381589 319624 61965 -- --
Co-operative              
No. of Societies 2006-07 No. 510 362 87 26 35
Membership " 000 No. 530.89 383.62 93.34 37.09 16.84
Primary Agriculture Credit Societies " No. 53 46 6 1 --
Membership " " 82051 73044 8830 177 --
Rural Development              
No. of groups formed under SGSY 2006-07 No. 163 125 38 -- --
No. of Houses constructed under IAY " " 261 224 28 3 6
Mandays generated under SGRY " Lakh Mandays 0.589 0.315 0.197 0.007 0.070
State Domestic Product (Base Year 
1999-2000)
         
Gross State Domestic Product (at Current Prices) 2006-07 Rs. 
in lakh
629928 -- -- -- --
Net State Domestic Product (at Current Prices) " " 569772 -- -- -- --
Per capita Income 
(at Current Prices)
" In Rs. 52669 -- -- -- --
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