SELECTED SOCIO ECONOMIC INDICATORS - 2011

Item Year Unit Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam Union Territory
Area               
Area 2011 
Census
Sq.km. 293 160 9 17 479
Density " per sq.km. 3231 1252 4659 3272 2598
Towns "   ” 3 1 1 1 6
Population  2011 
Census
lakh 9.47 2.00 0.42 0.56 12.44
Urban Population " % 69.13 49.01 100.00 100.00 68.31
Rural Population " % 30.87 50.99 - - 31.69
Male " % 49.24 48.82 45.95 49.05 49.06
Female " % 50.76 51.18 54.05 50.95 50.94
Decadal growth " % 28.73 17.29 13.86 77.15 27.72
Sex ratio " per ‘000  Males 1031 1048 1176 1039 1038
Literacy rate              
Persons 2011 
Census
% 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
Rain fall July'10 to May'11 mm 1834.0 1841.1 3004.6 2306.9 -
Agriculture              
Net area sown 2010-11  in Hect. 11354 5978 588 645 18565
Gross area irrigated " " 18699 6157 32 584 25472
Foodgrains  Production " M.T 35450 15653 - 2307 53410
Fish Production              
 Marine 2010-11 M.T 17586 12390 3132 479 33587
 Inland " " 2065 2662 - 1189 5916
Animal Husbandry               
Milk Production 2010-11 M.T 34645 10606 350 914 46515
Egg Production   in. lakh No. 76.78 30.81 2.47 2.80 112.86
Public Health (Government of Puducherry Institutions)              
Hospitals 2010-11 No. 5 1 1 1 8
Dental College and Hospital " " 1 - - - 1
Chest Clinic " " 1 - - - 1
Primary Health Centres " " 27 11 1 - 39
Community Health Centres " " 2 1 1 - 4
Item Year Unit Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam Union Territory
Sub-Centres 2010-11 No.          
Urban " " 17 - 4 5 26
Rural " " 38 17 - - 55
ESI Dispensaries " " 11 2 # 1 1 15
Doctors* " " 406 95 41 33 575
Nurses* " " 764 258 80 47 1149
Beds " " 1660 637 204 100 2601
Education              
Primary               
i. No. of Institutions 2010-11 No. 190 82 14 15 301
ii. No. of Students " " 18613 5633 1573 2312 28131
Middle "            
i. No. of Institutions " No. 76 24 7 1 108
ii. No. of Students " " 15955 4466 2199 162 22782
Secondary "            
i. No. of Institutions " No. 123 39 5 13 180
ii. No. of Students " " 50355 15779 1828 7378 75340
Higher Secondary "            
i. No. of Institutions " No. 93 18 6 1 118
ii. No. of Students " " 108990 14198 4910 341 128439
 Teacher Pupil  Ratio              
  Primary  2010-11   1:16 1:16 1:23 1:30 1:21
  Middle "   1:17 1:18 1:19 1:32 1:22
Secondary     1:24 1:25 1:17 1:24 1:23
Higher Secondary "   1:28 1:26 1:19 1:19 1:23
No. of girls per 100 boys              
  Primary  2010-11 No. 103 131 92 112 110
  Middle " " 109 90 91 74 91
Secondary     86 102 102 96 97
Higher Secondary " " 99 90 89 103 95
Item Year Unit Puducherry Karaikal Mahe Yanam Union Territory
Public Distribution System              
No.of Fair Price Shops 2010-11 No. 377 89 18 22 506
Ration shops run by 
Co-opertive institutions
    352 79 18 22 471
Banking               
No. of Scheduled
Commercial Banks/ Branches
As on March 2011 No. 108 31 8 5 152
Deposits  
in crore
5674 869 307 100 6950
Credit     “ 3651 460 89 62 4262
Population per Bank   No. 8765 6462 5242 11123 8187
Transport              
Road length (by PWD) 2010-11 km. 444.28 188.42 25.77 26.45 684.91
Regd. Motor vehicle During    2010-11 No. 58965 13427 799 483 73674
Tourism              
Tourist arrival  2010            
i. Foreign Tourist   No 50655 309 - - 50964
ii. Domestic Tourist     “ 702305 133567 - - 835872
Co-operative              
No. of Societies 2010-11 No. 373 80 27 43 523
Membership* " '000 Nos 394 93 47 21 555
Primary Agricultural Credit Societies " No. 48 6 1 - 55
Membership*   " 97431 8104 177 - 105712
State Income              
Gross State Domestic product (at Current prices) 2010-11
(QE)
` in crore - - - - 12929.05
Net State Domestic product (at Current prices) " " - - - - 11511.60
Per Capita Income 
(at Current Prices)
" in `  - - - - 98719
Per Capita Income 
(at Constant Prices)
  " - - - - 79333

# 1 Part time Dispensary

* Provisional

All figures of 2011 Census are provisional

Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Puducherry

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