List of districts of Puducherry
Puducherry is a union territory of India. It has four administrative divisions: four districts, viz. Pondicherry, Mahé, Yanam and Karaikal. Pondicherry district has the largest area and population. Mahé district has the smallest area and population. All the four districts retained borders of the French India, and were organised as a union territory of Puducherry after the de facto transfer of French India territories to India in 1954.
Districts
| ISO 3166-2 Code[1] | District | Headquarters | Population (2011)[2] | Area (km²) | Density (/km²)[2] | Official website |
| IN-PY-KA | Karaikal district | Karaikal | 200,314 | 160 | 1,252 | http://karaikal.gov.in/ |
| IN-PY-MA | Mahé district | Mahé | 41,934 | 9 | 4,659 | http://mahe.gov.in/ |
| IN-PY-PO | Pondicherry district | Pondicherry | 946,600 | 293 | 3,231 | http://py.gov.in/ |
| IN-PY-YA | Yanam district | Yanam | 55,616 | 30 | 3,272 | http://yanam.gov.in/ |
See also
References
- ^ "NIC Policy on format of e-mail Address: Appendix (2): Districts Abbreviations as per ISO 3166–2" (PDF). Ministry Of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India. 2004-08-18. pp. 5–10. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
- ^ a b "List of all districts of Paducherry with census data on population, literacy and sex ratio". 2011 census of India. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
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