List of districts of Puducherry

Puducherry is a Union Territory of India, with four exclaved districts; Puducherry district and Karaikal district (surrounded by the state of Tamil Nadu), Mahé district (surrounded by the state of Kerala) and Yanam district (surrounded by the state of Andhra Pradesh), with Pondicherry district having the largest area and population and Mahe district having the smallest area and population. All four districts retained the borders of French India, and were incorporated into the Republic of India after the de facto transfer of the territories of French India in 1954.

Location of the four districts of Puducherry

Districts
ISO 3166-2 Code[1] District Headquarters Population (2011)[2] Area (km²) Density (/km²)[2] Official website
IN-PY-KAKaraikal districtKaraikal200,3141601,252http://karaikal.gov.in/
IN-PY-MAMahé districtMahé41,93494,659http://mahe.gov.in/
IN-PY-POPuducherry districtPondicherry946,6002933,231http://py.gov.in/
IN-PY-YAYanam districtYanam55,616303,272http://yanam.gov.in/

See also

References
  1. "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. 18 August 2004. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2008.
  2. "List of all districts of Paducherry with census data on population, literacy and sex ratio". 2011 census of India. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
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