Puducherry is a Municipality city in district of Puducherry, Puducherry. The Puducherry city is divided into 42 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Puducherry Municipality has population of 244,377 of which 119,430 are males while 124,947 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 23626 which is 9.67 % of total population of Puducherry (M). In Puducherry Municipality, Female Sex Ratio is of 1046 against state average of 1037. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Puducherry is around 995 compared to Puducherry state average of 967. Literacy rate of Puducherry city is 89.22 % higher than state average of 85.85 %. In Puducherry, Male literacy is around 93.95 % while female literacy rate is 84.72 %.
Puducherry Municipality has total administration over 60,638 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Municipality limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Puducherry 2024 Population
Current estimated population of Puducherry Municipality in 2024 is approximately
345,000.
The schedule census of 2021 for Puducherry city is postponed due to covid. We believe new population census for Puducherry city will be conducted in 2024 and same will be updated once its done. The current data for Puducherry town are estimated only but all 2011 figures are accurate.
Puducherry Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.90 % of total population in Puducherry (M).
The (M) Puducherry currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Puducherry Work Profile
Out of total population, 87,920 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 66,005 were males while 21,915 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 87920 working population, 93.19 % were engaged in Main Work while 6.81 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.