Puducherry (Pondicherry) District - Population 2011-2024

An official Census 2011 detail of Puducherry (Pondicherry), a district of Puducherry has been released by Directorate of Census Operations in Puducherry. Enumeration of key persons was also done by census officials in Puducherry District of Puducherry.

In 2011, Puducherry had population of 950,289 of which male and female were 468,258 and 482,031 respectively. In 2001 census, Puducherry had a population of 735,332 of which males were 369,428 and remaining 365,904 were females. Puducherry District population constituted 76.15 percent of total Maharashtra population. In 2001 census, this figure for Puducherry District was at 75.47 percent of Maharashtra population.

There was change of 29.23 percent in the population compared to population as per 2001. In the previous census of India 2001, Puducherry District recorded increase of 20.88 percent to its population compared to 1991.

Puducherry Literacy Rate

Average literacy rate of Puducherry in 2011 were 85.44 compared to 85.44 of 2001. If things are looked out at gender wise, male and female literacy were 91.23 and 79.86 respectively. For 2001 census, same figures stood at 88.44 and 72.84 in Puducherry District. Total literate in Puducherry District were 726,649 of which male and female were 380,946 and 345,703 respectively. In 2001, Puducherry District had 522,782 in its district.

Puducherry Sex Ratio

With regards to Sex Ratio in Puducherry, it stood at 1029 per 1000 male compared to 2001 census figure of 990. The average national sex ratio in India is 940 as per latest reports of Census 2011 Directorate. In 2011 census, child sex ratio is 970 girls per 1000 boys compared to figure of 967 girls per 1000 boys of 2001 census data.

Puducherry District Religion Data

Puducherry Population 2024

Puducherry Population 2011 - 2001

Puducherry Child Population

In census enumeration, data regarding child under 0-6 age were also collected for all districts including Puducherry. There were total 99,838 children under age of 0-6 against 87,232 of 2001 census. Of total 99,838 male and female were 50,688 and 49,150 respectively. Child Sex Ratio as per census 2011 was 970 compared to 967 of census 2001. In 2011, Children under 0-6 formed 10.51 percent of Puducherry District compared to 11.86 percent of 2001. There was net change of -1.35 percent in this compared to previous census of India.

Puducherry Houseless Data

In 2011, total 444 families live on footpath or without any roof cover in Puducherry district of Puducherry. Total Population of all who lived without roof at the time of Census 2011 numbers to 1,493. This approx 0.15711010019057% of total population of Puducherry district.

Puducherry District Density

The initial provisional data released by census India 2011, shows that density of Puducherry district for 2011 is 3,232 people per sq. km. In 2001, Puducherry district density was at 2,510 people per sq. km. Puducherry district administers 294 square kilometers of areas.

Puducherry District Urban/Rural 2011

Out of the total Puducherry population for 2011 census, 69.16 percent lives in urban regions of district. In total 657,209 people lives in urban areas of which males are 323,489 and females are 333,720. Sex Ratio in urban region of Puducherry district is 1032 as per 2011 census data. Similarly child sex ratio in Puducherry district was 978 in 2011 census. Child population (0-6) in urban region was 66,835 of which males and females were 33,792 and 33,043. This child population figure of Puducherry district is 10.45 % of total urban population. Average literacy rate in Puducherry district as per census 2011 is 88.57 % of which males and females are 93.43 % and 83.88 % literates respectively. In actual number 522,868 people are literate in urban region of which males and females are 270,672 and 252,196 respectively.

As per 2011 census, 30.84 % population of Puducherry districts lives in rural areas of villages. The total Puducherry district population living in rural areas is 293,080 of which males and females are 144,769 and 148,311 respectively. In rural areas of Puducherry district, sex ratio is 1024 females per 1000 males. If child sex ratio data of Puducherry district is considered, figure is 953 girls per 1000 boys. Child population in the age 0-6 is 33,003 in rural areas of which males were 16,896 and females were 16,107. The child population comprises 11.67 % of total rural population of Puducherry district. Literacy rate in rural areas of Puducherry district is 78.35 % as per census data 2011. Gender wise, male and female literacy stood at 86.24 and 70.73 percent respectively. In total, 203,781 people were literate of which males and females were 110,274 and 93,507 respectively.

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City/Metros in Puducherry District