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The Union Territory of Puducherry consists of four small unconnected districts: Puducherry district (293 km 2 or 113 sq mi), Karaikal district (161 km 2 or 62 sq mi) and Yanam district (20 km 2 or 7.7 sq mi) on the Bay of Bengal and Mahé district (9 km 2 or 3.5 sq mi) on the Laccadive Sea, covering a total area of 483 km 2 (186 sq mi ...
Puducherry consists of 10 communes. [1] Out of these, five communes are located in Puducherry district and the other five are located in Karaikal district. Puducherry is composed of three blocks, five municipalities, and ten communes. Puducherry and Karaikal have five communes each. The communes sub-divide into 98 village Panchayats.
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.
While in Puducherry Union Territory, the decree of 12 March 1880, which provided for a common structure of municipal administration for urban as well as rural areas, continued to be in force. The Panchayat Raj system was in vogue in other parts of the country, and village administration has been carried out through people's representatives from ...
The Puducherry District, also known by its former name Pondicherry district, is one of the four districts of the union territory of Puducherry in South India.The district occupies an area of 290 square kilometres (110 sq mi), [2] spread over 12 non-contiguous enclaves lying on or near the Bay of Bengal within a compact area in the state of Tamil Nadu.
A Police Circle consists of Police Stations, each headed by an Inspector of Police, or in case of rural areas, by a Sub-Inspector of Police. [31] The Calcutta High Court has the jurisdiction of the state of West Bengal. Though most of the districts have more courts other than a District Court, not every subdivision of the state has a Court.
[7] [8] The number of Indians living in urban areas has grown by 31.2% between 1991 and 2001. [9] Yet, in 2001, over 70% lived in rural areas. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] According to the 2011 census, there were 317 cities in India with population more than 100000 , with Mumbai , Delhi and Kolkata having populations over 10 million [ 12 ] About 20 percent of ...
The list of states and union territories of the Republic of India by area is ordered from largest to ... West Bengal (2.740%) Other ... Puducherry: 479 Southern: 0. ...