List of districts of Puducherry


Puducherry is a Union Territory of India, with four exclaved districts; Puducherry district and Karaikal district, Mahé district and Yanam district, 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.
Administratively Puducherry only has 2 districts, Puducherry and Karaikal. The districts of Yanam and Mahé are census districts and not administrative districts. The sub-taluks covered by these 2 census districts are administratively under the Puducherry district.

Districts

ISO 3166-2 CodeDistrictHeadquartersPopulation Area Density Official website
IN-PY-KAKaraikal districtKaraikal 200,222160 1,252http://karaikal.gov.in/
IN-PY-MAMahé districtMahé 41,934 9 4,659http://mahe.gov.in/
IN-PY-POPuducherry districtPondicherry 946,600 293 3,231http://py.gov.in/
IN-PY-YAYanam districtYanam 55,61630 3,272http://yanam.gov.in/