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Pondicherry Analytics

languages
City (district capitals)/DHQ

1. Tamil : 227,083
2. English Multilingual Population : 102,862
3. Telugu : 6,222

Number Of Languages spoken by more then 30K Population : 1

Basic Details

City (District Capitals)/DHQ Population :	:	244,377
City(District Capitals)/DHQ Population (Rank)	:	147^th
District Area (km²)	:	293
District Area (Rank)	:	738^th
No.of Towns in District	:	238
No. of Villages in District	:	619

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Pondicherry Highlights: India City/Districts Comparison

Pondicherry is the 147^th ranked city in population, out of 768 District Capitals (DHQs) of India. It is the capital of Pondicherry District in Puducherry State. Puducherry District is 443^rd highest ranked in population & 738^th ranked in area, in India. Please keep the DHQ rank in perspective, for the highlights below.

Better than India Average-

1.
Pondicherry is the 2^nd highest ranked in Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) (No, AISHE 2020) out of 768 city/districts of India. This indicates that this district is more urbanized and/or has a better-developed educational infrastructure compared to other districts.

2.
The average # of Higher Education Enrolments % of Pop (No, UDISE 2021) of Indian city (district capitals)/districts is 0. Pondicherry is the 3^rd highest ranked city out of 768 city/districts. This indicates that this district is more urbanized and/or has a better-developed educational infrastructure compared to other districts.

3.
Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Pondicherry is the 10^th highest ranked in Tamil Script . This indicates a high pool of literate tamil population compared to other cities.

4.
Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India Pondicherry is the 537^th best ranked in Number of Missing Persons (NO, IPC 2020) . This indicates a safer district as compared to other districts.

5.
Pondicherry is the 392^nd best ranked in Number of Murders (NO, IPC 2020) out of 768 City/Districts of India. This indicates a safer district as compared to other districts.

6.
The Average Number of Cyber Crimes (NO, IPC 2020) of Indian City(District Capitals)/Districts is 25 . Pondicherry is the 1^st best ranked City out of 768 City/Districts. This indicates a safer district as compared to other districts.

Worse than India Average-

1.
Pondicherry is the 41^st worst ranked in Crime/1000 Pop (Ratio, IPC 2020) out of 768 city/districts of India. This implies lesser effectiveness of law and order in this district compared to other districts.

2.
The Average Murder/Lakh Pop (Ratio, IPC 2020) of Indian City (District Capitals)/Districts is Pondicherry is the 189^th worst ranked City out of 768 City/Districts.This implies lesser effectiveness of law and order in this district compared to other districts.

3.
Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Pondicherry is the 220^th worst ranked in Number of IPC Crimes (NO, IPC 2020) .This implies lesser effectiveness of law and order in this district compared to other districts.

4.
Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Pondicherry is the 741^st worst ranked in Central PSU Jobs(Formal),2023 .This implies that this is not a highly urbanized district compared to other districts.

5.
Pondicherry is the 730^th highest ranked in Central Govt Jobs(Formal),2023 out of 768 City/Districts of India.This means that this district has lower attractiveness for migrant workers.

6.
The Average Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023 of Indian City(District Capitals)/Districts is 25014. Pondicherry is the 694^th highest ranked City out of 768 City/Districts.This implies low private sector growth.

Pondicherry City/District Metrics

Culture

Nature

Internet

Pondicherry Nature Highlights

	Nature Metrics	% of India	Rank Out of 768	City / Districts Data
Ab. Prod (000' tonnes) Banana Production	Ab. Prod (000' tonnes) Banana Production	0.02%	18^th	1310
Ab. Prod (Lakh tonnes) Chickpea Production	Ab. Prod (Lakh tonnes) Chickpea Production	0.05%	117^th	10706
Ab. Prod (000' tonnes ) Potatoes Production	Ab. Prod (000' tonnes ) Potatoes Production	0.01%	123^rd	3276
Ab. Prod (000' Tonnes) Onion Production	Ab. Prod (000' Tonnes) Onion Production	0.02%	176^th	11088

Pondicherry Culture Highlights

Sr.No	Culture Metrics	Counts	Name
Famous Hindu Temples	Famous Hindu Temples	1	Vedapureeswarar Temple
Famous Museum Name	Famous Museum Name	1	Pondicherry Museum

Airports

	Name	City	IATA Code	Distance
Airport Name	Pondicherry Airport	Pondicherry	PNY	3 Km

Population: 244,377 | Population Rank: 147^th

Area (KM²): 293 | Area Rank: 738^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	No of District Hospital	1	15^th	9701
2	No of Hospital Beds	1599	30^th	10237

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	No of Doctors	1729	1^st	6337
2	No of Nurses	3390	1^st	3018
3	No of Sub Divisional Hospital	1	1^st	9663
4	No of Community Health Centers	9	176^th	2687
5	No of Total Hospitals	59	330^th	2395
6	No of Primary Health Centers	47	352^nd	11177

Negative Metrics:

Population: 244,377 | Population Rank: 147^th

Area (KM²): 293 | Area Rank: 738^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Number of Households with rented houses (No, Census 2011)	37627	74^th	7654
2	Number of Households with TV, Computer/Laptop, Telephone/mobile phone and Scooter/ Car (No, Census 2011)	15680	77^th	9526
3	Number of Households with Internet (No, Census 2011)	10634	80^th	10691
4	GDP per Capita ('000', RBI SCB 2023)	118	87^th	3009
5	Number of Households with means of Transport as Scooter/ Motorcycle/Moped (No, Census 2011)	69577	91^st	1384
6	No. of Banks/1000 Household (in "1000", SCB 2023)	1	102^nd	10724
7	GDP (Crores. RBI SCB 2023)	27789	133^rd	2074
8	Number of Households with Television (No, Census 2011)	157504	144^th	4551
9	% of Household with Mobiles (%, Census 2011)	51	148^th	1659
10	Bank Deposit-Bank Loans (Crores, RBI SCB 2023)	5863	151^st	2667
11	Bank Credit - Bank Debit/No. of banks (Crore, RBI SCB 2023)	27	157^th	3322
12	Number of Households with means of Transport as Car/ Jeep/Van (No, Census 2011)	15572	172^nd	1274
13	% of Households with Cars (%, Census 2011)	4	195^th	7300
14	Number of Households without Internet (No, Census 2011)	20983	203^rd	7572
15	Number of Households with Mobile only (No, Census 2011)	174173	241^st	7035

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	House Ownership % of Households (%, Census 2011)	86	62^nd	7431
2	Number of Households without TV, Internet, Radio, Computer, Mobile, Landline (No, Census 2011)	57099	266^th	2979
3	Number of Households with Owned houses (No, Census 2011)	280805	369^th	2888
4	Number of Banks (No, RBI SCB Q4 2022)	176	497^th	2613
5	Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2023)	8	538^th	1316
6	Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2023)	12	563^rd	7937
7	Bank Credit (Crore, RBI SCB Q4 2022)	18218	623^rd	4924
8	Bank Deposits (Crore, RBI SCB Q4 2022)	24082	631^st	1957

Negative Metrics:

Population: 244,377 | Population Rank: 147^th

Area (KM²): 293 | Area Rank: 738^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Population per sq. km. (Km, Census 2011)	1023	27^th	8187
2	Sex-Ratio (1000) (%, Census 2011)	949	37^th	6488
3	Decadal Growth Rate (2011) (%, Census 2011)	19	89^th	6983

Negative Metrics:

Population: 244,377 | Population Rank: 147^th

Area (KM²): 293 | Area Rank: 738^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) (No, AISHE 2020)	28	2^nd	10114
2	# of Higher Education Enrolments % of Pop (No, UDISE 2021)	0	3^rd	7326
3	# of Master's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2020)	6137	74^th	4516
4	# of Universities (No, AISHE 2020)	1	96^th	1461
5	# of UG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2020)	719	111^th	9338
6	# of Ph.D Enrolments (No, AISHE 2020)	275	112^th	4007
7	# of UG Enrolments - Law (No, AISHE 2020)	654	127^th	11091

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	# of UG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2020)	9152	1^st	9616
2	# of UG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2020)	6311	1^st	4297
3	# of UG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2020)	4172	1^st	8187
4	# of UG Enrolments - Medical (No, AISHE 2020)	358	1^st	7127
5	# of PG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2020)	1087	1^st	6415
6	# of PG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2020)	1015	1^st	11067
7	# of PG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2020)	344	1^st	4897
8	# of PG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2020)	591	1^st	5394
9	# of No. of Schools (No, UDISE 2021)	1937	127^th	9482
10	# of UG Diploma Enrolments (No, AISHE 2020)	334	138^th	2369
11	# of ITIS seats (No, AISHE 2020)	4706	391^st	3299
12	Population (18-24) (Number, 2023)	208496	430^th	4168
13	# of Diploma (No, AISHE 2020)	3877	518^th	5695
14	# of PG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2020)	250	535^th	10465
15	# of UG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2020)	5379	537^th	4432
16	# of Enrolment in Private and Government Colleges (No, AISHE 2020)	36821	561^st	7473
17	# of Bachelor's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2020)	42477	570^th	2675
18	# of UG Enrolments - Teaching (No, AISHE 2020)	2447	572^nd	9580
19	# of Population (0-18) (No, Census 2011)	136937	586^th	4560
20	# of Colleges (No, AISHE 2020)	56	587^th	6502
21	# of Total Enrolments (No, AISHE 2020)	49523	591^st	9076

Negative Metrics:

Population: 244,377 | Population Rank: 147^th

Area (KM²): 293 | Area Rank: 738^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Number of Police Stations (NO, IPC 2020)	22	79^th	6272
2	Sanctioned Police Force Number (NO, IPC 2020)	1416	103^rd	10941

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)	745	148^th	7672

Negative Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Crime/1000 Pop (Ratio, IPC 2020)	1	41^st	6906
2	Murder/Lakh Pop (Ratio, IPC 2020)	1	189^th	6793
3	Number of IPC Crimes (NO, IPC 2020)	2801	220^th	9987

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Number of Cyber Crimes (NO, IPC 2020)	25	1^st	5125
2	Number of Murders (NO, IPC 2020)	25	392^nd	2315
3	Number of Missing Persons (NO, IPC 2020)	267	537^th	9738

Population: 244,377 | Population Rank: 147^th

Area (KM²): 293 | Area Rank: 738^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Number of Facebook Users. (Estimated Maximum)(No, Dec. 2024)	1065262	51^st	6436
2	English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language (No, Census 2011)	187044	131^st	10863
3	City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2022)	134	164^th	5785
4	Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in Jan, 2025)	132859	460^th	1771

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Urban Internet Pop/City Pop (%, TRAI June 2023)	165	57^th	9052
2	Number of Internet Connections (No, TRAI 2023)	593683	538^th	2949

Negative Metrics:

Population: 244,377 | Population Rank: 147^th

Area (KM²): 293 | Area Rank: 738^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Tamil Script	23886	10^th	7111
2	English Multilingual Population	50193	69^th	1161
3	Literacy (%, Census 2023)Estd	78	88^th	6127
4	Script Pools # < 30, 000	1	115^th	3631
5	DHQ Mother Tongue Population (No, Census 2011)	254303	120^th	5809

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Devnagri Script (Hindi)	137058	205^th	10755
2	Gurumukhi Script (Punjabi)	10774	366^th	7267
3	Assamese Script	3229	377^th	7210
4	Perso-Arabic Script (Urdu)	33190	488^th	10980
5	Marathi Script	27903	542^nd	7310
6	Bengali Script	13153	580^th	7829
7	Gujarati Script	25953	626^th	10295
8	Latin Script (English)	2647	658^th	4474
9	Telugu Script	39429	659^th	8280
10	Odia Script	5442	679^th	4135
11	Kannada Script	23603	687^th	8786
12	Malayalam Script	6112	702^nd	6228

Negative Metrics:

Population: 244,377 | Population Rank: 147^th

Area (KM²): 293 | Area Rank: 738^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Total Annual Newspaper Circulation (No, RNI 2020)	596633	471^st	3772
2	Number of Dailies or Magazines (No, RNI 2020)	221	474^th	10726
3	Number of Theatres (No, BOC 2020)	22	586^th	1256

Negative Metrics:

Population: 244,377 | Population Rank: 147^th

Area (KM²): 293 | Area Rank: 738^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Urbanization (% , Census 2011)	26	31^st	7979
2	# of Households that use LPG/PNG as fuel for Cooking	96340	84^th	3996
3	Urban Population (Number , Census 2011)	531234	121^st	8124
4	# of Households with Location of drinking water source within premises	154278	155^th	1581
5	Number of households having latrine facility within the premises	156908	165^th	9396
6	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Electricity	222703	189^th	4983
7	Number of towns (Number , Census 2011)	10	238^th	9622
8	# of Households with 1 married couple	228663	272^nd	1697

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Solar Energy	1508	1^st	3307
2	# of Uninhabited Villages	64	1^st	7986
3	# of Inhabited Villages	777	148^th	1568
4	Number of households (Number , Census 2011)	326286	459^th	4838
5	# of Households that use Electricity as fuel for Cooking	566	571^st	2621

Negative Metrics:

Population: 244,377 | Population Rank: 147^th

Area (KM²): 293 | Area Rank: 738^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Informal Jobs(DHQ),2023	56813	128^th	10289

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Private Jobs(Formal),2023	15104	1^st	4540
2	State Govt Jobs(Formal) Dist.,2023	23664	113^th	3424
3	Informal Jobs(Dist.),2023	626770	236^th	7714
4	State Govt Jobs(Formal) DHQ,2023	14249	257^th	1950
5	Formal Jobs(DHQ),2023	37084	535^th	4929
6	# of Companies,2023	1876	545^th	1315
7	Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023	25014	694^th	3487
8	Central Govt Jobs(Formal),2023	6050	730^th	9731
9	Central PSU Jobs(Formal),2023	1938	741^st	7643

Negative Metrics:

Q - Why is all Prarang India comparative analysis being done for 768 Districts & their respective D.H.Q. (District Head Quarter) towns?
A - The Indian geography has historically been measured by " Districts". Today, it is politically managed by States & U.T.s ( Union Territories) but the unit of measurement ( Census baseline) continues to focus on the District, for over 150 years now. " All India" thus is a sum of the district parts i.e. sum of 768 districts currently ( which were 640 districts only, when the last Census took place in 2011). Contrary to popular perception, most data being reported at a State & U.T. level, is not being aggregated from underlying data at an urban (towns) & rural(villages) level. India has approx. 9000 towns & 600000 villages, segregated into 768 districts, each with its respective DHQ (District Head Quarter) town. Except for the largest 20 towns ( Metropolitan agglomerations) where some detailed data is gathered by the Central Government census, only basic demographic details are available for India's cities. Detailed survey results of the District are the most important data points, used to model & estimate the City & State level information in India. The 768 DHQ ( District Head Quarter) towns & 8 Union Territories, are the important Urban metrics available in India, for comparative analysis. Big data of a big & diverse country.

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Q - What is the frequency of data update on various data-fields of Prarang analytics ?
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