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Karaikal AI Report

Date: September 8, 2025

Karaikal city, Puducherry, has 16% of the state's population. It produces 33.3% of Puducherry's Rice production, 33.3% of Puducherry's Wheat production, 33.3% of State's Cotton production, 33.3% of State's Potatoes production, 33.3% of Puducherry's Banana production, 33.3% of State's Sugarcane production, 33.3% of Puducherry's Soybean production, and 33.3% of Puducherry's Onion production. The nearest airport is Pondicherry Airport in Pondicherry, located 72 Km away.

Karaikal is the 393^rd ranked city in population, out of 768 District Capitals (DHQs) of India. It is the capital of Karaikal District in Puducherry State. Karaikal District is 695^th highest ranked in population and 748^th ranked in area, in India.

Karaikal is the 2^nd highest ranked in Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) (No, AISHE 2021) 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.

The average Sex-Ratio (1000) (%, Census 2011) of Indian city (district capitals)/districts is 949. Karaikal is the 20^th highest ranked city out of 768 city/districts.This indicates a healthy ratio between men and women.

The average Tamil Script of Indian city (district capitals)/districts is 23886. Karaikal is the 24^th highest ranked city out of 768 city/districts.This indicates a high pool of literate tamil population compared to other cities.

Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) (No, AISHE 2021)

Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) (No, AISHE 2021)

Sex-Ratio (1000) (%, Census 2011)

Sex-Ratio (1000) (%, Census 2011)

Tamil Script

Tamil Script

# of UG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)

# of UG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)

Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)

Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)

English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language (No, Census 2011)

English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language (No, Census 2011)

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Karaikal is the 596^th worst ranked in # of UG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021) . This implies that this district is less urbanised and/or has a less developed educational infrastructure compared to other districts

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Karaikal is the 548^th worst ranked in Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024) . This implies that standard of living of people in this district is poor compared to other districts.

Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Karaikal is the 509^th worst ranked in English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language (No, Census 2011) . This indicates a lower pool of literate english population compared to other cities.

Karaikal City/District Metrics

Culture

Nature

Internet

Karaikal 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	0.01%	18^th	9623
Ab. Prod (Mn Bales)Cotton Production	Ab. Prod (Mn Bales)Cotton Production	0.01%	89^th	5293
Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Soyabean Production	Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Soyabean Production	0.02%	114^th	5152
Ab. Prod (Lakh tonnes) Chickpea Production	Ab. Prod (Lakh tonnes) Chickpea Production	0.05%	120^th	2368
Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Maize Production	Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Maize Production	0.04%	121^st	2967
Ab. Prod (000' tonnes ) Potatoes Production	Ab. Prod (000' tonnes ) Potatoes Production	0.01%	123^rd	7842
Ab. Prod (Mn tonnes) Rice Production	Ab. Prod (Mn tonnes) Rice Production	0.07%	131^st	5625
Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Sugarcane Production	Ab. Prod (Mn Tonnes) Sugarcane Production	0.01%	136^th	10796
Ab. Prod (000' Tonnes) Onion Production	Ab. Prod (000' Tonnes) Onion Production	0.02%	179^th	11132
Ab. Prod (Mn tonn) Wheat Production	Ab. Prod (Mn tonn) Wheat Production	0.01%	200^th	7602
Number of Camel (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Camel (20th Cattle Census)	0.00%	241^st	9715
Number of Pony (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Pony (20th Cattle Census)	0.02%	286^th	7913
Number of Horse (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Horse (20th Cattle Census)	0.01%	451^st	4634
Number of Goat (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Goat (20th Cattle Census)	0.04%	455^th	1235
Number of Sheep (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Sheep (20th Cattle Census)	0.00%	463^rd	5858
Number of Total Poultry (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Total Poultry (20th Cattle Census)	0.01%	478^th	8411
Number of Pig (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Pig (20th Cattle Census)	0.00%	524^th	2579
Number of Bufflo (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Bufflo (20th Cattle Census)	0.00%	547^th	9154
Number of Cattle (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Cattle (20th Cattle Census)	0.01%	548^th	11055

Karaikal Culture Highlights

Sr.No	Culture Metrics	Counts	Name

Airports

	Name	City	IATA Code	Distance
Airport Name	Pondicherry Airport	Pondicherry	PNY	72 Km

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Population: 86,838 | Population Rank: 393^rd

Area (KM²): 157 | Area Rank: 748^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	No of District Hospital	1	162^nd	5776

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	No of Community Health Centers	9	43^rd	8150
2	No of Total Hospitals	61	61^st	2853
3	No of Primary Health Centers	48	66^th	9831
4	No of Hospital Beds	1470	372^nd	10098

Population: 86,838 | Population Rank: 393^rd

Area (KM²): 157 | Area Rank: 748^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	GDP per Capita ('000', RBI SCB 2023)	118	119^th	7275
2	% of Households with Cars (%, Census 2011)	4	186^th	10452
3	% of Household with Mobiles (%, Census 2011)	51	147^th	5568
4	No. of Banks/1000 Household (in 1000, RBI SCB 2024)	1	101^st	4559

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	House Ownership % of Households (%, Census 2011)	86	61^st	9180
2	Number of Households without TV, Internet, Radio, Computer, Mobile, Landline (No, Census 2011)	57099	62^nd	9855
3	Number of Households with Owned houses (No, Census 2011)	280805	147^th	9305
4	Number of Banks (No, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	183	168^th	3340
5	Number of Households with Mobile only (No, Census 2011)	174173	204^th	2627
6	Bank Deposits (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	28688	207^th	2581
7	GDP (Crores. RBI SCB 2023)	27789	211^th	2218
8	Number of Households without Internet (No, Census 2011)	20983	217^th	8626
9	Number of Households with means of Transport as Car/ Jeep/Van (No, Census 2011)	15572	252^nd	1426
10	Bank Credit (Crore, RBI SCB Q3 2024)	23154	255^th	5298
11	Bank Credit - Bank Debit/No. of banks (Crore, RBI SCB 2024)	23	262^nd	7691
12	Bank Deposit-Bank Loans (Crores, RBI SCB 2024)	5533	272^nd	5471
13	Number of Households with Television (No, Census 2011)	157504	287^th	9968
14	Number of Households with means of Transport as Scooter/ Motorcycle/Moped (No, Census 2011)	69577	329^th	8497
15	Number of Households with Internet (No, Census 2011)	10634	446^th	7939
16	Number of Households with TV, Computer/Laptop, Telephone/mobile phone and Scooter/ Car (No, Census 2011)	15680	462^nd	5214
17	Number of Households with rented houses (No, Census 2011)	37627	466^th	9930
18	Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)	14	508^th	4112
19	Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2024)	11	548^th	5230

Population: 86,838 | Population Rank: 393^rd

Area (KM²): 157 | Area Rank: 748^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Population per sq. km. (Km, Census 2011)	1023	68^th	3428
2	Sex-Ratio (1000) (%, Census 2011)	949	20^th	10626

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Decadal Growth Rate (2011) (%, Census 2011)	19	391^st	10911

Population: 86,838 | Population Rank: 393^rd

Area (KM²): 157 | Area Rank: 748^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of Higher Education Enrolments % of Pop (No, UDISE 2023)	2	46^th	10229
2	Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) (No, AISHE 2021)	29	2^nd	5522
3	# of Universities (No, AISHE 2021)	1	159^th	3799
4	# of UG Enrolments - Medical (No, AISHE 2021)	416	78^th	5072

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of No. of Schools (No, UDISE 2023)	1915	41^st	5184
2	# of UG Diploma Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	334	68^th	8423
3	# of ITIS seats (No, AISHE 2021)	4319	221^st	7664
4	Population (18-24) (Number, 2023)	208496	234^th	3863
5	# of Diploma (No, AISHE 2021)	3658	296^th	3311
6	# of UG Enrolments - Law (No, AISHE 2021)	593	310^th	5823
7	# of UG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	11775	318^th	9384
8	# of PG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	1484	318^th	11144
9	# of Population (0-18) (No, Census 2011)	136937	336^th	7246
10	# of Enrolment in Private and Government Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	39460	344^th	7338
11	# of Bachelor's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	44296	362^nd	4031
12	# of Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	57	372^nd	1829
13	# of Total Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	49523	391^st	6964
14	# of Ph.D Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	258	491^st	7414
15	# of Master's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	6788	576^th	2882
16	# of UG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	3322	596^th	5170
17	# of PG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	193	596^th	9255

Population: 86,838 | Population Rank: 393^rd

Area (KM²): 157 | Area Rank: 748^th

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)	745	85^th	9081
2	Number of Police Stations (NO, IPC 2020)	22	134^th	10542
3	Sanctioned Police Force Number (NO, IPC 2020)	1416	420^th	10331

Population: 86,838 | Population Rank: 393^rd

Area (KM²): 157 | Area Rank: 748^th

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Urban Internet Pop/City Pop (%, TRAI December 2024)	122	31^st	1292
2	Number of Facebook Users. (Estimated Maximum)(No, May 2025)	172612	258^th	7585
3	Number of Internet Connections (No, TRAI 2024)	411790	286^th	10922
4	City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2025)	106	301^st	6050
5	Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in May, 2025)	135164	461^st	3722
6	English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language (No, Census 2011)	162759	509^th	2606

Population: 86,838 | Population Rank: 393^rd

Area (KM²): 157 | Area Rank: 748^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Script Pools # < 30, 000	1	115^th	9002
2	Tamil Script	23886	24^th	6402
3	Literacy (%, Census 2023)Estd	78	61^st	11026

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Devnagri Script (Hindi)	137058	88^th	2169
2	Gurumukhi Script (Punjabi)	10774	178^th	9115
3	Latin Script (English)	2647	241^st	2045
4	Perso-Arabic Script (Urdu)	33190	242^nd	4213
5	Bengali Script	13153	255^th	6662
6	Gujarati Script	25953	377^th	7156
7	Marathi Script	27903	415^th	5324
8	Odia Script	5442	423^rd	8461
9	DHQ Mother Tongue Population (No, Census 2011)	254303	442^nd	7276
10	Assamese Script	3229	549^th	9269
11	Telugu Script	39429	568^th	9345
12	English Multilingual Population	50193	595^th	9610
13	Malayalam Script	6112	633^rd	3282
14	Kannada Script	23603	641^st	10568

Population: 86,838 | Population Rank: 393^rd

Area (KM²): 157 | Area Rank: 748^th

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Total Annual Newspaper Circulation (No, RNI 2022)	656764	152^nd	9837
2	Number of Dailies or Magazines (No, RNI 2022)	240	174^th	9126
3	Number of Theatres (No, BOC 2020)	22	435^th	2084

Population: 86,838 | Population Rank: 393^rd

Area (KM²): 157 | Area Rank: 748^th

Better than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	Urbanization (% , Census 2011)	26	102^nd	7130

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	# of Inhabited Villages	777	85^th	1373
2	Number of towns (Number , Census 2011)	10	160^th	4508
3	Number of households (Number , Census 2011)	326286	175^th	2472
4	# of Households with 1 married couple	228663	185^th	4337
5	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Electricity	222703	241^st	6646
6	Number of households having latrine facility within the premises	156908	254^th	3391
7	Urban Population (Number , Census 2011)	531234	277^th	5382
8	# of Households with Location of drinking water source within premises	154278	289^th	6053
9	# of Households that use LPG/PNG as fuel for Cooking	96340	394^th	9084
10	# of Households that use Electricity as fuel for Cooking	566	460^th	7434

Population: 86,838 | Population Rank: 393^rd

Area (KM²): 157 | Area Rank: 748^th

Worse than India Average-

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Worst Rank out of 768	City / District Data
1	State Govt Jobs(Formal) Dist.,2023	23664	20^th	10787
2	Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023	25014	30^th	2348
3	Informal Jobs(Dist.),2023	626770	76^th	5083
4	State Govt Jobs(Formal) DHQ,2023	14249	83^rd	8540
5	Formal Jobs(DHQ),2023	37084	93^rd	1910
6	# of Companies,2023	1876	340^th	1290
7	Informal Jobs(DHQ),2023	56813	456^th	9359

languages
City (district capitals)/DHQ

1. Tamil : 84,616
2. English Multilingual Population : 36,551
3. Telugu : 840

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

Basic Details

City (District Capitals)/DHQ Population :	:	86,838
City(District Capitals)/DHQ Population (Rank)	:	393^rd
District Area (km²)	:	157
District Area (Rank)	:	748^th
No.of Towns in District	:	2
No. of Villages in District	:	28

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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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