List of districts of Puducherry explained

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. 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.

Districts

ISO 3166-2 Code^[1]	District	Headquarters	Population (2011)^[2]	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)	Official website
IN-PY-KA	Karaikal district		200,222	160	1,252	http://karaikal.gov.in/
IN-PY-MA	Mahé district		41,934	9	4,659	http://mahe.gov.in/
IN-PY-PO	Puducherry district		946,600	293	3,231	http://py.gov.in/
IN-PY-YA	Yanam district		55,616	30	3,272	http://yanam.gov.in/

See also

• Puducherry
• French India
• Union Territory
• List of communes in Puducherry

Notes and References

1. Web site: NIC Policy on format of e-mail Address: Appendix (2): Districts Abbreviations as per ISO 3166–2. PDF. 5–10. Ministry Of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India. 2004-08-18. 2008-11-24. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080911133331/https://www.mail.nic.in/docs/MailService_e-mail_address_Policy_WithCodes.pdf. 2008-09-11.
2. Web site: List of all districts of Paducherry with census data on population, literacy and sex ratio . . 2012-12-27.