Witk best compliments from : R. PADMANABHAN, i.a s . Secretary-cfy/77- Development Commissioner Government of Pondicherry NIEPA DC D08456 5 ' C/ I Poy-S INTRODUCTION This issue of the Statistical Hand Book will be the twenty-nineth issue in the series. It gives data on socio-economic characteristics of the Union territory of Pondicherry tabled in time series. The data in this Hand Book, covers the years 1991-92 and 1992-93- Besides, useful data on population growth for the Territoi7 and also village-wise population figures as per 1991 census are made available for data users. It is hoped that this issue of the Hand Bo6k will be immensely used by the Research Scholar^ interested in socio-economic studies, as a reference book apart being a source of official statistics to' the general public. It is acknowledged here with gratitude for the sincere and whole-hearted co-operation extended by the Heads of Departments of Pondicherry Administration to supply the data and thus enabled this Directorate to bring out this publication in time. Our thanks are also due to the Director of Stationery and Printing for having given willing support and co-operation in bringing out this publication. 5 if * - • library & documentATiDN ''c^m >3^c >jl ( <i:<tu'e of h.duc<iciooal PI- u 4 .iod Administranon. 17-u, I. Aurobjudo Mari, NV w t'.lbi-110016 DOC, No D ate........ FOREWORD The issue of the Statistical Hand Book of the Directorate of Economics and Statistics contains latest data on all important production and service sectors of the economy. A five year time-series data are made available to facilitate a comparative study of the progress made by the functional departments in their respective areas of activity in recent years. The latest 1991 population census data highlighting the demo­ graphic growth trends are also provided in this publication to cater the needs of data users. A complete profile of villagewise population as per 1991 census by communes with breakup of figures of male, female and scheduled caste population is given in the appendix to help for micro-level planning. In the context of our commitment to planned socio-economic development, the need for strong data support on a comparable basis is felt indispensable for formulation of schemes on a sustained basis and in this respect, the publication Statistical Hand Book would go a long way to satisfy the needs of economic planners, policy makers and research workers. R. PADMANABHAN, Secretary, Planning-cww-Development Commissioner. It would be appropiiate to acknowledge for the efforts made by Thiru K. S. K r i s h n a m u r t h y, Thiru A. Chandrasekaran, Joint Directors; Thiru S. Vaittianadane, Thiru R. Munisamy, Deputy Directors; Tmt. K-. Revady, Statistical Officer; Thiru M. Kamalakannan, Tmt. D. Vezeacoumary, Thiru S. Senapathy, Statistical Inspectors of this Directorate to bringing out this publication within a short period. 5'. SAMINADEN Pondicherry - 605 013, Director April 1994. Directorate of Economics & Statistics. Dr. M. CHANNA RKDDY Governor of Tamil Nadu and Administrator of Union Territory of Pondicherry LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Thiru P. KANNAN Hon'ble Speaker Thiru A. V. SUBRAMANlAN Hon’ble Deputy Speaker MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT Thiru V. NARAYANASAMY (Rajya Sabha) Thiru M. O. H. FAROOK (Lok Sabha) COUNCIL OF MINISTERS Thiru V. VAITHILJNGAM Hon’ble Chief Minister Thiru C. M. ACHRAFF Hon’ble Industries and Public Works Minister Thiru M. CHANDIRAKASU Hon’ble Local Administration Minister Thiru P. ANANDA BHASKARAN Hon’ble Health and Family Welfare Minister Thiru A. GANDHIRAJ Hon’ble Education Mmister Thiru N. RANGASAMY Hon’ble Agriculture and Co-operation Minister SECRETARIES TO GOVERNMENT Thiru S, R. Arya, i .a .s . Chief Secretary to Government. [Confidential and Cabinet Department Home Department, D. P. and A. R. and G. A. D.] Thiru R. Padmanabhan, i .a .s . Secretary (Planning) - cum - Development Commissioner. [Planning and Research, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry. Co-operation, Fisheries, Community Development (including D.R.D.A.), Commercial Taxes and Economics and Statistics] Thiru V. V. Bhat, i .a .s . Secretary to Government (Finance). [Finance, Accounts and Treasuries.] Thiru R. Narayana, i .a .s . Secretary to Government (Revenue)-n//)?-Collector/ Secretary to Lieutenant-Governor. [Revenue, Registration, Survey and Land Records, Power, Freedom Fighters, Temple Administration, Wakf Board, Solar Pond Project and L. G. Secretariat.] Thiru V. K, Singh, i . a .s . Secretary to Government (Transport and Information). [Transport. Government Automobile Workshop, Information and Public Relations, Housing, Town and Country Planning and Labour.] T h ir u B. V. Selvaraj, i.A.S. Secretary to Governinent (Local Administration)/ P r o je c t Director, O^RDA). [Local Administration, Directorate of Rural Development Elections, Excise, Stationery and Printing and Tourism.] ' Tmt. N. Sathiyavathy, i .a .s . Secretary to Government (Health and Welfare). [Health, Social Welfare, Adi-Dravidar Welfare, Civil Supplies, Consumer Protection, Port, Weights and Measures.] Thiru A. Venkataratnam, i. a. s. Secretary to Government (Education/Works). [Education, Public Works, Industries and Environment Science and Technology,] POLICE Thiru J. F. Singh, i.P.s. Inspector, General of Police. PONDICHERRY HOUSE, NEW DELHI Thiru Nathu Ram, i .a .s . Liaison Commissioner For Pondicherry Administration at New Delhi. I h a n d b o o k 1991-92 & 1992-93 Pondicherry at a Glance Items Unit Particulars SI. No. (2) (3) (4) 1 ) 1, A rea (according to Surveyor G e n e r a l) .................................... Sq. Km. 492 2 . Regions .. .. .. No. 4 3 T o w n s - 1991 C ensus........................... ,, 11 4. No. of inhabited villages - 1991 ' Ceilsus ........................... „ 264 5. No. of uninhabited villages-1991 Census ........................... * „ 1 6. Total population -1991 Census .. „ 8,07,785 7. Density of population - 1991 Census PerSQ. Km. 1,642 8. L iterates-1991 Census .. .. No. 5,21,213 9. Literacy-1991 Census .. .. Percentage 74.74 10. Scheduled Caste Population - 1991 Census ...........................No. 1,31,278 11. Percentage of Scheduled Caste Population -1991 Census .. .. Percentage 16.25 12. Net area sown - 1992-93 J .. .. Hectares 27,488 13. Net area irrigated -1 9 9 2 -93J .. „ 23,429 (i) (1) (2) (3) (4) 14. Veterinary Dispensaries - 1992-93 .. No. 14 15. Veterinary Hospitals- 1992-93 2 16. Mobile Veterinary Dispensaries 1992-93 J) 4 17. Total Livestock - 1987 Census 1,49,399 18. Total Poultry - 1987 Census .. 1,07,367 19. Government Hospitals-1992 8 20. Hospital Beds-1992 ........................... 1,769 21. Subsidiary Health Centres - 1992 .. 15 22. _ Primary Health Centres - 1992 27 ’ 23. Live-birth rate-1992 Per 1000 38.7 population 24. Death rate - 1992 ........................... 9.9 25. C olleges-1992-93 No. 10 26.- Higher Secondary/High Schools - 1992-93 .. • .. 119 27. Middle Schools- 1992-93* 118 28. Primary Schools - 1992-93 .. 341 29. Medical College - 1992-93 .. >> 2* *30. Other Institutions for Professional, Technical and special Education .. 15** (ii) (1)______________ (2)__________________________(3)____________ (4) 31. Revenue Receipts (Including Grant- in-aid) 1992-93 .. .. .. Rs. lakhs 27,688.57 32. Revenue Expenditure (N e t)-1992-93 „ 27,502.00 33. Number of Scheduled Banks in operation 1993J.................................. No. 71 34. Joint Stock Companies as on 31st March 1993 .. .. .. No. 781 35. Co-operative Societies (all types) as on 30th June 1991 .. .. „ 392 36. State Government Employees as on 31st March 1992 (Regular Employees) .. .. „ 23,821 37. Applicants on live register of Employment Exchange-1992-93 .. „ 1^29,765 38. Labour employed in textile mills 1992 , ..'.... „ 8,110 39. Length of roads maintained by Public Works Department (all types) as on 31-3-1993 .. :. Kms. 589 40. Electricity consumed 1092-93 .. Lakhs of Kwh. 6,963.80 41. Towns electrified as on 31-3-1991 No. 11 42. Villages and hamlets electrified as on 31-3-1991 ........................... „ 264 43. Police Stations as on 31-3-1993 .. „ 31 (iii) (I) (2) (3) (5) 44. Police Out-posts as on 31-3-1993 .. Mo. , 9 45. Annual Plan Expenditure (Actuals)- 1992-93 ........................... Rs. lakhs 8,853.79 * Includes Dental College. ** Adult Education Centres have been wound up from 1990-91, t Provisional (iv) CONTENTS T a b le Subject Page So. I. c l i m a t e 1. Rainfall- in selected Centres , .. I 2. Temperature and Relative Humidity at Pondicherry,. 3 II. AREA AND POPULATION 3. Area and density of population ,. 5 4. Growth of population ., 6 5. Population in Rural and Urban areas— 1991 Census .. 7 6. Population by sex-1991 Census 8 7. Population by sex in Pondicherry UAs and Towns— 1991 Census .. 9 8. Population by Commune-wise—1991 Census .. 11 9. Scheduled Caste Population by Sex-1991 Census .. 13 10. Workers and non-workers (workers being further classified by broad industrial category) according to 1991 Census * . 1 4 11. Workers and their percentage to total population- 1991 Census .. 16 12. Distribution of working population by cultivators, agricultural labourers, house-hold industry and other workers (1991 Census) 18 (V) Table Subject No. 13. Percentage of literates to total population 20 14. Literacy by sex-1991 Census 21 15. Literacy by Communes -1991 Census 22 III. AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK 16. Classification of Area 24 17. Area under Irrigation by sources 25 18. Ar»a under crops Irrigated 26 19. Area under all crops 28 20. Agricultural Production 30 21. Number of livestock and Poultry (Livestock Census 1987) 22. Veterinary Aid 23. Agricultural Machinery and implements-Livestock Census 1987 .. .. IV. PUBLIC HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS 24. Live birth rate, death rate and still-birth rate 25. Deaths due to various causes 2^. Deaths by different age-groups (vi) Table Siihject Page No. 27. Progress of B.C.G. Vaccination .. .. 41 28. Number of Medical Institutions and beds .. .. 42 V.