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Puducherry districts

Puducherry

Mahe

41,816
people at the 2011 Census · 19,143 male, 22,673 female

Population

Population
41,816India 121.09 Cr
Urban %
100.00%India 31.14%

Literacy

Literacy
97.87%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
98.63%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
97.25%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
1.38 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
1184 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
978 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
10.89%India 13.59%
SC %
0.34%India 16.63%
ST %
0.00%India 8.63%
Household
5.64India 4.85

Work

Workers
28.22%India 39.80%
Female Work
11.95%India 25.52%
Main Workers
88.15%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
71.78%India 60.20%

Population density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract and so are unavailable at district level. See Methodology.

Mahe in context

With 41,816 people at the 2011 Census, Mahe was the 635th most populous of India's 640 districts and the 4th most populous of Puducherry's 4. That is 3.4% of everyone living in Puducherry at the time.

Literacy stood at 97.87%, 24.9 points above the national 72.98% — 12.0 points above the Puducherry average. That ranked it 3rd of 640 districts nationally. The gap between male and female literacy was 1.4 points, 14.9 points below the national gap of 16.3.

The sex ratio was 1184 women per 1,000 men (147 above the Puducherry figure of 1037) — one of the minority of districts where women outnumbered men. Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 978, 60 above the national 918.

28.2% of the population were recorded as workers, 7.4 points below the Puducherry rate. Female work participation was 11.9%, 5.7 points below the state figure.

Mahe contained 1 town. The largest was Mahe (M), with 41,816 people. That put 100.0% of the district in urban areas, 31.7 points above the Puducherry share of 68.3%.

Towns in Mahe

Mahe has one census town.

Largest towns in Mahe by 2011 Census population.
TownPopulationLiteracySex ratio
Mahe (M)41,81697.87%1184 / 1000