Pondicherry, also known as Puducherry, is the capital city and a popular Union Territory in India. The city lies in the Puducherry district in southeast India and is surrounded by Tamil Nadu on all sides. It shares heritage, culture and language with Tamil Nadu. The topography is almost the same. The elevation of Pondicherry is about sea level, and the place is popularly known as backwaters. It experiences great erosion towards its southern part. The place has a total of 244,377 population, among which 124,947 are females, and 119,430 are males. The majority of Tamil-speaking people here where from a French community as well.
There are two municipalities which are Uzhavarkarai and Puducherry. The Commune Panchayats and municipalities are in this Union Territory. With a total of 42 wards, it is spread over 19.46 square kilometres. It is connected to Chennai through the east coast via Ma... अधिक पढ़ें