Question

3. Write a short note on the union territory which in located in the Eastern Coastal Plains.

Answer 1

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Write a short note on the union territory which in located in the Eastern Coastal Plains.

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Puducherry (/pʊdʊˈtʃɛri/), formerly known as Pondicherry (/pɒndɪˈtʃɛri/), is one of the 8 union territories of India. It was formed out of four territories of former French India, namely Pondichéry (Pondicherry; now Puducherry), Karikal (Karaikal), Mahé and Yanaon (Yanam), excluding Chandernagore. It is named after the largest district, Puducherry. Historically known as Pondicherry (Pāṇṭiccēri), the territory changed its official name to Puducherry on 20 September 2006.

Country

India

Region

South India

Formation

1 November 1954 (16 August 1962 as a UT)

Capital and Largest city

Pondicherry

Districts

4

Government

• Lieutenant Governor

Kiran Bedi[1]

• Chief Minister

V. Narayanasamy (INC) [2]

• Chief Secretary

Ashwani Kumar, IAS[3]

• Director General of Police

Balaji Srivastava, IPS

• Legislature

Unicameral (33*seats) [4]

Area

• Total

483 km2 (186 sq mi)

Area rank

33rd

Population (2011)

• Total

1,394,467

• Rank

29th

• Density

2,900/km2 (7,500/sq mi)

Demonym(s)

Puducherrian, Pondicherrian, Pondian

Languages

• Official

Tamil, Hindi, English, French [5]

• Additional

Malayalam (in Mahé), Telugu (in Yanam), Hindi , English , French[6]

Time zone

UTC+05:30 (IST)

PIN CODE

605014

ISO 3166 code

IN-PY

Vehicle registration

PY 01, PY 02, PY 03, PY 04, PY 05, PY 05V

HDI (2018)

Increase0.738 (High) •7th

Website

www.py.gov.in

State symbols of Puducherry

Song

Invocation to Tamil Goddess (written by Bharathidasan)[7]

Mammal

Squirrel[7]

Bird

Koel[7]

Flower

Cannonball tree flower[7]

The Union Territory of Puducherry lies in the southern part of the Indian Peninsula. The areas of Puducherry district and Karaikal district are bound by the state of Tamil Nadu, while Yanam district and Mahé district are enclosed by the states of Andhra Pradesh and Kerala respectively. Puducherry is the 29th most populous and the third most densely populated of the states and union territories of India. It has a gross domestic product (GDP) of ₹210 billion (US$2.9 billion) and ranks 25th in India.[10]

Tree

Bael fruit tree[7]