Yanam district
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Yanam district is one of the four districts of the Union Territory
Union Territory
A Union Territory is a sub-national administrative division of India, in the federal framework of governance. Unlike the states of India, which have their own elected governments, union territories are ruled directly by the federal government; the President of India appoints an Administrator or...

 of Pondicherry in India
India
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Revenue Villages

Apart from the town of Yanam itself, the following villages fall under the district's jurisdiction:
  • Agraharam
  • Darialatippa
  • Farampeta
  • Guerempeta
  • Kanakalapeta
  • Kurasampeta
  • Mettakur

Demographics

According to the 2011 census
2011 census of India
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 Yanam district has a population
Demographics of India
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 of 55,616 , roughly equal to the island of Greenland
Greenland
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. This gives it a ranking of 629th in India (out of a total of 640
Districts of India
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The district has a population density of 3272 PD/sqkm . Its population growth rate
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 over the decade 2001-2011 was 77.15 %. Yanam has a sex ratio
Sex ratio
Sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. The primary sex ratio is the ratio at the time of conception, secondary sex ratio is the ratio at time of birth, and tertiary sex ratio is the ratio of mature organisms....

 of 1039 females
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 for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate
Literacy in India
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 of 80.26 %.

See also

  • Yanam (India)
    Yanam (India)
    Yanam or Yanaon is a town in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry ; it is located in Yanam district. Yanam has some 300 years of history and is well known as French Yanam even now although it was transferred to India in 1954. It forms a 30 km² enclave in the district of East Godavari in...

  • Yanam Municipality
    Yanam Municipality
    Municipalité de Yanaon was created by a French Metropolitan Decree dated March 12, 1880. Yanaon municipality had 12 seats . Citizens from each ward elect one representative for "Conseil Municipal de Yanaon"...

  • Karaikal district
    Karaikal district
    Karaikal district is one of the four regions of the Union Territory of Pondicherry in India.Karaikal town about 16 km. north of Nagappattinam and 9 km.south of Tarangambadi is the regional headquarters...

  • Mahe district
    Mahe district
    Mahe district, one of the four districts of the Union Territory of Pondicherry in India, has an area of 9 km2. It consists of the whole of the Mahé region....

  • Pondicherry district
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