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Puducherry

271 indicators tracked · RBI Handbook 2024-25 · 2 GI-registered products

What the numbers say

Are fewer babies dying?

Long view
2006201120162021

24 (2004) to 7 (2023) — -70.8%

Vs all-India

Puducherry: 7 (2023) · India: 25 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 4 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Chhattisgarh 37 · Manipur 3

How many babies are born each year?

Long view
2006201120162021

17 (2004) to 12.1 (2023) — -28.8%

Vs all-India

Puducherry: 12.1 (2023) · India: 18.4 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 4 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Bihar 25.8 · Andaman & Nicobar Islands 10.1

Is the population still growing?

Long view
201120162021

8.9% (2011) to 5.7% (2023) — -36.0%

Vs all-India

Puducherry: 5.7% (2023) · India: 12% (2023)

Rank

Higher than 4 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Bihar 19.7 · Andaman & Nicobar Islands 3.8

How many people are out of work in the villages?

Long view
199620012006201120162021

24 Per 1,000 (1994) to 19 Per 1,000 (2024) — -20.8%

Vs all-India

Puducherry: 19 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 25 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 6 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Andaman & Nicobar Islands 106 · Gujarat 4

How many people are out of work in the towns?

Long view
199620012006201120162021

68 Per 1,000 (1994) to 65 Per 1,000 (2024) — -4.4%

Vs all-India

Puducherry: 65 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 51 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 15 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Meghalaya 140 · Delhi 20

How much does the average person earn here?

Long view
20162021

₹1,19,649 (2012) to ₹2,81,478 (2025) — +135.3%

Rank

Higher than 17 of the other 24 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Delhi ₹4,93,024 · Bihar ₹69,321

How is the state doing on the Sustainable Development Goals?

Long view
2021

65 (2018) to 74 (2023) — +13.8%

Vs all-India

Puducherry: 74 (2023) · India: 71 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 22 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Keralam 79 · Bihar 57

Is the groundwater running out?

Long view
2021

74.3% (2017) to 75.9% (2024) — +2.1%

Vs all-India

Puducherry: 75.9% (2024) · India: 60.5% (2024)

Rank

Higher than 30 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Punjab 157% · Arunachal Pradesh 0.39%

How much forest is there?

Long view
20012006201120162021

36 (2001) to 44 (2023)

The opening value is too close to zero for a percentage to mean much here — shown as absolute values, no comparable trend %.

Do government schools have working computers?

Long view
2021

87% (2019) to 98.3% (2025) — +13.0%

Vs all-India

Puducherry: 98.3% (2025) · India: 52.7% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 29 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Chandigarh 100% · Meghalaya 10.3%

Do children stay in school to Class XII?

Long view

97.6% (2023) to 96.9% (2025) — -0.7%

Vs all-India

Puducherry: 96.9% (2025) · India: 68.5% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 32 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Chandigarh 109% · Bihar 44.7%

Do as many girls reach secondary school as boys?

Long view

1.1 (2023) to 1.1 (2025) — -2.7%

Vs all-India

Puducherry: 1.1 (2025) · India: 1.1 (2025)

Rank

Higher than 15 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Meghalaya 1.4 · Uttar Pradesh 1

Do banks lend back what they take in?

Long view
2006201120162021

34.5% (2004) to 72% (2025) — +108.7%

Vs all-India

Puducherry: 72% (2025) · India: 80.1% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 24 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Andhra Pradesh 151% · Lakshadweep 12.7%

Are farms getting more productive?

Long view
2006201120162021

2,331 Kg. Per Hectare (2005) to 2,632 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) — +12.9%

Vs all-India

Puducherry: 2,632 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) · India: 2,601 Kg. Per Hectare (2025)

Rank

Higher than 19 of the other 30 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Punjab 4,761 kg/ha · Maharashtra 1,574 kg/ha

How hard is the farmland worked?

Long view
2006201120162021

185% (2005) to 188% (2024) — +1.6%

Vs all-India

Puducherry: 188% (2024) · India: 157% (2024)

Rank

Higher than 25 of the other 30 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Punjab 201% · Mizoram 102%

How much milk does the state produce?

Long view
2006201120162021

41 Thousand Tonnes (2005) to 50 Thousand Tonnes (2024)

The opening value is too close to zero for a percentage to mean much here — shown as absolute values, no comparable trend %.

How many crimes are recorded here?

NCRB figures count cases registered (FIRs), not actual incidence — differences between states reflect reporting and policing as much as real crime, and NCRB itself cautions against direct state-to-state rate comparison. 2024 was the first full year under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; some year-on-year changes reflect offences being reclassified into new BNS heads rather than genuine change.

Vs all-India

Puducherry: 324 per lakh (2024) · India: 419 per lakh (2024)

Rank

Higher than 22 of the other 35 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Keralam 1,389 · Dadra & N.H. and Daman & Diu 42.7

How many crimes against women are recorded?

NCRB figures count cases registered (FIRs), not actual incidence — differences between states reflect reporting and policing as much as real crime, and NCRB itself cautions against direct state-to-state rate comparison. 2024 was the first full year under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; some year-on-year changes reflect offences being reclassified into new BNS heads rather than genuine change.

Vs all-India

Puducherry: 30.5 per lakh women (2024) · India: 64.6 per lakh women (2024)

Rank

Higher than 6 of the other 35 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Delhi 131 · Nagaland 5.1

How many crimes against children are recorded?

NCRB figures count cases registered (FIRs), not actual incidence — differences between states reflect reporting and policing as much as real crime, and NCRB itself cautions against direct state-to-state rate comparison. 2024 was the first full year under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; some year-on-year changes reflect offences being reclassified into new BNS heads rather than genuine change.

Long view

139 (2022) to 193 (2024) — +38.8%

Year-on-year change partly reflects the IPC→Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita transition (2024 is the first full BNS year) and registered-case reporting, not only real change.

How much electricity does each person get?

Long view
2006201120162021

1,578 (2005) to 2,109 (2025) — +33.7%

Vs all-India

Puducherry: 2,109 (2025) · India: 1,208 (2025)

Rank

Higher than 29 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Goa 3,418 · Manipur 329

How much road is there?

Long view
200620112016

2,613 (2005) to 5,572 (2020) — +113.2%

How many people work in factories?

Long view
2006201120162021

32,295 (2005) to 42,240 (2024) — +30.8%

How many people visit?

Long view
201120162021

0.90 (2011) to 2.1 (2024) — +135.6%

How many rural clinic doctor posts sit vacant?

Long view
2006201120162021

0 (2005) to 0 (2022)

The opening value is too close to zero for a percentage to mean much here — shown as absolute values, no comparable trend %.

How many people live in poverty?

Long view
20162021

1.7% (2016) to 0.85% (2021) — -50.3%

Vs all-India

Puducherry: 0.85% (2021) · India: 15% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 2 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2021.

Highest / lowest (2021)

Bihar 33.8% · Keralam 0.55%

How fast are prices rising?

Long view
20162021

6.9% (2015) to 4.7% (2025) — -31.9%

Vs all-India

Puducherry: 4.7% (2025) · India: 4.6% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 22 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Manipur 6.5% · Delhi 2.4%

How fast is urban housing getting more expensive?

Long view
20162021

6.4% (2015) to 2.4% (2025) — -62.5%

Vs all-India

Puducherry: 2.4% (2025) · India: 2.8% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 10 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Uttarakhand 8.1% · Delhi 0.20%

How many young children are anaemic?

Long view
20162021

44.9% (2016) to 64% (2021) — +42.5%

Vs all-India

Puducherry: 64% (2021) · India: 67.1% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 15 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2021.

Highest / lowest (2021)

Ladakh 93.9% · Keralam 39.4%

How many pregnant women are anaemic?

Long view
20162021

26% (2016) to 42.5% (2021) — +63.5%

Vs all-India

Puducherry: 42.5% (2021) · India: 52.2% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 11 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2021.

Highest / lowest (2021)

Ladakh 78.1% · Andaman & Nicobar Islands -53.7%

How much electricity leaks away before it is billed?

Long view
2006201120162021

18.2% (2005) to 14.6% (2023) — -19.8%

Vs all-India

Puducherry: 14.6% (2023) · India: 17.7% (2023)

Rank

Higher than 8 of the other 32 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Arunachal Pradesh 43% · Goa 7.1%

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