Union Territory of India
Puducherry
पुदुच्चेरीPuducherry is a union territory of India. It covers about 526 km² (203 mi²), the 34th largest of the 36 states and union territories in Natural Earth’s file for India, and 1.07× the size of Palau. About 1.4 million people live there (Wikidata, 2011).
200 km
- Puducherry
- Palau
Facts
| Area, measured | 526 km²203 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 492 km²Wikidata · 7.0% below our measure |
| Share of India | less than 0.1%of the area of the 36 states and union territories |
| Rank by area | 34th of 36states and union territories of India |
| Population | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Density | 2,650 people per km² |
| Capital | Pondicherry |
| Latitude range | 11°N to 17°N |
| Type | Union TerritoryIN-PY |
What the numbers say about Puducherry
- Puducherry covers less than 0.1% of the area of India and ranks 28th of 36 by population, against 34th by area.
- It would take 5,987 states and union territories the size of Puducherry to cover India.
- The largest, Rajasthan, is 652× the size of Puducherry; the smallest, Lakshadweep, is 6.5% of it.
- Closest in size within India: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (574 km², 1.09×) and Delhi (1,480 km², 2.82×).
- Counted as a country, Puducherry would be larger than 45 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 195th by area, between Guam (564 km²) and Palau (492 km²).
- With 1.4 million people it would rank 156th of 238 by population.
- Puducherry has 2,650 people per km².
- That makes Puducherry the 3rd most densely populated of the 36 states and union territories, 6.62× the average for India (400 per km²).
- Puducherry lies at 12°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.0×.
- Laid out flat, Puducherry stretches about 663 km north to south and 762 km east to west.
- Our measured 526 km² is 7.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 492 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Puducherry is small enough that Natural Earth draws it from only 37 points. Take its shape as a sketch and the official figure as the firmer number.
About the same size as
Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- United StatesAreanone within 2×PeopleNew Hampshire1.01× · 1.4 million (2020)
- GermanyAreaBremen1.36× · 386 km²PeopleMecklenburg-Western Pomerania89% · 1.6 million (2022)
- FranceAreaMayotte1.33× · 395 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.58× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleAbruzzo1.07× · 1.3 million (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleAragon1.03× · 1.3 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleShiga0.99× · 1.4 million (2021)
- BrazilAreanone within 2×PeopleTocantins0.92× · 1.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleManitoba1.04× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia74% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreanone within 2×PeopleAguascalientes1.06× · 1.3 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaPhuket0.94× · 557 km²PeopleSurin1.01× · 1.4 million (2020)
Where Puducherry sits in India
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2011. India’s units share the 2011 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12