What is the population of Puducherry?
Puducherry has a city population of 657,209. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · India · Asia
Puducherry
City population
657,209
#77
in India
#1
in Puducherry
#844
worldwide
11.934, 79.830 · 1,875 km from New Delhi
About Puducherry
Three cities of more than 30,000 people lie within 6 km: Gundupālaiyam, 3 km away with 300,104 residents, and Kurumbapet at 6 km with 32,871. Puducherry itself holds 657,209 people and ranks 77th among India's 3,732 listed cities, sitting 1,875 km from New Delhi at an elevation of 11 m above sea level.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 9
Elevation
11 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
11.934, 79.830
Record updated
2024-01-06
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 3,732 in IndiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Puducherry | 657K |
Puducherry Population FAQ
Where is Puducherry?
Puducherry is in Puducherry, India, 1,875 km from the capital, New Delhi. Its coordinates are 11.934, 79.830.
How big is Puducherry compared with other cities in India?
It is the 77th largest of the 3,732 cities of 15,000 or more listed in India, holding 0.0% of the national population.