PUDUCHERRY

The union territory of Puducherry comprises the former French establishments of Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam, which lie scattered in South India. Spread over an area of 479 sq km Puducherry is bounded on the east by the Bay of Bengal and on the three sides by Tamil Nadu. (National Informatics Centre 2019). According to 2011 Census, the total population of Puducherry is 1,244,464.

Our knowledge products related to Puducherry include the following:

• 2022: Read our State Nutrition Profile for Puducherry (NFHS-3 (2005-2006), 4(2015-16) & 5 (2019-2020), a that describes the trends for a set of key nutrition and health outcomes, determinants, and coverage of interventions from 2006 to 2020. The findings are based on estimates from unit-level data and/or data from national and state reports for NFHS-3 (2005-2006) and NFHS-4 (2015-2016), and data from state factsheets and reports for NFHS-5 (2019-2021). In addition to standard prevalence-based analyses, this State Nutrition Profile includes headcount-based analyses aligned to POSHAN Abhiyaan’s goals.

For a deeper view of malnutrition and its multiple determinants in Puducherry’s districts, please access District Nutrition Profiles (DNPs) for each district below.