Educational Institutions

Item / Division	Unit	2002-03	2003-04
(A) INSTITUTIONS
Pre-primary Schools	No.	242	390
Primary Schools	No.	317	329
Middle Schools	No.	133	125
High Schools	No.	128	138
Higher Secondary Schools	No.	72	75
Junior College		2	2
University		1	1
Arts, Science & Commerce Colleges	No.	11	11
Professional Institutes(Below Degree level)	No.	10	11
Professional Colleges (Degree level and above)	No.	22	22
(B) ENROLMENT
Pre-primary Schools	No.	24173	29648
Primary Schools	No.	36526	38336
Middle Schools	No.	36232	34286
High Schools	No.	63823	64802
Higher Secondary Schools	No.	84981	88947
Junior College		430	505
University		1634	1634
Arts, Science  & Commerce Colleges		8097	8933
Professional Institutes (Below Degree level)	No.	2388	2618
Professional Colleges (Degree level and above)	No.	9176	10798
(C) ENROLMENT (by stage) (2003-2004)
		Boys	Girls
Pre-primary Schools	No.	15589	14059
Primary Schools	No.	19456	18880
Middle Schools	No.	17084	17202
Secondary Schools	No.	32737	32065
Higher Secondary Schools	No.	47112	41835
	No.	131978	124041

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Literacy Rate

Commune	Literates	Illiterates	Total	% of col 2 to col. 4
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
I.  PONDICHERRY	526,643	124,357	651,000	80.90
Pondicherry	168,792	28,772	197,564	85.44
Ariankuppam	37,231	10,893	48,124	77.36
Ozhukarai	167,241	26,542	193,783	86.30
Mannadipet	38,433	15,072	53,505	71.83
Villlianur	58,651	19,287	77,938	75.25
Bahour	33,158	14,514	47,672	69.55
Nettapakkam	23,137	9,277	32,414	71.38
II.  KARAIKAL	123,320	26,637	149,957	82.24
Karaikal	54,588	10,584	65,172	83.76
Thirunallar	24,422	5,194	29,616	82.46
Neravy	7,840	1,837	9,677	81.02
Nedungadu	10,686	2,866	13,552	78.85
Kottucherry	12,291	3,134	15,425	79.68
T.R. Pattinam	13,493	3,022	16,515	81.70
III. MAHE	31,422	1,386	32,808	95.78
IV. YANAM	20,062	6,992	27,054	74.16
STATE	701,447	159,372	860,819	81.49
Source: Director of Census Operations, Pondicherry.