Know Your State #27 Puducherry (UT)

Puducherry (UT)

Establishment Year

• 16 August 1962

Capital

• Pondicherry

Tourism Slogan

• Give Time a Break

Number of District

• 4

Official Language

1. Tamil 
2. English

High Court

• Madras High Court 

Chief Justice

• Justice Huluvadi G Ramesh

Lieutenant  Governor

• Kiran Bedi 

CM

• V. Narayanasamy (INC)

Literacy

• 82%

Tribe

1. Irular
2. Kattunayakan
3. Malaikuruvan
4. Yerukkula
5. Kuruman 

Folk dance

• Garadi

Animal

• Indian palm squirrel

Bird

• Koel

Flower

• Cannonball

Tree

• Bael fruit tree

Festival

• Pongal

Lake

1. Bahour Lake
2. Oustery Lake
3. Velrampet Lake

River

1. Pennaiyar River
2. Guduvaiyar River
3. Nandalar River
4. Noolar River
5. Pravadayanar River
6. Thirumalairajanar River
7. Goutami River

Gas Based Power plant

• Karaikal Gas Turbine Power Station