Yanam district

Yanam district is one of the four districts of the Union Territory of Puducherry.

Yanam district యానం జిల్లా
district
Nickname:  French Yanam
Yanam district
Coordinates: 16°44′00″N 82°15′00″E
Country	India
State	Puducherry
Headquarters	Yanam
Population  (2011)
• Total	55,616
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Yanam is a small territory of just 20 km².^[1] It is in Andhra Pradesh. But Yanam district, Mahe district, Karaikal district and Puducherry district comes under Puducherry Union territory, as they were French colonies up to 1954.

Yanam is surrounded by the district of East Godavari of Andhra Pradesh. Yanam district consists of 7 revenue villages and a town. Yanam is a town as well as the district headquarters. The other villages are Agraharam, Darialatippa, Farampeta, Guerempeta, Kanakalapeta, Kurasampeta and Mettakur. The total population of the district is just 55,616, roughly equal to the population of Greenland.^[2]

References

1. India, 2010 : a reference annual (54th ed.). New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India. 2010. ISBN 978-81-230-1617-7. OCLC 505913470.
2. "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-30.