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Puducherry
The district presents more or less a flat land. There are no hills or forests.
The main soil types are red ferrallitie black clay and coastal alluvial.
There are 2 main drainage basins, the one of gingee river
which crosses it diagonally from north-west to the south-east and the other of Pennaiyar which
forms the southern border.
There is a metre gauge railway line between Villupuram and
Pondicherry. Pondicherry
is an important trading port. The principal trade at this port consists mainly
of imports of wheat, fertilizers and cement.
The percentage of cultivable area to total area and percentage
irrigated area to total cultivable area are 78.62 and 54.27 respectively. This
district cultivate mainly rice, sugarcane, coconut, betel vines, millets etc. In
some parts cotton and also flowers such as Jasmine, rose, marigold etc are
grown.
The Li products of food grains such as straw etc. are used for feeding the
cattle. They also help to produce farm yield manure. There is a co-operative
milk supply society and also a dairy. The common species of poultry are fowls
and ducks, cattle shows, calf rallies, milk yield competition and fodder yield
competition are held every year.
The Bahour and Oussoudu lakes are the 2 biggest ones in Pondicherry district
for fishing purposes. The varieties which appear in fairly large numbers are
ribbon fish, sardine and silver belly, sharks, etc. The flying fish fishery
which lasts from May to July is the most important seasonal fishery of the
district.
Main items of exports include Groundnut, rice, fish, Hides and skin,
handicrafts, etc.
Major industries in the area are Swadeshi cotton mills Ltd, Sri Bharathi
mills, and Anglo-French textiles. Small scale industrial units are mainly engaged in the manufacture of
furniture, dry cells,
cosmetics, steel utensils, cement products, etc. cottage industrial units
include pottery, carpentry, blacksmith, basket making, dying, pipe making, cane
works, hand made paper, bathi making embroidery etc.
Tourist Attractions in Pondicherry
Aurbindo
Ashram, Auroville
Ashram, The
Statue of Dupleix, Promenade, Chunnambar Resort, French
War Memorial, 19th
Century Light House , Ananda
Ranga Pillai Mansion , Park
Monument (Aayi Mandapam), Ariyankuppam
( Arikamedu) are major tourist attractions in Pondicherry.
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