Businesses in Bahour

Categories in Bahour

Clothing stores Hindu temple Electronics Store Housing Development Education Center Grocery stores and supermarkets Restaurants Tailor Beauty salons Apartment Building Housing Complex General Store Shopping Shopping Mall Housing Society

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Bahour

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Shopping	19
Religion	9
Electronics stores	8
Clothing stores	8
Shopping other	7
Grocery stores and supermarkets	7
Education	6
Restaurants	6
Hindu temple	5
Travel and transportation	5
All food and beverage	5

Bahour Facts

Area	57.4 km²
Population	135,491
Male Population	67,027 (49.5%)
Female Population	68,464 (50.5%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+85.8%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+31.7%
Median Age	29.6 years (Male: 29.4, Female: 29.7)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$10,808 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	India Standard Time
Lat & Lng	11.80501, 79.74280

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Bahour Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	72,907	88,772	102,852	139,939	135,491	143,520	151,858
Population Density	1,269.3 / km²	1,545.5 / km²	1,790.7 / km²	2,436.4 / km²	2,358.9 / km²	2,498.7 / km²	2,643.9 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Bahour Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 31.7% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Bahour	+85.8%	+52.6%	+31.7%
Puducherry	—	—	—
India	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Bahour Median Age

Median Age: 29.6 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Bahour	29.6 yrs	29.7 yrs	29.4 yrs
Puducherry	29.8 yrs	29.9 yrs	29.5 yrs
India	24.9 yrs	25.4 yrs	24.5 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Bahour Population Density

Population Density: 2,359 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Bahour	135,491	57.4 km²	2,359 / km²
Puducherry	1.6 million	508.4 km²	3,117 / km²
India	1,307 million	3,083,563.4 km²	424 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Bahour Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 0 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Bahour Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$2,315	$2,769	$2,748	$3,172	$5,507	$7,978	$9,438	$10,808
Total GDP	$107.9M	$172.8M	$211M	$292.5M	$588.5M	$942.8M	$1.2B	$1.4B

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Bahour CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Bahour	231,619 tn	1.71 tn	4,032.5 tons/km²
Puducherry	2,611,202 tn	1.65 tn	5,135.7 tons/km²
India	1,928,568,344 tn	1.48 tn	625.4 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Bahour CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	231,619 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	1.71 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	4,032.5 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Flood	Medium (7)
Cyclone	Medium (7)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development - The World Bank, and United Nations Environment Programme Global Resource Information Database Geneva - UNEP/GRID-Geneva. 2005. Global Cyclone Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4CZ353K.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
9/25/01	2:56 PM	5.2	54 km	10,000 m	near the coast of Tamil Nadu, India	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Bahour

Bahour (Tamil: பாகூர்) is a town, Commune, Taluk and Assembly Constituency in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. It consists of 4 non-contiguous areas, including 3 of the 9 true enclaves of Puducherry. Bahour has reports of Lignite deposits bu..

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