School of Planning

and Architecture

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
IS YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD
Uddayarthottam
TOO
Combined Project by SPV and Physical Planning Department SPA Delhi
Rheaa B Purty and Shiksha Singh

CONTEXT
Puducherry region is the Capital of the Union Territory of Puducherry. It is situated on the
Coromandel Coast towards south of Chennai at a distance of 196 KMS by rail and 163
KMS by road. Our area is UDAYATHOTTAM.

o Total area in Puducherry-

293sq.km
o Population- 950289 (29.29%
increase) in 2011
o Gender ratio- 1029 females for
1000 males
o as per Census 2011.

Source :- Housing for all plan of action (HFAPO), Puducherry

planning Area.
 CONTEXT OF UDAYAR
THOTTAM
KEY MAP

LEGEND
RCC BUILDING(G)
RCC BUILDING(G+1)
RCC BUILDING(G+2)
ACC HATCH
HUT HOUSE
GREEN AREA/ TRESS
DR. AMBEDKR ROAD

OPEN SPACES/PARKING
BITUMEN ROAD
CEMENTED ROAD
TEMPLE
SCHOOL

Landmarks nearby - Area of Udayarthottam is 2.2 HA.

BACK WATER
• RAVINDRA NATH TAIGORE • It is located in the south eastern corner
ENGISH MEDIUM of Puducherry.
• Department of Agriculture & Farmers • There are 5 temples and 2 churches
• Pondy Marina Port within a radius of 500 m.
• Grand Canal • Nearest main roads are Dr Ambedkar
road and Beach road.
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CONTENTS
1. Socio Economic Profile

Population
Religion
Caste
Education
Employment
Income

2. Infrastructure Facilities

Bathroom
Toilet
Drinking Water
Fuel for cooking
Road quality

3. Housing Characteristics

Structure of house
Roof
Floor

4. Land Tenure Status

5. Key Issues

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 SOCIO ECONOMIC
 PROFILE
SEX RATIO

• Total No. of Households – 131

• Having male, female Composition
45% of 1222 women for every 1000
55% men.
i.e. Gender Ratio – 5:4
Male
Female

Fig 1. Male & Female ratio

Gender ratio at city level- 1029 females for 1000 males as per Census 2011.
At study area level, female to male ratio rises.

 RELIGION CHARECTERISTIC

Religions
3%

• Most followed
religion is Hinduism
• and only 3% follow
Hindu Christianism.
Muslim
97%
Christian

Fig 2. Different religions followed

Majority of the population i.e. 97% people followed Hinduism.

Source :- Puducherry Slum Clearance Board

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 CASTE DISTRIBUTION

1%

• Half of the population(51%) belongs

48% 51%
MBC to Most backward class (MBC).
SC • 48% people belongs to the OBC and
OBC only 1% is SC.
ST

Fig.3
According to census 2011, Slum population in Puducherry covers, about
70% of population belong to the OBC, 29% belongs to the SC/ST and 1%
General category. That is not matches our area.

 EDUCATION

Percentage of literate & illiterate Division of literates on the basis of

gender
4%

47%
53%

Literate Men
96% Illiterate Women

Fig.4 Fig.5

• • Neither of the gender dominates among

Total no. of people surveyed = 1328
• Out of which 96% are Literate i.e. the literate population. Both are equal.
1269.

• The average literacy rate at Udayarthottam matches the city level avg of 85.44%.
• However female literacy rose by 20% from the avg literacy rate of female at city
level.
Source :- Puducherry Slum Clearance Board, Census 2011

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 Education qualification

15% Primary
23% • No of educated people – 88
Middle ( as provided in the survey )
1%
Matriculate • Majority of the people i.e.
44% of the people have middle
17% Graduate level education
44%
No Formal
Education

Fig.6

 Employment status
70
• Total no. of people
60 63 63 surveyed-144
50
• Out of that,
43%people are
40 working.
• People with some kind
30
of employment – 81
20 • Unemployed people –
17 63
10
• Percentage of people
0
1
with casual jobs
Casual Regular Self Employed Un Employed
equate with that of
unemployed people.
Fig.7

INFERENCE

Literacy rate shows 96%, 1296 are literate, however count of people with education
qualification drops to 88 and people with employment even decreases to 81.
Total population of the udaya thottam is about 524 (with the Household 131,
average household size is 4) but the Educational survey went around surveying 1328
people.

Source :- Puducherry Slum Clearance Board

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  Monthly Income
120

100 • Almost 64% of the total

population is surveyed for
80
the income.
60 • Total surveyed people -
. 338
40
• Three – fifth of the
20
population earn between
0 3000 – 7000.
Upto 3000 <3000- <5000- <7000- Above
5000 7000 10000 10000
• Avg income comes out to
Fig.7
be -Rs 5300 (approx.)
• City wide Slum’s avg income – Rs 2700 (approx.)
• Compared to the city wide avg Udayarthottam have better income levels of
people.

 OUTSTANDING DEBT

45 42 • Only 27% of the earning

40 people have debts with
35 them.
30
25
• 94 people among the
22
surveyed people have
20
15 some debts.
15 14

10 • 40% of them have huge

5 debts of 50000 – 100000
1
0
Upto 5000 <5000-10000 <10000-50000 <50000- Above 100000
100000

Fig.8

• 14 people out of them also have debts even higher than 100,000, which is 10 times
of the highest monthly salary.
• That means even the highest salary group will take min 10 yrs to clear the debt.
• And for lower income it would be more problematic.

Source :- Puducherry Slum Clearance Board, self

Estimation
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 INFRASTRUCTURE
FACILITIES
 Bathroom Facilities

• 70% of the households

2% 9%
have bathroom within
18%
their premise.

Community • Only 2% i.e. 2

within premises households do not have
bathroom at all.
Outside premises
Not available
71%

Fig.9
Provision of bathrooms is good. Is available to the majority.

 Toilet Facilities

13% • 70% of the households

have community
Community septic
specific tank.
16%
tank/flush latrine
• However 13% i.e. 17
Own septic /flush households don’t have
latrine
71% any kind of facilities.
Open defection

Fig.10

Source :- Puducherry Slum Clearance Board

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 INFRASTRUCTURE
FACILITIES
 SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER

Within premises
50% of the households
Open have water supply outside
44% well/handpump
their premises followed by
53% Outside premises 40% of households having
open well/ handpump.
Borewell
3%
Water tanker

Fig.11

• As majority have water system outside their premises it depends on the distance of
the system from each premise which will make the system adequate or not adequate.

 Fuel for cooking

• 98% of households
2%
use electricity to
cook food.

• No one is using
Firewood
Electricity
Kerosene
98% Firewood

Fig.12

• According to the 2011 census, in Puducherry city 91% people are used Gas
connection, 4% uses karocene,1% uses electricity. But In Udayar thottam 98%
people uses electricity for cooking that is a good sign that efficient and reliable
resource is available to the slum residents.

Source :- Puducherry Slum Clearance Board

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 INFRASTRUCTURE
FACILITIES
 Road Quality

1%
2%
11% 8%
Motorable Pucca
road
Motorable Katcha
Road
Non-Motorable
Kutcha Road
Motorable katcha 89% Non-Motorable
89% Pucca road
Motorable Pucca
Fig.13 Fig.14

• Only one tenth of the households • Contradictory to Udayarthottam here

have motorable pucca road. only one tenth have kaccha or non
motorable road.

• It can be clearly distinguished there is a huge difference in provision of pucca

road at city level and Study area level.
• Hence Udayarthottam lacks in good quality roads.

INFERENCE

The study area lacks in –

• Toilet facilities, as 13% still go for open defecation.

• Road Quality is very poor as compared to city level.

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 HOUSING
CHARACTERISTICS
 Structure of houses

15%
• 70% of the households
have pucca house, while
11% 15% i.e 20 households
still have katcha house.
Pucca
73% Semi-pucca
Katcha

Fig.15

• At city level, three- fifth of the houses of slums are pucca houses.
• Looking at it in a comparative way, the ratio of pucca houses at city level is similar to
ratio of pucca houses in Udayarthottam .

 ROOF TYPES

1%
15%
70% have RCC roofs and
only 1 household is found to
11%
be living under tarpaulin roof.
RCC
Asbestos
Thatched
Tiles
73%
Tarpaulin

Fig.16

• On city average 60 of 100 houses have RCC roof, similarly in Udayarthottam there
are 70 of 100 hoses with RCC roofing.
• Therefore, we can say it meets the city level avg. of slums.

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 HOUSING
CHARACTERISTICS
 FLOOR TYPE

• 70 % have
1%
6%2% cemented floor.
• 6% with floor of
21% mud and just 2%
cement
with brick.
Tiles • At both city and study
mud area level, 70 of each
70% brick
100 houses have
Stone
cemented flooring.

Fig.17
INFERENCE
 All the three characteristics examined under housing characteristics have the
same nature as at the city level.

 Majority of the households are provided Pucca houses, Cemented roof as well as
Cemented floor.

120 LAND TENURE STATUS

100

• Majority have
80
settled on pattas.
60 While there are
others who have
40 encroached
private and
20 public land.
0
Patta Occupancy Private land Public land Rented Others
right encroachers encroachers
Fig.18
INFERENCE
• 71% of the households have debts .
• 44% of them have high debts of 50000-100000.
• And a significant amount of 15% i.e. 14 out of 94 have debts even higher
than 100000.
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 KEY
ISSUES
 People in Udayarthottam have high literacy rate as well as have
education qualification too.

 Even though they have high literacy and education there is a large
drop in number of people with earning and employment.

 23 households are either on encroached land or rented, that means not

less than 50 people don’t have security of shelter, they can be
removed any day.

 In terms of infrastructure, they have many of the infrastructures that

are available in the slums at city level.

 They lack in toilet facilities and road facilities.

GAPS WHICH IS NOT GIVEN IN THE DATA

• Lack of clarity about total population of the slum area, if we have
taken(as mentioned Puducherry city average household size 4) that is
equal to the man and women population only(not included children).

• Data of the population is not categorised in age-group, so that it would

be harder to get the two way analysis.

• Data of the Education is higher than the total population.

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