en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auroville

This population figure is far above the official resident counts published by Auroville itself and by the statutory Auroville Foundation.

• The Auroville Foundation Annual Report 2020–2021 states: “As on 31st March 2021 Auroville’s total population was 3,273 persons from 59 nations.”
• A later Auroville census page lists 3,301 residents as of December 2024 and 3,296 as of March 2025.
• The official Auroville FAQ likewise says the present population is 3,296 people.

So the article’s infobox number 14,771 is not the official population of Auroville and appears to be an erroneous figure, likely confused with some broader geographic or database value rather than Auroville’s resident count.

This sentence is no longer accurate in the present tense. Current official sources from both the Government of India and the Auroville Foundation describe the Foundation as functioning under the Ministry of Education.

• The Government of India’s Ministry of Education page on Auroville says the township is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Education since 1980.
• The official Auroville Foundation website says the Foundation is functioning under the administrative control of the Ministry of Education as a statutory autonomous body under the Government of India.
• Recent Auroville Foundation recruitment notices also describe it as an autonomous body under the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India.

So the article’s present-tense reference to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) is outdated and should be updated to Ministry of Education.

The sentence is too broad and does not match Auroville’s own published media rules.

Official Auroville guidance says:

• Visitors/guests are free to film for private viewing purposes.
• Government permission is required for filming intended for later public viewing.
• The current permission workflow runs through Auroville Media Interface and the Office of the Secretariat of the Auroville Foundation.

That means it is incorrect to say that any filming in or about Auroville requires Government of India permission. The requirement depends on the kind of filming and its intended use.