List of districts of Tamil Nadu
Appearance
Districts of Tamil Nadu | |
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Category | Districts |
Location | Tamil Nadu |
Number | 38 districts |
Populations | Perambalur – 565,223 (lowest); Chennai – 7,139,630 (highest) |
Areas | Chennai – 426 km2 (164 sq mi) (smallest); Dindigul – 6,266.64 km2 (2,419.56 sq mi) (largest) |
Government | Government of Tamil Nadu |
Subdivisions | List of revenue divisions in Tamil Nadu |
The following pages are the districts of Tamil Nadu.
Districts of Tamil Nadu
[change | change source]Central
- Tiruchirappalli திருச்சி
- Ariyalur அரியலூர்
- Karur கருர்
- Nagappattinam நாகப்பட்டினம்
- Perambalur பெரம்பலூர்
- Pudukkottai புதுக்கோட்டை
- Thanjavur தஞ்சாவூர்
- Tiruvarur திருவாருர்
- Mayiladuthurai மயிலாடுதுறை
West
- Dharmapuri தர்மபுரி
- Coimbatore கோவை
- Erode ஈரோடு
- Krishnagiri கிருஷ்ணகிரி
- Namakkal நாமக்கல்
- The Nilgiris நீலகிரி
- Salem சேலம்
- Tiruppur திருப்பூர்
South
- Dindigul திண்டுக்கல்
- Kanyakumari கன்னியாகுமரி
- Madurai மதுரை
- Ramanathapuram இராமநாதபுரம்
- Sivagangai சிவகங்கை
- Theni தேனி
- Thoothukudi தூத்துக்குடி
- Tirunelveli திருநெல்வேலி
- Virudhunagar விருதுநகர்
- Tenkasi தென்காசி
North
- Chennai சென்னை
- Cuddalore கடலூர்
- Kanchipuram காஞ்சிபுரம்
- Chengalpattu செங்கல்பட்டு
- Tiruvallur திருவள்ளூர்
- Tiruvannamalai திருவண்ணாமலை
- Vellore வேலூர்
- Viluppuram விழுப்புரம்
- Kallakurichi கள்ளக்குறிச்சி
- Ranipet ராணிபேட்டை
- Thirupattur திருப்பத்தூர்
S.No. | District | Code | Headquarters | Established | Formed from | Area (km2) | Population[1] | Population density (/km2) |
Taluks[2] | Map |
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1. | Ariyalur | AR | Ariyalur | 23 November 2007 | Perambalur | 1949.31 | 754,894 | 390 | ||
2. | Chengalpattu | CGL | Chengalpattu | 29 November 2019 | Kanchipuram | 2,944.96 | 2,556,244 | 868 | |- | |
3. | Chennai | CH | Chennai | 1 November 1956 | One of the original 13 districts (under former name of "Madras district") | 426 | 7,139,630 | 17,000 | ||
4. | Coimbatore | CO | Coimbatore | 1 November 1956 | One of the original 13 districts | 4,723[3] | 3,458,045 | 732 | ||
5. | Cuddalore | CU | Cuddalore | 30 September 1993 | South Arcot District | 3,703 | 2,605,914 | 709 | ||
6. | Dharmapuri | DH | Dharmapuri | 2 October 1965 | Salem | 4,497.77 | 1,506,843 | 335 | ||
7. | Dindigul | DI | Dindigul | 15 September 1985 | Madurai | 6,266.64 | 2,159,775 | 345 | ||
8. | Erode | ER | Erode | 31 August 1979 | Coimbatore | 5,722[4] | 2,251,744 | 394 | ||
9. | Kallakurichi | KL | Kallakurichi | 26 November 2019 | Viluppuram | 3,520.37 | 1,370,281 | 389 | ||
10. | Kanchipuram | KC | Kanchipuram | 1 July 1997 | Chingleput | 1,655.94 | 1,166,401 | 704 | ||
11. | Kanniyakumari | KK | Nagercoil | 1 November 1956 | One of the original 13 districts (transferred from Travancore-Cochin) | 1,672 | 1,870,374 | 1,119 | ||
12. | Karur | KR | Karur | 30 September 1995 | Tiruchirappalli | 2,895.57 | 1,064,493 | 357 | ||
13. | Krishnagiri | KR | Krishnagiri | 9 February 2004 | Dharmapuri | 5,143 | 1,879,809 | 366 | ||
14. | Madurai | MDU | Madurai | 1 November 1956 | One of the original 13 districts | 3,741.73 | 3,038,252 | 812 | ||
15. | Mayiladuthurai | MYD | Mayiladuthurai | 28 December 2020 | Nagapattinam | 1,172 | 918,356 | 784 | ||
16. | Nagapattinam | NG | Nagapattinam | 18 October 1991 | Thanjavur | 1,397 | 697,069 | 498 | ||
17. | Namakkal | NM | Namakkal | 1 January 1997 | Salem | 3,368.21 | 1,726,601 | 513 | ||
18. | Nilgiris | NI | Ooty | 1 November 1956 | One of the original 13 districts | 2,545 | 735,394 | 300 | ||
19. | Perambalur | PE | Perambalur | 30 September 1995 | Tiruchirappalli | 1,757 | 565,223 | 320 | ||
20. | Pudukkottai | PU | Pudukkottai | 14 January 1974 | Thanjavur and Tiruchirappalli | 4,663 | 1,618,345 | 347 | ||
21. | Ramanathapuram | RA | Ramanathapuram | 1 November 1956 | One of the original 13 districts | 4,068.31 | 1,353,445 | 331 | ||
22. | Ranipet | RN | Ranipet | 28 November 2019 | Vellore | 2,234.32 | 1,210,277 | 542 | ||
23. | Salem | SA | Salem | 1 November 1956 | One of the original 13 districts | 5,245 | 3,482,056 | 669 | ||
24. | Sivagangai | SI | Sivagangai | 15 March 1985 | Ramanathapuram | 4,189 | 1,339,101 | 328 | ||
25. | Tenkasi | TS | Tenkasi | 22 November 2019 | Tirunelveli | 2916.13 | 1,407,627 | 483 | ||
26. | Thanjavur | TJ | Thanjavur | 1 November 1956 | One of the original 13 districts | 3,396.57 | 2,405,890 | 708 | ||
27. | Theni | TN | Theni | 25 July 1996 | Madurai | 3,242.3 | 1,245,899 | 406 | ||
28. | Thoothukudi | TK | Thoothukudi | 20 October 1986 | Tirunelveli | 4,707 | 1,750,176 | 372 | ||
29. | Tiruchirappalli | TC | Tiruchirappalli | 1 November 1956 | One of the original 13 districts | 4,403.83 | 2,722,290 | 618 | ||
30. | Tirunelveli | TI | Tirunelveli | 1 November 1956 | One of the original 13 districts | 3842.37 | 1,665,253 | 433 | ||
31. | Tirupathur | TU | Tirupattur | 28 November 2019 | Vellore | 1,797.92 | 1,111,812 | 618 | ||
32. | Tiruppur | TP | Tiruppur | 22 February 2009 | Coimbatore and Erode | 5,186.34 | 2,479,052 | 478 | ||
33. | Tiruvallur | TL | Tiruvallur | 1 July 1997 | Chingleput | 3,422.43 | 3,728,104 | 1,089 | ||
34. | Tiruvannamalai | TV | Tiruvannamalai | 30 September 1989 | North Arcot | 6,188 | 2,464,875 | 398 | ||
35. | Tiruvarur | TR | Thiruvarur | 18 October 1991 | Thanjavur | 2,161 | 1,264,277 | 585 | ||
36. | Vellore | VE | Vellore | 30 September 1989 | North Arcot | 2030.11 | 1,614,242 | 795 | ||
37. | Viluppuram | VL | Viluppuram | 30 September 1993 | South Arcot | 3725.54 | 2,093,003 | 562 | ||
38. | Virudhunagar | VR | Virudhunagar | 15 March 1985 | Ramanathapuram | 4,241.0 | 1,942,288 | 453 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "A – 2: Decadal Variation Population Since 1901" (PDF). Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ↑ "Government of Tamil Nadu – Taluks". Information Technology Department, Government of Tamil Nadu. National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ↑ "Coimbatore District Statistical Handbook". Coimbatore District Administration. Archived from the original on 4 December 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ↑ "Erode District – District At a Glance". National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original on 11 September 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.