5/4/2018 List of districts in Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

List of districts in Tamil Nadu

The state of Tamil Nadu, in southern India is divided into 32 districts. Erode is the largest district by area whereas Chennai is the
Districts of Tamil Nadu
smallest but also the most populated and densely populated.

Contents
History
Districts of Tamil Nadu
List of districts by division
Table
Clickable Map
See also
References

History
After the Indian independence in August 1947, the former British province of Madras Presidency was renamed Madras State.
Following states reorganizations in 1953 and 1956, the present state boundaries emerged. It was officially renamed Tamil Nadu in
1969. In 1956, Madras State was made up of 13 districts: Chingleput, Coimbatore, Kanyakumari, Madras, Madurai, Nilgiris, North Location Tamil Nadu
Arcot, Ramanathapuram, Salem, South Arcot, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli, and Tirunelveli. Since then, the districts have been
Number 32
divided as follows:
Populations 565,223 (Perambalur) –
1966: Dharmapuri district split from Salem district 4,646,732 (Chennai)
1974: Pudukkottai district split from Tiruchirappalli district
Areas 178.2 km² (Chennai) – 8,161.91
1979: Erode district split from Coimbatore district
km² (Erode)
1985: Virudhunagar and Sivaganga districts split from Madurai and Ramanathapuram
1985: Dindigul district split from Madurai district Subdivisions Cities, Towns
1986: Thoothukudi split from Tirunelveli district
1989: Tiruvannamalai and Vellore districts split from North Arcot district
1991: Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur districts split from Thanjavur district
1993: Cuddalore and Viluppuram districts split from South Arcot district
1995: Karur and Perambalur districts split from Tiruchirappalli district
1996: Theni district split from Madurai district
1997: Namakkal district split from Salem district
1997: Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur districts split from Chengalpattu district
2004: Krishnagiri district split from Dharmapuri district
2007: Ariyalur district split from Perambalur district
2009: Tiruppur district split from Coimbatore and Erode districts

Districts of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu location in India

List of districts by division

Here is the list of districts, organized by division:

Central West South North

Ariyalur Dharmapuri Dindigul Chennai
Nagapattinam Coimbatore Kanyakumari Cuddalore
Perambalur Karur Madurai Kanchipuram
Pudukkottai Erode Ramanathapuram Tiruvallur
Thanjavur Krishnagiri Sivaganga Tiruvannamalai
Tiruchirappalli Namakkal Theni Vellore
Tiruvarur The Nilgiris Thoothukudi Viluppuram
Salem Tirunelveli
Tiruppur Virudhunagar

Table
The table below lists geographic and demographic parameters for all 32 districts.[1] An animation showing the timeline
of the division of districts in Tamil
Nadu.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_districts_in_Tamil_Nadu 1/8
5/4/2018 List of districts in Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

Population
Population density
Area
No. District Code Headquarters Established Formed from (2011 (2011 Taluks Map
(km2) Census)
Census)
(/km2)

Ariyalur
23 November Perambalur
1. Ariyalur AR Ariyalur 1,949.31 754,894[2] 387 Udayarpalayam
2007 district
Sendurai

Tondiarpet
Perambur
Ayanavaram
Purasawalkam
One of the
1 November Aminjikarai
2. Chennai CH —[3] original 13 178.2 4,646,732[4] 26105
1956
districts Egmore
Mylapore
Guindy
Mambalam
Velachery

Mettupalayam
Coimbatore-North
Coimbatore-South
One of the Pollachi
1 November
3. Coimbatore CO Coimbatore
1956
original 13 4,723[5] 3,458,045[6] 732 Annur
districts
Kinathukadavu
Sulur taluk
Perur taluk
Valparai[7]

Cuddalore
Panruti
30 September South Arcot Chidambaram
4. Cuddalore CU Cuddalore
1993 district
3,678 2,605,914[8] 709 Kattumannarkoil
Kurinjipadi
Titakudi
Vriddachalam

Dharmapuri
Palacode
2 October Pennagaram
5. Dharmapuri DH Dharmapuri
1965
Salem district 4,497.77 1,506,843[9] 335 Harur
Pappireddipatti
Karimangalam
Nallampalli

Athoor
Dindigul-West
Dindigul-East
Kodaikanal
15 September
6. Dindigul DI Dindigul
1985
Madurai district 6,266.64 2,159,775[10] 345 Natham
Nilakottai
Oddanchattiram
Palani
Vedasandur[11]

Anthiyur
Bhavani
31 August Coimbatore Erode
7. Erode ER Erode 4,723 2,251,744[12] 394
1979 district
Gobichettipalayam
Perundurai
Sathyamangalam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_districts_in_Tamil_Nadu 2/8
5/4/2018 List of districts in Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

Population
Population density
Area
No. District Code Headquarters Established Formed from (2011 (2011 Taluks Map
(km2) Census)
Census)
(/km2)

Alandur
Chengalpattu
Cheyyur
Kanchipuram
Madurantakam
Chengalpattu Sholinganallur
8. Kanchipuram KC Kanchipuram 1 July 1997 4,393 3,998,252[13] 910
district
Sriperumbudur
Tambaram
Thiruporur
Thirukazhukundram
Uthiramerur
Walajabad

One of the Agastheeswaram

1 November original 13 Kalkulam
9. Kanniyakumari KK Nagercoil 1,672 1,870,374[14] 1119
1956 districts (annexed
Vilavancode
from Kerala)
Thovalai

Aravakurichi
Kadavur
30 September Tiruchirappalli
10. Karur KR Karur 2,895.57 1,064,493[15] 368 Karur
1995 district
Krishnarayapuram
Kulithalai

Krishnagiri
Hosur
9 February Dharmapuri
11. Krishnagiri KR Krishnagiri 5,143 1,879,809[16] 366 Pochampalli
2004 district
Uthangarai
Denkanikottai

Madurai-North
Madurai-South
One of the Melur
1 November
12. Madurai MA Madurai
1956
original 13 3,741.73 3,038,252[17] 812 Peraiyur
districts
Thirumangalam
Usilampatti
Vadipatti

Kilvelur
Kuthalam
Mayiladuthurai
18 October Nagapattinam
13. Nagapattinam NG Nagapattinam Thanjavur district 2,715.83 1,616,450[18] 595
1991
Sirkazhi
Tharangambadi
Thirukkuvalai
Vedaranyam

Kollimalai
Namakkal
1 January
14. Namakkal NM Namakkal Salem district 3363 1,726,601[19] 513 Paramathi-Velur
1997
Thiruchengode
Rasipuram

Coonoor
Gudalur
One of the
1 November Kotagiri
15. The Nilgiris NI Ooty original 13 2,452.5 735,394[20] 300
1956
districts Kundah
Pandalur
Udagamandalam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_districts_in_Tamil_Nadu 3/8
5/4/2018 List of districts in Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

Population
Population density
Area
No. District Code Headquarters Established Formed from (2011 (2011 Taluks Map
(km2) Census)
Census)
(/km2)

Alathur
30 September Tiruchirappalli Kunnam
16. Perambalur PE Perambalur 1,757 565,223[21] 322
1995 district
Perambalur
Veppanthattai

Alangudi
Aranthangi
Avadaiyarkoil
Gandarvakottai
14 January Tiruchirappalli Illuppur
17. Pudukkottai PU Pudukottai 4,663 1,618,345[22] 347
1974 district
Kulathur
Manamelkudi
Pudukottai
Thirumayam
Ponnamaravathy

Kadaladi
Kamuthi
Manamelkudi
One of the
1 November Mudukulathur
18. Ramanathapuram RA Ramanathapuram original 13 4,089.57 1,353,445[23] 331
1956
districts Paramakudi
Ramanathapuram
Rameswaram
Tiruvadanai

Attur
Idappadi
Gangavalli
One of the Mettur
1 November
19. Salem SA Salem
1956
original 13 5,205 3,482,056[24] 669 Omalur
districts
Salem
Sankagiri
Valapady
Yercaud

Devakottai
Ilayangudi
Madurai district
15 March and Karaikudi
20. Sivaganga SI Sivaganga
1985 Ramanathapuram
4,086 1,339,101[25] 328 Manamadurai
district Sivaganga
Tirupathur
Tiruppuvanam

Kumbakonam
Orathanadu
Papanasam
One of the
1 November Pattukkottai
21. Thanjavur TJ Thanjavur original 13 3,396.57 2,405,890[26] 708
1956 Peravurani
districts
Thanjavur
Thiruvaiyaru
Thiruvidaimarudur[27]

Theni
Periyakulam
22. Theni TH Theni 25 July 1996 Madurai district 3,066 1,245,899[28] 406 Andipatti
Bodniayakkanur
Uthamapalayam

Ettayapuram
Kovilpatti
Ottapidaram
20 October Sathankulam
23. Thoothukudi TK Thoothukudi Tirunelveli district 4,621 1,750,176[29] 379
1986
Srivaikuntam
Thiruchendur
Thoothukudi
Vilathikulam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_districts_in_Tamil_Nadu 4/8
5/4/2018 List of districts in Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

Population
Population density
Area
No. District Code Headquarters Established Formed from (2011 (2011 Taluks Map
(km2) Census)
Census)
(/km2)

Lalgudi
Manachanallur
Manapparai
One of the Musiri
1 November
24. Tiruchirappalli TC Tiruchirappalli
1956
original 13 4,407 2,722,290[30] 618 Srirangam
districts
Tiruchirapalli
Thiruverumbur
Thottiyam
Thuraiyur

Alangulam
Ambasamudram
Nanguneri
Palayamkottai
Sankarankovil
One of the
1 November Tenkasi
25. Tirunelveli TI Tirunelveli original 13 6,810 3,077,233[31] 452
1956
districts Kadayanallur
Shenkottai
Radhapuram
Sivagiri
Tirunelveli
Veerakeralamputhur

Avinashi
Palladam
Coimbatore Dharapuram
22 February
26. Tiruppur TP Tiruppur
2009
district and Erode 5,186.34 2,479,052[32] 478 Kangeyam
district
Madathukulam
Tiruppur
Udumalaipettai

Ambattur
Avadi
Gummidipoondi
Madhavaram
Maduravoyal
Chengalpattu Pallipattu
27. Tiruvallur TL Tiruvallur 1 July 1997 3,424 3,728,104[33] 1089
district
Ponneri
Poonamallee
Tiruttani
Tiruvallur
Tiruvottiyur
Uthukkottai

Aarani
Chengam
30 September North Arcot Cheyyar
28. Tiruvannamalai TV Tiruvannamalai
1989 district
6,191 2,464,875[34] 398 Polur
Thandarampattu
Tiruvannamalai
Vandavasi

Kudavasal
Mannargudi
18 October Nannilam
29. Tiruvarur TR Thiruvarur
1991
Thanjavur district 2,161 1,264,277[35] 585 Needamangalam
Thiruthiraipoondi
Tiruvarur
Valangaiman

Ambur
Arakkonam
Arcort
30 September Gudiyatham
30. Vellore VE Vellore
1989
Vellore District 6,077 3,936,331[36] 648 Katpadi
Tirupattur
Vaniyambadi
Vellore
Walajapet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_districts_in_Tamil_Nadu 5/8
5/4/2018 List of districts in Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

Population
Population density
Area
No. District Code Headquarters Established Formed from (2011 (2011 Taluks Map
(km2) Census)
Census)
(/km2)

Chinnasalem
Gingee
Kallakurichi
Sankarapuram
30 September South Arcot Tindivanam
31. Viluppuram VL Viluppuram 7,217 3,458,873[37] 479
1993 district
Ulundurpettai
Tirukoilur
Vanur
Vikravandi
Villupuram

Aruppukkottai
Kariapatti
Madurai district Rajapalayam
15 March and Sattur
32. Virudhunagar VR Virudhunagar 4,288 1,942,288[38] 453
1985 Ramanathapuram
Sivakasi
district
Srivilliputhur
Tiruchuli
Virudhunagar

Clickable Map

Tiruvallur
Chennai
Vellore
Kanchipuram
Krishnagiri Tiruvannamalai

Dharmapuri

Viluppuram
Salem

The Nilgiris Erode Cuddalore

Namakkal Perambalur
Ariyalur
Tiruchirappalli
Tiruppur Karur
Coimbatore Thanjavur
Nagapattinam
Tiruvarur
Dindigul Pudukkottai

Madurai Sivaganga
Theni

Virudhunagar
Ramanathapuram

Thoothukudi
Tirunelveli

Kanyakumari

See also
List of Developmental administrative units of Tamil Nadu state
List of Revenue Divisions of Tamil Nadu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_districts_in_Tamil_Nadu 6/8
5/4/2018
References
1. "Districts of Tamil Nadu" (http://www.tn.gov.in/district_vi
ew). Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 24 January
2014.
2. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Ariyalur
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=692961). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
3. The district of Chennai is a city district implying that it
does not have any headquarters.
4. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Chennai
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=674666). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
5. "Coimbatore District Statistical Handbook" (http://www.
coimbatore.nic.in/handbook.html). Coimbatore District
Administration. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
6. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Coimbatore
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=705739). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
7. "District Map of Coimbatore" (http://www.coimbatore.tn.
nic.in/maps.html). Coimbatore District administration.
2009. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
8. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Cuddalore
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=693235). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
9. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Dharmapuri
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=703298). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
10. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Dindigul
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=690423). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
11. "Dindigul district revenue divisions" (http://www.dindigu
l.tn.nic.in/). Erode district administration. 2009.
Retrieved 26 January 2014.
12. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Erode
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=681003). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
13. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals -
Kancheepuram district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/
pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=679496). Office of The
Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry
of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2013. Retrieved
26 January 2014.
14. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals -
Kanniyakumari district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/
pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=701252). Office of The
Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry
of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2013. Retrieved
26 January 2014.
15. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Karur
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=689152). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_districts_in_Tamil_Nadu&oldid=839138830"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_districts_in_Tamil_Nadu
List of districts in Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia
16. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Krishnagiri
district" (https://web.archive.org/web/20150924150509/
http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?
Id=703971). Office of The Registrar General and
Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Archived from the original
(http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.asp
x?Id=703971) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved
26 January 2014.
17. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Madurai
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=696162). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
18. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals -
Nagapattinam district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/p
ca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=692750). Office of The
Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry
of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2013. Retrieved
26 January 2014.
19. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Namakkal
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=686727). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
20. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Nilgiris
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=688629). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
21. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Perambalur
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=691351). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
22. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Pudukottai
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=692376). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
23. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals -
Ramanathapuram district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.
in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=701963). Office of The
Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry
of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2013. Retrieved
26 January 2014.
24. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Salem
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=684109). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
25. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Sivanganga
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=698740). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
26. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Thanjavur
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=695770). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
27. "Mapp of Thanjavur district" (http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/distr
ict.php?dcode=21). Government of Tamil Nadu. 2009.
Retrieved 24 January 2014.
28. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Theni
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=697986). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
29. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Thoothukudi
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=700577). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
30. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals -
Tiruchirappalli district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/p
ca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=689752). Office of The
Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry
of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2013. Retrieved
26 January 2014.
31. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Tirunelveli
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=700309). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
32. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Tiruppur
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=706837). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
33. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Thiruvallur
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=674360). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
34. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals -
Tiruvannamalai district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/
pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=682560). Office of The
Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry
of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2013. Retrieved
26 January 2014.
35. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Thiruvarur
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=695028). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
36. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Vellore
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=681389). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
37. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Viluppuram
district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDeta
ils.aspx?Id=683112). Office of The Registrar General
and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January
2014.
38. "Census Info 2011 Final population totals -
Virudhunagar district" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pc
a/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=689023). Office of The
Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry
of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2013. Retrieved
26 January 2014.
7/8
5/4/2018 List of districts in Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

This page was last edited on 1 May 2018, at 14:37.

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_districts_in_Tamil_Nadu 8/8