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The Indian state of Tamil Nadu is divided into 38 districts. Districts are the major administrative units of a state which are further sub-divided into taluks. There were 13 districts in the erstwhile Madras Province the boundaries of the present-day Tamil Nadu. Post the reorganization in 1956, Madras state had 13 re-organized districts which was further divided in the later years.
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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) |
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Before 1947, Madras Presidency under British Raj was made up of 26 districts, of which 12 districts were part of the boundaries of the present-day Tamil Nadu, namely, Chingleput, Coimbatore, Nilgiris, North Arcot, Madras, Madura, Ramnad, Salem, South Arcot, Tanjore, Tinnevely, and Trichinopoly.[1]
After Indian Independence, the Madras Presidency] became the Madras Province on 15 August 1947. Pudukottai, a princely state acceded to the Indian Union on 4 March 1948 and became a division in Trichinopoly district.[2] When the new constitution came into force on 26 January 1950, Madras Province became Madras State. Madras state included most of the present-day Tamil Nadu, Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema of Andhra Pradesh, the Malabar region of Kerala, Bellary and South Canara districts of Karnataka.[3] Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema were separated to form Andhra State in 1953.[4] As a result of the re-organization of states in 1956, South Canara and Bellary districts were merged with Mysore State to form Karnataka and Malabar district with the State of Travancore-Cochin to form Kerala in 1956.[5] The Tamil speaking regions of Kanyakumari which was earlier a part of Travancore-Cochin was merged to Madras state.[5] Madras state had 13 districts namely: Chingleput, Coimbatore, Kanyakumari, Madras, Madurai, Nilgiris, North Arcot, Ramanathapuram, Salem, South Arcot, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli and Tirunelveli.[6]
No. | District | Code | Headquarters | Estd. | Predecessor | Area (km2)[34] | Population[34] | Pop. density (/km2) |
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1 | Ariyalur | ARI | Ariyalur | 23 November 2007 | Perambalur | 2,027.6 | 754,894 | 372 |
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2 | Chengalpattu | CHG | Chengalpattu | 29 November 2019 | Kanchipuram | 2,802.6 | 2,556,244 | 912 |
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3 | Chennai (formerly Madras) |
CHN | Chennai | 1 November 1956 | None | 462.3 | 6,748,026 | 10,052 |
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4 | Coimbatore | COI | Coimbatore | 1 November 1956 | None | 4,950.7 | 3,458,045 | 699 |
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5 | Cuddalore | CUD | Cuddalore | 30 September 1993 | South Arcot District | 3,870 | 2,605,914 | 673 |
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6 | Dharmapuri | DHA | Dharmapuri | 2 October 1965 | Salem | 4,735.7 | 1,506,843 | 318 | ![]() | ||||
7 | Dindigul | DIN | Dindigul | 15 September 1985 | Madurai | 6,289.1 | 2,159,775 | 343 |
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8 | Erode | ERO | Erode | 31 August 1979 | Coimbatore | 6,036 | 2,251,744 | 373 | ![]() | ||||
9 | Kallakurichi | KAL | Kallakurichi | 26 November 2019 | Viluppuram | 3,440.8 | 1,370,281 | 398 |
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10 | Kancheepuram | KAC | Kancheepuram | 1 July 1997 | Chingleput | 1,800.2 | 1,166,401 | 648 |
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11 | Kanyakumari | KAY | Nagercoil | 1 November 1956 | None | 1,729.2 | 1,870,374 | 1,082 |
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12 | Karur | KAR | Karur | 30 September 1995 | Tiruchirappalli | 3,022.3 | 1,064,493 | 352 |
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13 | Krishnagiri | KRI | Krishnagiri | 9 February 2004 | Dharmapuri | 5,414.4 | 1,883,731 | 348 |
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14 | Madurai | MAD | Madurai | 1 November 1956 | None | 3,846.4 | 3,038,252 | 790 |
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15 | Mayiladuthurai | MAY | Mayiladuthurai | 28 December 2020 | Nagapattinam | 1,237.1 | 918,356 | 742 |
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16 | Nagapattinam | NAG | Nagapattinam | 18 October 1991 | Thanjavur | 1,459 | 697,069 | 478 |
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17 | Namakkal | NAM | Namakkal | 1 January 1997 | Salem | 3,573.4 | 1,726,601 | 483 |
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18 | Nilgiris | NIL | Ooty | 1 November 1956 | None | 2,452.5 | 735,394 | 300 | ![]() | ||||
19 | Perambalur | PER | Perambalur | 30 September 1995 | Tiruchirappalli | 1,836.6 | 565,223 | 308 | ![]() | ||||
20 | Pudukkottai | PUD | Pudukkottai | 14 January 1974 | Thanjavur and Tiruchirappalli | 4,847.8 | 1,618,345 | 334 |
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21 | Ramanathapuram | RAM | Ramanathapuram | 1 November 1956 | None | 4,243.1 | 1,353,445 | 319 |
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22 | Ranipet | RAN | Ranipet | 28 November 2019 | Vellore | 2,234.3 | 1,210,277 | 542 |
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23 | Salem | SAL | Salem | 1 November 1956 | None | 5,245 | 3,482,056 | 669 | ![]() | ||||
24 | Sivaganga | SIV | Sivaganga | 15 March 1985 | Ramanathapuram | 4,086 | 1,339,101 | 328 |
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25 | Tenkasi | TEN | Tenkasi | 22 November 2019 | Tirunelveli | 2,916.1 | 1,407,627 | 483 |
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26 | Thanjavur | THA | Thanjavur | 1 November 1956 | None | 3,396.6 | 2,405,890 | 708 |
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27 | Theni | THE | Theni | 25 July 1996 | Madurai | 3,066 | 1,245,899 | 406 | ![]() | ||||
28 | Thoothukudi | THO | Thoothukudi | 20 October 1986 | Tirunelveli | 4,621 | 1,750,176 | 379 | ![]() | ||||
29 | Tiruchirappalli | TIC | Tiruchirappalli | 1 November 1956 | None | 4,407 | 2,722,290 | 618 | ![]() | ||||
30 | Tirunelveli | TIN | Tirunelveli | 1 November 1956 | None | 3842.4 | 1,665,253 | 433 |
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31 | Tirupathur | TIA | Tirupattur | 28 November 2019 | Vellore | 1,792.9 | 1,111,812 | 620 |
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32 | Tiruppur | TIP | Tiruppur | 22 February 2009 | Coimbatore and Erode | 5,186.3 | 2,479,052 | 478 |
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33 | Tiruvallur | TAL | Tiruvallur | 1 July 1997 | Chingleput | 3,444.2 | 3,728,104 | 1,082 |
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34 | Tiruvannamalai | TAN | Tiruvannamalai | 30 September 1989 | North Arcot | 6,191 | 2,464,875 | 398 |
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35 | Tiruvarur | TAR | Thiruvarur | 1 January 1997 | Nagapattinam and Thanjavur | 2,161 | 1,264,277 | 585 |
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36 | Vellore | VEL | Vellore | 30 September 1989 | North Arcot | 2,222.1 | 1,614,242 | 726 |
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37 | Viluppuram | VIL | Viluppuram | 30 September 1993 | South Arcot | 3,725.5 | 2,093,003 | 562 |
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38 | Virudhunagar | VIR | Virudhunagar | 15 March 1985 | Ramanathapuram | 4,288.0 | 1,942,288 | 453 |
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District | Span | Successor districts | Map |
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Chingleput | 1956–98 | Kanchipuram, Chengalpattu and Tiruvallur | ![]() |
North Arcot | 1956–89 | Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Ranipet and Tirupattur | ![]() |
South Arcot | 1956–93 | Cuddalore, Villupuram and Kallakurichi | ![]() |