Tamil Nadu is subdivided into 32 districts, which are listed below. The numbers in the first column correspond to those on the map:
District | Headquarters | Area | Population (2011) | Population density | |
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1 | Ariyalur | Ariyalur | 1,944 km³ | 752,481 | 387 /km² |
2 | Chennai | Chennai | 174 km² | 4,681,087 | 26,903 /km² |
3 | Coimbatore | Coimbatore | 4,642 km² | 3,172,578 | 648 /km² |
4 | Cuddalore | Cuddalore | 3,705 km² | 2,600,880 | 702 /km² |
5 | Dharmapuri | Dharmapuri | 4,527 km² | 1,502,900 | 332 /km² |
6 | Dindigul | Dindigul | 6,054 km² | 2,161,367 | 357 /km² |
7 | Erode | Erode | 5,692 km² | 2,259,608 | 397 /km² |
8 | Kanchipuram | Kanchipuram | 4,305 km² | 2,690,897 | 666 /km² |
9 | Kanyakumari | Nagercoil | 1,685 km² | 1,863,174 | 1,106 /km² |
10 | Karur | Karur | 2,902 km² | 1,076,588 | 371 /km² |
11 | Krishnagiri | Krishnagiri | 5,091 km² | 1,883,731 | 370 /km² |
12 | Madurai | Madurai | 3,695 km² | 2,441,038 | 663 /km² |
13 | Nagapattinam | Nagapattinam | 2,416 km² | 1,614,069 | 668 /km² |
14 | Namakkal | Namakkal | 3,402 km² | 1,721,179 | 506 /km² |
15 | Nilgiris | Udagamandalam | 2,552 km² | 735,071 | 288 /km² |
16 | Perambalur | Perambalur | 1,748 km² | 564,511 | 323 /km² |
17 | Pudukkottai | Pudukkottai | 4,652 km² | 1,618,725 | 348 /km² |
18 | Ramanathapuram | Ramanathapuram | 4,180 km² | 1,337,560 | 320 /km² |
19 | Salem | Salem | 5,249 km² | 3,480,008 | 663 /km² |
20 | Sivaganga | Sivaganga | 4,140 km² | 1,341,250 | 324 /km² |
21 | Thanjavur | Thanjavur | 3,477 km² | 2,302,781 | 661 /km² |
22 | Theni | Theni | 2,872 km² | 1,143,684 | 397 /km² |
23 | Thoothukudi | Thoothukudi | 4,599 km² | 1,738,376 | 378 /km² |
24 | Tiruchirappalli | Tiruchirappalli | 4,508 km² | 2,713,858 | 602 /km² |
25 | Tirunelveli | Tirunelveli | 6,709 km² | 3,072,880 | 458 /km² |
26 | Tirupur | Tirupur | 5,192 km² | 2,471,222 | 476 /km² |
27 | Tiruvallur | Tiruvallur | 3,552 km² | 3,725,697 | 1,049 /km² |
28 | Tiruvannamalai | Tiruvannamalai | 6,188 km² | 4,121,965 | 667 /km² |
29 | Tiruvarur | Tiruvarur | 2,379 km² | 1,268,094 | 533 /km² |
30 | Vellore | Vellore | 6,081 km² | 4,028,106 | 671 /km² |
31 | Viluppuram | Viluppuram | 7,185 km² | 3,463,284 | 482 /km² |
32 | Virudhunagar | Virudhunagar | 4,280 km² | 1,943,309 | 454 /km² |