Districts of Tamil Nadu: List of Districts in Tamil Nadu, India – Complete information

Districts of Tamil Nadu: The Indian state of Tamil Nadu has 38 districts after several splits of the original 13 districts at the formation of the state on 1 November 1956.

Districts in Tamil Nadu

Ariyalur	Chennai	Coimbatore	Cuddalore
Dharmapuri	Dindigul	Erode	Kancheepuram
Kanyakumari	Karur	Krishnagiri	Madurai
Nagapattinam	Namakkal	Perambalur	Pudukottai
Ramanathapuram	Salem	Sivaganga	Thanjavur
The Nilgiris	Theni	Thiruvallur	Thiruvannamalai
Thiruvarur	Thirunelveli	Tiruppur	Trichirappalli
Tuticorin	Vellore	Villupuram	Virudhunagar

List of Districts & District Head Quarters

Tamil Nadu covers total land area of 130,060 km2 and is divided into 38 districts which are as below.

S.No	District Name	District Code	District Head Quarters
1	Ariyalur	AR	Ariyalur
2	Chennai	CH	Chennai
3	Chinglepet	CGL	Chinglepet
4	Coimbatore	CO	Coimbatore
5	Conjeevaram	KC	Conjeevaram
6	Cuddalore	CU	Cuddalore
7	Dharmapuri	DH	Dharmapuri
8	Dindigul	DI	Dindigul
9	Erode	ER	Erode
10	Kallakurichi	KL	Kallakurichi
11	Kanyakumari	KK	Nagercoil
12	Karur	KR	Karur
13	Krishnagiri	KR	Krishnagiri
14	Madurai	MDU	Madurai
15	Mayiladuthurai	MYD	Mayiladuthurai
16	Nagapattinam	NG	Nagapattinam
17	Namakkal	NM	Namakkal
18	Nilgiris	NI	Ooty
19	Perambalur	PE	Perambalur
20	Pudukkottai	PU	Pudukkottai
21	Ramanathapuram	RA	Ramanathapuram
22	Ranipet	RN	Ranipet
23	Salem	SA	Salem
24	Sivagangai	SI	Sivagangai
25	Tenkasi	TS	Tenkasi
26	Thanjavur	TJ	Thanjavur
27	Theni	TH	Theni
28	Thoothukudi	TK	Thoothukudi
29	Tiruchirappalli	TC	Tiruchirappalli
30	Tirunelveli	TI	Tirunelveli
31	Tirupattur	TU	Tirupattur
32	Tiruppur	TP	Tiruppur
33	Tiruvallur	TL	Tiruvallur
34	Tiruvannamalai	TV	Tiruvannamalai
35	Tiruvarur	TR	Thiruvarur
36	Vellore	VE	Vellore
37	Viluppuram	VL	Viluppuram
38	Virudhunagar	VR	Virudhunagar

Villupuram is the largest district in Tamil Nadu, and Chennai is the smallest one. Coimbatore district is one of the biggest districts in Tamil Nadu with lot of tourist attractions, shopping centres, industries as well as religious places.

Which is biggest district in Tamilnadu in terms of Population ?

Perambalur – 565,223 (lowest); Chennai – 8,653,521 (highest)

Which is biggest district in Tamilnadu in terms of area?

Chennai – 426 km2 (164 sq mi) (smallest); Dindigul – 6,266.64 km2 (2,419.56 sq mi) (largest)