Districts of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu State has at present 31 Districts. District Collector is the head of the District Administration.

Districts are divided into Taluks for the purpose of Revenue Administration. Tahsildar is the head of taluk level administration. Taluks consist of a group of Revenue Villages.

Development administration in a district is coordinated by the Panchayat Unions (also called as Blocks) for the rural areas. Panchayat Unions consist of a group of Panchayat Villages.

In the case of urban areas, the development administration is taken care by the urban local bodies. The urban local bodies are called as Municipal Corporations, Municipalities and Town Panchayats depending on the size of the town.

Sl. No.	District Name	Number of Taluks	Number of Blocks	Number of Town Panchayats	Number of Municipalities	Municipal Corporations
1	Ariyalur	3	6	2	2	-
2	Chennai (TN Statete HQ)	5	Nil (Urban District)	-	-	Chennai
3	Coimbatore	9	19	52	10	Coimbatore & Tirupur
4	Cuddalore	6	13	16	5	-
5	Dharmapuri	5	8	10	1	-
6	Dindigul	8	14	24	3	-
7	Erode	7	20	53	10	Erode
8	Kancheepuram	8	13	24	10	-
9	Kanniyakumari (HQ at Nagercoil)	4	9	56	4	-
10	Karur	4	8	11	4	-
11	Krishnagiri	5	10	7	2	-
12	Madurai	7	13	12	6	Madurai
13	Nagapattinam	7	11	8	4	-
14	Namakkal	4	15	19	5	-
15	Perambalur	3	4	4	1	-
16	Pudukkottai	9	13	8	2	-
17	Ramanathapuram	7	11	7	4	-
18	Salem	9	20	33	4	Salem
19	Sivaganga	6	12	12	3	-
20	Thanjavur	8	14	22	3
21	The Nilgiris (HQ at Udhagamandalam)	6	4	11	4	-
22	Theni	5	8	22	6	-
23	Thiruvallur	8	14	13	12	-
24	Thiruvarur	7	10	7	4	-
25	Thoothukudi	8	12	19	3	-
26	Tiruchirappalli	8	14	17	3	Tiruchirappalli
27	Tirunelveli	11	19	36	7	Tirunelveli
28	Tiruvannamalai	7	18	10	4	-
29	Vellore	8	20	22	14	-
30	Villupuram	8	22	15	3	-
31	Virudhunagar	8	11	9	7	-

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