District Atlas

Tamil Nadu: 32 districts, 7.21 crore people

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AriyalurChennaiCoimbatoreCuddaloreDharmapuriDindigulErodeKancheepuramKanniyakumariKarurKrishnagiriMaduraiNagappattinamNamakkalPerambalurPudukkottaiRamanathapuramSalemSivagangaThanjavurThe NilgirisTheniThiruvallurThiruvarurThoothukkudiTiruchirappalliTirunelveliTiruppurTiruvannamalaiVelloreViluppuramVirudunagar
Population density (per km²)
< 358358–398398–556556–705≥ 705
● Full page ready · Tamil Nadu average: 555 per km²

Record holders

The six facts about this state's districts that exams ask most often.

Most crowdedChennai26,553 per km²Most literateKanniyakumari91.75%Least literateDharmapuri68.54%Best sex ratioThe Nilgiris1,042 females per 1000 malesBiggest by areaViluppuram7,194 km²Most urbanChennai100.0%

All districts

Ariyalur7.5 lakh · 71.3%Chennai46.5 lakh · 90.2%Coimbatore34.6 lakh · 84.0%Cuddalore26.1 lakh · 78.0%Dharmapuri15.1 lakh · 68.5%Dindigul21.6 lakh · 76.3%Erode22.5 lakh · 72.6%Kancheepuram40 lakh · 84.5%Kanniyakumari18.7 lakh · 91.7%Karur10.6 lakh · 75.6%Krishnagiri18.8 lakh · 71.5%Madurai30.4 lakh · 83.5%Nagapattinam16.2 lakh · 83.6%Namakkal17.3 lakh · 74.6%Perambalur5.7 lakh · 74.3%Pudukkottai16.2 lakh · 77.2%Ramanathapuram13.5 lakh · 80.7%Salem34.8 lakh · 72.9%Sivaganga13.4 lakh · 79.9%Thanjavur24.1 lakh · 82.6%The Nilgiris7.4 lakh · 85.2%Theni12.5 lakh · 77.3%Thiruvallur37.3 lakh · 84.0%Thiruvarur12.6 lakh · 82.9%Thoothukkudi17.5 lakh · 86.2%Tiruchirappalli27.2 lakh · 83.2%Tirunelveli30.8 lakh · 82.5%Tiruppur24.8 lakh · 78.7%Tiruvannamalai24.6 lakh · 74.2%Vellore39.4 lakh · 79.2%Viluppuram34.6 lakh · 71.9%Virudhunagar19.4 lakh · 80.2%