Districts in Tamil Nadu - Census 2011

List of districts of Tamil Nadu with Population, Literacy rate, Sex Ratio etc. As per the Census 2011, Tamil Nadu is divided into 32 districts (zilla) which act as the administrative divisions. Chennai is the largest district of Tamil Nadu by population, while the least populated district of Tamil Nadu is Perambalur.

Below is the complete list of districts (zilla) of Tamil Nadu sorted by population.

#	District	Sub-districts	Population	Literacy	Sex Ratio
1	Chennai	Talukas	4,646,732	90.18%	989
2	Kancheepuram	Talukas	3,998,252	84.49%	986
3	Vellore	Talukas	3,936,331	79.17%	1,007
4	Thiruvallur	Talukas	3,728,104	84.03%	987
5	Salem	Talukas	3,482,056	72.86%	954
6	Viluppuram	Talukas	3,458,873	71.88%	987
7	Coimbatore	Talukas	3,458,045	83.98%	1,000
8	Tirunelveli	Talukas	3,077,233	82.5%	1,023
9	Madurai	Talukas	3,038,252	83.45%	990
10	Tiruchirappalli	Talukas	2,722,290	83.23%	1,013
11	Cuddalore	Talukas	2,605,914	78.04%	987
12	Tiruppur	Talukas	2,479,052	78.68%	989
13	Tiruvannamalai	Talukas	2,464,875	74.21%	994
14	Thanjavur	Talukas	2,405,890	82.64%	1,035
15	Erode	Talukas	2,251,744	72.58%	993
16	Dindigul	Talukas	2,159,775	76.26%	998
17	Virudhunagar	Talukas	1,942,288	80.15%	1,007
18	Krishnagiri	Talukas	1,879,809	71.46%	958
19	Kanniyakumari	Talukas	1,870,374	91.75%	1,019
20	Thoothukkudi	Talukas	1,750,176	86.16%	1,023
21	Namakkal	Talukas	1,726,601	74.63%	986
22	Pudukkottai	Talukas	1,618,345	77.19%	1,015
23	Nagapattinam	Talukas	1,616,450	83.59%	1,025
24	Dharmapuri	Talukas	1,506,843	68.54%	946
25	Ramanathapuram	Talukas	1,353,445	80.72%	983
26	Sivaganga	Talukas	1,339,101	79.85%	1,003
27	Thiruvarur	Talukas	1,264,277	82.86%	1,017
28	Theni	Talukas	1,245,899	77.26%	991
29	Karur	Talukas	1,064,493	75.6%	1,015
30	Ariyalur	Talukas	754,894	71.34%	1,015
31	The Nilgiris	Talukas	735,394	85.2%	1,042
32	Perambalur	Talukas	565,223	74.32%	1,003