List of Village Panchayats and Districts in Tamil Nadu @ tnrd.gov.in

TNRD: List of Village Panchayats and Districts in Tamil Nadu @ tnrd.gov.in

Local bodies in Tamil Nadu constitute the three tier administration set-up in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a system of local government which forms the last level from the Centre. Chennai Corporation (now in Tamil Nadu) in the then Madras Presidency, established in 1688, is the oldest such local body not only in India but also in any commonwealth nations outside United Kingdom(UK).

Overview

Developmental administration is the main objective of these local bodies. They are effected by the means of urban and rural local bodies. They are responsible for the implementation of various centrally sponsored, state-funded, and externally aided schemes for provision of basic amenities and other services to the people. Elections are held to elect the representatives for local body council in respective urban and rural areas every five years. The Ministry of Municipal Administration and Rural Development, Government of Tamil Nadu is the state government governing body for local bodies which is headed by a Minister who is an elected member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

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Administrative units

Local bodies are categorised into urban local bodies and rural local bodies. This classification is rooted in terms of living standards in the context of urban and rural agglomeration.

Rural local bodies

Rural local bodies include the panchayat raj institutions of this state. There are three levels in this system as follows.

1. Village panchayats
2. Panchayat unions.

Village panchayats ( ஊராட்சிகள்) form the grass-root level of democracy as they form the local government for the basic building blocks of India – villages. It is set up in villages where the population is more than 300. There are about 12,524 Village panchayats in this state. Gram Sabha is a part of Village panchayat which consists of all residents of village. Village panchayat president himself/herself is an executive authority here. They must meet for minimum of four times a year.

Panchayat Unions (coterminous with blocks) (Tamil: ஊராட்சி ஒன்றியம்) is the group of Village panchayats. They serve as the link between the villages and the district administration. They form the local government at the Taluk level. Tamil Nadu has 388 panchayat unions.^[ Panchayat Union council consists of elected ward members from the villages. It is headed by a panchayat union chairperson, who is elected indirectly by the ward members of the council.

List of Village Panchayats In Tamil Nadu [PDF]

List of Districts in Tamil Nadu

The Indian state of Tamil Nadu has 37 districts after several splits of the original 13 districts at the formation of the state on 1 November 1956. The states are further divided into taluks and smaller administrative units.

At the time of Independence, Madras Presidency in India was made up of 26 districts, of which 12 districts were found in the present-day Tamil Nadu, namely, Chingleput, Coimbatore, Nilgiris, North Arcot, Madras, Madura, Ramnad, Salem, South Arcot, Tanjore, Tinnevely, and Trichinopoly.

Tamil Nadu Districts Name List

S. No.	District	Code	Capital	Date of official formation
1	Ariyalur	AR	Ariyalur	23-Nov-07
2	Chengalpattu	CGL	Chengalpattu	29-Nov-19
3	Chennai	CH	Chennai	1-Nov-56
4	Coimbatore	CO	Coimbatore	1-Nov-56
5	Cuddalore	CU	Cuddalore	30-Sep-93
6	Dharmapuri	DH	Dharmapuri	2-Oct-65
7	Dindigul	DI	Dindigul	15-Sep-85
8	Erode	ER	Erode	31-Aug-79
9	Kallakurichi	KL	Kallakurichi	26-Nov-19
10	Kanchipuram	KC	Kanchipuram	1-Jul-97
11	Kanniyakumari	KK	Nagercoil	1-Nov-56
12	Karur	KR	Karur	30-Sep-95
13	Krishnagiri	KR	Krishnagiri	9-Feb-04
14	Madurai	MDU	Madurai	1-Nov-56
15	Mayiladuthurai	MYD	Mayiladuthurai	28-Dec-20
16	Nagapattinam	NG	Nagapattinam	18-Oct-91
17	Namakkal	NM	Namakkal	1-Jan-97
18	Nilgiris	NI	Ooty	1-Nov-56
19	Perambalur	PE	Perambalur	30-Sep-95
20	Pudukkottai	PU	Pudukkottai	14-Jan-74
21	Ramanathapuram	RA	Ramanathapuram	1-Nov-56
22	Ranipet	RN	Ranipet	28-Nov-19
23	Salem	SA	Salem	1-Nov-56
24	Sivagangai	SI	Sivagangai	15-Mar-85
25	Tenkasi	TS	Tenkasi	22-Nov-19
26	Thanjavur	TJ	Thanjavur	1-Nov-56
27	Theni	TH	Theni	25-Jul-96
28	Thoothukudi	TK	Thoothukudi	20-Oct-86
29	Tiruchirappalli	TC	Tiruchirappalli	1-Nov-56
30	Tirunelveli	TI	Tirunelveli	1-Nov-56
31	Tirupattur	TU	Tirupattur	28-Nov-19
32	Tiruppur	TP	Tiruppur	22-Feb-09
33	Tiruvallur	TL	Tiruvallur	1-Jul-97
34	Tiruvannamalai	TV	Tiruvannamalai	30-Sep-89
35	Tiruvarur	TR	Thiruvarur	18-Oct-91
36	Vellore	VE	Vellore	30-Sep-89
37	Viluppuram	VL	Viluppuram	30-Sep-93

Tamil Nadu District Name List [PDF]

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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. The states are further divided into taluks and smaller administrative units.

Districts of Tamil Nadu

• Ariyalur.
• Chengalpattu.
• Chennai.
• Coimbatore.
• Cuddalore.
• Dharmapuri.
• Dindigul.
• Erode.