Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is... Wikipedia

  • Region:  South India
  • Formation:  26 January 1950
  • Capital and, Largest City:  Chennai
  • Largest Metro:  Greater Chennai Metropolitan Area
  • Body:  Government of Tamil Nadu
  • Governor:  R. N. Ravi
  • Chief Minister:  M. K. Stalin (DMK)
  • State Legislature:  Unicameral (234 seats)
  • National Parliament:  Lok Sabha (39 seats), Rajya Sabha (18 seats)
  • High Court:  Madras High Court
  • Area rank:  10th
  • Population (2011):  72,147,030
  • Rank:  6th
  • Demonym(s):  Tamilian, Tamilar
  • Time zone:  IST (UTC+05:30)
  • ISO 3166 code:  IN-TN
  • Vehicle registration:  TN
  • HDI (2019):  0.709, high · 11th
  • Literacy (2017):  82.9%
  • Sex ratio (2019):  996 ♀/1000 ♂
  • Coastline:  1,076 km (669 mi)
  • Data Source:  DuckDuckGo