Tamil Naduதமிழ்நாடு
State
- Capital
- Chennai
- Legislature
- Unicameral
- Assembly seats
- 234
- Lok Sabha seats
- 39
- Rajya Sabha seats
- 18
- Districts
- 38
- Governor / LG / Administrator
- Shri Rajendra Vishwanath ArlekarAs of 2026-11-04
- Chief Minister
- Shri C. Joseph VijayAs of 2026-11-04
Inside the state government
Local bodies
- District panchayats
- 37
- Intermediate panchayats
- 397
- Village panchayats
- 12,571
- Urban bodies
- 650
- Cantonment boards
- 2
Departments 49
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- Agricultural Engineering Department
- Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department
- Archaeology Department
- Art and Culture Department
- Backward Classes Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department
- Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department
- Co-operative Audit Department
- Department of Textiles
- Employment and Training Department
- Energy Department
- Environment and Climate Change Department
- Finance Department
- Fire Service Department
- Fisheries Department
- Food Safety and Drug Administration Department
- Geology and Mining Department
- Handlooms Department
- Health and Family Welfare Department
- Highways Department
- Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments Department
- Horticulture and Plantation Crops Department
- Housing and Urban Development Department
- Information Technology Department
- Labour Department
- Law Department
- Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Department
- Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department
- Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Department
- Prison Department
- Prohibition and Excise Department
- Public Department
- Public Works Department
- Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department
- School Education Department
- Sericulture Department
- Social Reforms Department
- Social Welfare and Women Empowerment Department
- Special Programme Implementation Department
- Sports Development Authority
- Stationery and Printing Department
- Survey and Settlement Department
- Tamil Development and Information Department
- Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Maintenance Department
- Textiles Department
- Tourism Department
- Transport and Road Safety Commission
- Treasuries and Accounts Department
- Tribal Welfare Department
- Water Resources Department
From the government's web directory, which may not list every department.
Sources
- Parliament of India: State Legislatures Checked: 2026-11-04
- Election Commission of India: Terms of the Houses Checked: 2026-11-04
- Local Government Directory (LGD), Ministry of Panchayati Raj Checked: 2026-11-04
- National Portal of India: Who's Who, Governors Checked: 2026-11-04
- National Portal of India: Who's Who, Chief Ministers Checked: 2026-11-04
- Local Government Directory: State wise Administrative Units report Checked: 2026-11-04
- National Portal of India: Web Directory, State & UT Checked: 2026-11-04
- Government of Tamil Nadu: state portal Checked: 2026-11-04