Tamil Nadu State has a population of 62,405,679 as per Census 2001 and covers an area of 130,058 sq.kms.   Chennai (formerly known as Madras) is the State Headquarters.  The administrative units of the State are:
  District Statistics 32
  Revenue Divisions 76
  Taluks 220
  Firkas 1,127
  Revenue Villages 16,564
  Municipal Corporations 10
  Municipalities 125
  Panchayat Unions (Blocks) 385
  Town Panchayats 559
  Village Panchayats 12,618
  Lok Sabha Constituencies 39
  Assembly Constituencies 234