Category:Tamil Nadu

**Tamil Nadu**
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Instance of	state of India
Location	India
Capital	Chennai;
Legislative body	Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly;
Executive body	Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly;
Official language	Tamil;
Head of state	Banwarilal Purohit (2017–);
Head of government	K. Palanisamy (O. Panneerselvam, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 2017–);
Inception	26 January 1950;
Population	72,147,030 (2011);
Area	130,058 ±1 km²;
Different from	Tamil Nadu;
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	13° 06′ 00″ N, 80° 18′ 00″ E
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English: Tamil Nadu (Tamil: தமிழ்நாடு "Country of the Tamils") is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai (formerly known as Madras). Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by Puducherry (Pondicherry), Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It is bound by the Eastern Ghats in the north, the Nilgiri, the Anamalai Hills, and Palakkad on the west, Bay of Bengal in the east, Gulf of Mannar, en:Palk Strait in the south east and Indian Ocean in the south. It contains 32 Districts.

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