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- 1 2 "Districts of Tamil Nadu". Government of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ↑ "Blocks of Tamil Nadu" (PDF). Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ↑ "Villages of Tamil Nadu" (PDF). Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ↑ "District Statistics of Tamil Nadu". Government of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.