TN has 8 UNESCO World Heritage Sites Tamil Nadu is the 11th largest state in India by area 10th in Human

Development Index as of 2006 7th most populous state 5th largest contributor to India's GDP 4th in tax revenue 4th largest economy 3rd longest coastline in India with a coastline of about 910 kilometres 2nd in total employment (9.97%) in India 2nd largest tourism industry in India 2nd largest number of poultry amongst all the states 2nd most industrialised state next to Maharastra Districts 32 total Legislature Unicameral (234 seats) Total 72,138,958 Density 554.7/km2 (1,436.6/sq mi) Literacy 80.3% (11th) The YMCA College of Physical Education at Nandanam in Chennai was established in 1920 and was the first college for physical education in Asia The state has a total road length of 167,000 km (103,769 mi), of which 60,628 km (37,672 mi) are maintained by Highways Department The total installed capacity for electricity in the State is 8,249 MW Tamil Nadu ranks first nationwide in diesel-based thermal electricity generation with a national market share of over 34% Tirupur and Erode are referred to as 'Textile Valley of India' Vriddachalam Ceramics and the Narimanam Natural Gas Plants are major sources of Tamil Nadu's electricity TN leads in Lignite mining in India - 1st The Mettur Dam is a large dam in India. It was completed in 1936. The total leng th of the dam is 1700 meters. It is also called Stanley Reservoir. Sivakasi ranks as one of the highest taxpaying towns in India and also is a 100% employed town The perennial rivers are Palar, Cheyyar, Ponnaiyar, Kaveri, Meyar, Bhavani, Amar avati, Vaigai, Chittar & Tamaraparani. Non-perennial rivers include the Vellar, Noyal, Suruli, Gundar, Vaipar, Valparai and Varshali. Tamil Nadu is also the lea ding producer of kambu, corn, rye, ground nuts, oil, seeds and sugar cane in Ind ia. Annai Indira Gandhi Bridge or Pamban Bridge was done by Mistri Manji Daya Wegad with Lakhu Devji Vegad both of Anjar opened for traffic in 1914 It was India's first sea bridge. It is the second longest sea bridge in India

at a length of about 2.3 km The Gross State Domestic Product at Current Prices (Base year 1999 2000) for the y ear 2008 2009 is 339,212 crores. The percapita income at current price is 51, 097 The first Tamil printing press was established at Tarangambadi by the Danish mis sionaries As of 2004 2005, the poverty line was set at 351.86/month for rural areas and 547. 42/month for urban areas The state had come under the President's rule on four occasions first from 1976 to 1977, next for a short period in 1980, then from 1988 to 1989 and the latest in 1991 In 1969, Madras State was renamed Tamil Nadu