Editing Tamil Nadu (section)

=== Cities and towns ===
{{Main|List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population}}
{{Further|List of towns in Tamil Nadu by population}}
The capital of Chennai is the [[List of urban agglomerations in Tamil Nadu|most populous]] urban agglomeration in the state with more than 8.6 million residents, followed by Coimbatore, Madurai, [[Tiruchirappalli]] and [[Tiruppur]], respectively.<ref name="UA">{{cite report|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf|title=Urban Agglomerations and Cities having population 1 lakh and above|work= Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011|publisher=[[Government of India]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310224309/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf|access-date=10 August 2014|archive-date=10 March 2020}}</ref>
{{Largest cities
|nonav = y
|country = Tamil Nadu
|stat_ref = (2011)<ref name="UA"/>
|list_by_pop = List of cities in Tamil Nadu
|div_name = District
|div_link = List of districts in Tamil Nadu{{!}}District

|city_1 = Chennai
|div_1 = Chennai district{{!}}Chennai
|pop_1 = 8,696,010
|img_1 = Chennai skyline.JPG

|city_2 = Coimbatore
|div_2 = Coimbatore district{{!}}Coimbatore
|pop_2 = 2,151,466
|img_2 = CHIL_SEZ.jpg

|city_3 = Madurai
|div_3 = Madurai district{{!}}Madurai
|pop_3 = 1,462,420
|img_3 = Madurai, India.jpg

|city_4 = Tiruchirappalli
|div_4 = Tiruchirappalli district{{!}}Tiruchirappalli
|pop_4 = 1,021,717
|img_4 = Rock Fort Temple.jpg

|city_5 = Tiruppur
|div_5 = Tiruppur district{{!}}Tiruppur
|pop_5 = 962,982

|city_6 = Salem, Tamil Nadu{{!}}Salem
|div_6 = Salem district{{!}}Salem
|pop_6 = 919,150

|city_7 = Erode
|div_7 = Erode district{{!}}Erode
|pop_7 = 521,776

|city_8 = Vellore
|div_8 = Vellore district{{!}}Vellore
|pop_8 = 504,079

|city_9 = Tirunelveli
|div_9 = Tirunelveli district{{!}}Tirunelveli
|pop_9 = 498,984

|city_10 = Thoothukudi
|div_10 = Thoothukudi district{{!}}Thoothukudi
|pop_10 = 410,760
}}