Seeing the State · Tamil Nadu

How Tamil Nadu Actually Works?

Every institution that governs the 80 million people across the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the state. From the village panchayat and urban local bodies to the secretariat departments and high courts, explore the anatomy of the State of Tamil Nadu below.

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How to use this map

This is a living map of every institution that governs Tamil Nadu — from the electorate at the top to your village panchayat. Here's how to explore it.

Every cell is an institution. Larger cells are departments and big bodies; the smaller cells packed around them are their agencies, boards and PSUs.
The blocks read top to bottom: The People, the Legislative and Executive branches (each split State / Local), the Judicial branch, and Independent oversight bodies.
Hover a cell for its name; click for the full card — what it does, who heads it, how it's chosen, and the live diagram of its connections.
Recolour the grid with the mode buttons — Branch, Type, Function or Party — to see the state through different lenses.
Filter or Highlight. Type in the search box or tap a colour in the legend. Filter brings just the matches into one clean grid; Highlight keeps the map and dims the rest.
Follow the connections. Each card shows how that body links to others — who funds, controls, oversees or elects it. Click any link to jump there.
Share with the ⤴ button on any card — it copies a direct link straight to that institution.

Tip: as you scroll, a slim bar with search follows you at the top.