Administrative Setup

The District Collector/ District Magistrate is the Chief Executive Authority of the District and is primarily responsible for various key functions like revenue administration, development works, maintenance of law and order and criminal administration, livelihood development and also the chairperson of the District Disaster Management Authority. Various functions related to most of the departments of Government of Tamil Nadu are monitored or coordinated by the District Collector in various capacities.

The City Police is headed by the Commissioner of Police. The Superintendent of Police is the head of Police Force in the District. District Revenue Officer/ Additional District Magistrate heads Revenue Department, Project Director- District Rural Development Agency heads the Rural Development Department.

i. There are 2 Revenue Divisions headed by the Sub Divisional Magistrates comprising of 8 Taluks, 30 firkas 370 Revenue Villages.
ii. There are 9 rural Blocks headed by the Union Chairperson and Block Development Officers and 204 Village Panchayats. There are 17 Town Panchayats, 3 Municipalities and one Municipal Corporation.
iii. There are 2 Police districts with 7 Police Divisions and 50 Police stations.
iv. The forests under Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve area of Agasthiyarmalai Biosphere Reserve is headed by a Field Director assisted by two Deputy Directors. Tirunelveli Forest Division is headed by the District Forest Officer, Tirunelveli.

Demographic Details:

The projected population of this District is 18,48,684 as on October 2024. Tirunelveli and Ambasamudram in the most densely populated Taluks in the District as per 2011 census. The Sex ratio is 1024 females for every 1000 males in the District. The literacy rate is 85.90% in the District.