Tamil Nadu is one of the 32states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai ( formerly known as Madras ). Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the States of Puducherry ( Pondicherry ), Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It is bound by the Eastern Ghats in the north, the Nilgiri, the Anamalai Hills, and Palakkad on the west, by the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Gulf of Mannar, the Palk Strait in the south east, and by the Indian Ocean in the south.Tamil Nadu is the eleventh largest state in India by area ( about the size of Greece ) and the seventh most populous state.It is the fifth largest contributor to India's GDP and the most urbanised state in India. The state has the highest number ( 10.56% ) of business enterprises in India,compared to the population share of about 6%. It is one of the foremost states in the country in terms of overall development.