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PM Surya Ghar in Tamil Nadu: rooftop solar progress

Tamil Nadu has 1,00,057 rooftop solar systems installed under PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, from 1,19,370 applications, as recorded on the Government of India national portal. That is No. 13 of India's 36 states and UTs.

Installations recordedNo. 13 of 36 states and UTs
1,00,057
rooftop systems, from 1,19,370 applications
29 Aug28 Sep
+1,778 in the last 7 days 5,979 in September so far

Key figures

PM Surya Ghar in Tamil Nadu, cumulative, as recorded on the national portal. The bar is Tamil Nadu's share of India's total.

Applications
1,19,3701.4% of India
Installations
1,00,0572.0% of India
Households covered
1,16,5202.0% of India
Installed capacity
366.4 MW2.1% of India
Subsidy released
₹670 Cr2.0% of India

Tamil Nadu against India

How Tamil Nadu compares with India

Tamil NaduIndiaRank position

Rank by installations
No. 13 of 36
No. 1 is the highest
Rank by applications
No. 14 of 36
No. 1 is the highest
Applications built
84%
India 58%
Average system size
3.66 kW
India 3.51 kW

"Applications built" is installations as a share of applications, cumulative. Installations count systems; households count homes covered, and the two differ.

Only what is true for Tamil Nadu

What stands out

  • About 8 in 10 applications have become installations, against 6 in 10 nationally.

Running total, one reading a morning

Installations, day by day

Tamil Nadu recorded 1,778 new installations in the 7 days to 28 Sep, and 5,979 in September so far.

Running totalDaily changeLast 7 days

Rooftop solar installations recorded in Tamil Nadu, 29 Aug to 28 Sep 2026, running total with the daily change beneath +1,778 last 7 days 92,00094,00096,00098,0001,00,0001,02,000 +518 0 30 Aug: +20131 Aug: +172 Sep: +5183 Sep: +2474 Sep: +2935 Sep: +2416 Sep: +1917 Sep: +278 Sep: +2419 Sep: +25110 Sep: +32011 Sep: +26812 Sep: +28413 Sep: +19614 Sep: +2415 Sep: +9016 Sep: +28617 Sep: +28818 Sep: +26219 Sep: +29020 Sep: +20821 Sep: +5022 Sep: +27723 Sep: +31424 Sep: +26425 Sep: +27026 Sep: +31427 Sep: +26228 Sep: +77 29 Aug5 Sep12 Sep19 Sep28 Sep 1,00,057 Rooftop solar installations recorded in Tamil Nadu, 29 Aug to 28 Sep 2026, running total with the daily change beneath +1,778 last 7 days 92,50095,00097,5001,00,0001,02,500 +518 0 30 Aug: +20131 Aug: +172 Sep: +5183 Sep: +2474 Sep: +2935 Sep: +2416 Sep: +1917 Sep: +278 Sep: +2419 Sep: +25110 Sep: +32011 Sep: +26812 Sep: +28413 Sep: +19614 Sep: +2415 Sep: +9016 Sep: +28617 Sep: +28818 Sep: +26219 Sep: +29020 Sep: +20821 Sep: +5022 Sep: +27723 Sep: +31424 Sep: +26425 Sep: +27026 Sep: +31427 Sep: +26228 Sep: +77 29 Aug12 Sep28 Sep 1,00,057
Every reading since 29 Aug
DateApplicationsInstallationsChange
28 Sep1,19,3701,00,057+77
27 Sep1,19,19399,980+262
26 Sep1,18,55199,718+314
25 Sep1,17,66699,404+270
24 Sep1,16,72799,134+264
23 Sep1,15,93698,870+314
22 Sep1,15,13098,556+277
21 Sep1,14,34098,279+50
20 Sep1,14,19298,229+208
19 Sep1,13,99098,021+290
18 Sep1,13,71497,731+262
17 Sep1,13,48097,469+288
16 Sep1,13,12397,181+286
15 Sep1,12,78796,895+90
14 Sep1,12,59796,805+24
13 Sep1,12,52896,781+196
12 Sep1,12,28296,585+284
11 Sep1,11,96696,301+268
10 Sep1,11,64596,033+320
9 Sep1,11,38095,713+251
8 Sep1,11,09495,462+241
7 Sep1,10,79095,221+27
6 Sep1,10,72695,194+191
5 Sep1,10,51695,003+241
4 Sep1,10,24894,762+293
3 Sep1,09,91894,469+247
2 Sep1,09,62894,222+518
31 Aug1,09,05293,704+17
30 Aug1,09,01393,687+201

One reading a morning. No reading was taken on 1 Sep; the change recorded after a gap covers the whole gap.

All 36 states and UTs, by installations

Where Tamil Nadu ranks

All 36 states and UTs by installations recorded, highest first, on a log scale, with Tamil Nadu at No. 13 101001k10k1 lakh No. 1 Gujarat: 8,63,729 installationsNo. 2 Uttar Pradesh: 8,58,106 installationsNo. 3 Maharashtra: 8,19,543 installationsNo. 4 Andhra Pradesh: 4,14,419 installationsNo. 5 Kerala: 3,60,722 installationsNo. 6 Rajasthan: 3,32,644 installationsNo. 7 Odisha: 2,25,820 installationsNo. 8 Assam: 1,90,819 installationsNo. 9 Madhya Pradesh: 1,84,661 installationsNo. 10 Haryana: 1,44,621 installationsNo. 11 Uttarakhand: 1,10,700 installationsNo. 12 Chhattisgarh: 1,10,121 installationsNo. 14 Telangana: 65,916 installationsNo. 15 Jammu and Kashmir: 45,422 installationsNo. 16 Bihar: 31,689 installationsNo. 17 Karnataka: 26,022 installationsNo. 18 Punjab: 20,028 installationsNo. 19 Himachal Pradesh: 14,222 installationsNo. 20 Delhi: 13,256 installationsNo. 21 West Bengal: 7,853 installationsNo. 22 Puducherry: 6,028 installationsNo. 23 Tripura: 5,433 installationsNo. 24 Jharkhand: 3,998 installationsNo. 25 Goa: 3,852 installationsNo. 26 Ladakh: 2,444 installationsNo. 27 Manipur: 1,993 installationsNo. 28 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu: 1,856 installationsNo. 29 Chandigarh: 1,649 installationsNo. 30 Mizoram: 1,568 installationsNo. 31 Lakshadweep: 1,317 installationsNo. 32 Nagaland: 585 installationsNo. 33 Andaman and Nicobar Islands: 549 installationsNo. 34 Meghalaya: 66 installationsNo. 35 Sikkim: 64 installationsNo. 36 Arunachal Pradesh: 2 installations Tamil Nadu No. 13 · 1,00,057 No. 1 No. 36 All 36 states and UTs by installations recorded, highest first, on a log scale, with Tamil Nadu at No. 13 101001k10k1 lakh No. 1 Gujarat: 8,63,729 installationsNo. 2 Uttar Pradesh: 8,58,106 installationsNo. 3 Maharashtra: 8,19,543 installationsNo. 4 Andhra Pradesh: 4,14,419 installationsNo. 5 Kerala: 3,60,722 installationsNo. 6 Rajasthan: 3,32,644 installationsNo. 7 Odisha: 2,25,820 installationsNo. 8 Assam: 1,90,819 installationsNo. 9 Madhya Pradesh: 1,84,661 installationsNo. 10 Haryana: 1,44,621 installationsNo. 11 Uttarakhand: 1,10,700 installationsNo. 12 Chhattisgarh: 1,10,121 installationsNo. 14 Telangana: 65,916 installationsNo. 15 Jammu and Kashmir: 45,422 installationsNo. 16 Bihar: 31,689 installationsNo. 17 Karnataka: 26,022 installationsNo. 18 Punjab: 20,028 installationsNo. 19 Himachal Pradesh: 14,222 installationsNo. 20 Delhi: 13,256 installationsNo. 21 West Bengal: 7,853 installationsNo. 22 Puducherry: 6,028 installationsNo. 23 Tripura: 5,433 installationsNo. 24 Jharkhand: 3,998 installationsNo. 25 Goa: 3,852 installationsNo. 26 Ladakh: 2,444 installationsNo. 27 Manipur: 1,993 installationsNo. 28 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu: 1,856 installationsNo. 29 Chandigarh: 1,649 installationsNo. 30 Mizoram: 1,568 installationsNo. 31 Lakshadweep: 1,317 installationsNo. 32 Nagaland: 585 installationsNo. 33 Andaman and Nicobar Islands: 549 installationsNo. 34 Meghalaya: 66 installationsNo. 35 Sikkim: 64 installationsNo. 36 Arunachal Pradesh: 2 installations Tamil Nadu No. 13 · 1,00,057 No. 1 No. 36

Bar heights use a log scale, so the smallest states and UTs stay visible. Each step up the scale is ten times more installations.

#State / UTInstallationsBuilt
11Uttarakhand1,10,70073%
12Chhattisgarh1,10,12151%
13Tamil Nadu1,00,05784%
14Telangana65,91669%
15Jammu and Kashmir45,42251%

No. 13 of 36

Tamil Nadu by installations recorded, among India's 36 states and UTs. By applications it is No. 14.

All 36 states and UTs, ranked

38 of 38 districts with applications

District-wise PM Surya Ghar progress in Tamil Nadu

Coimbatore has the most installations, with 12,282.

InstallationsAdded in the last 7 days

Districts of Tamil Nadu by installations, as recorded on 28 Sep 2026. The last column is the change over the 7 days since 21 Sep.
DistrictInstallationsApplicationsBuilt CapacityAvg systemSubsidy7 days
1Coimbatore12,28213,98388%45.0 MW3.66 kW₹84.8 Cr+176
2Chennai11,81214,14684%46.3 MW3.92 kW₹75.6 Cr+327
3Chengalpattu7,5308,57088%28.9 MW3.83 kW₹52.1 Cr+86
4Erode4,7385,52986%17.1 MW3.61 kW₹32.0 Cr+98
5Salem4,6065,47784%16.8 MW3.65 kW₹31.2 Cr+71
6Tiruchirappalli4,5965,54083%16.8 MW3.66 kW₹30.9 Cr+77
7Tiruppur4,4855,21686%16.9 MW3.76 kW₹30.2 Cr+74
8Namakkal4,4505,08288%15.8 MW3.55 kW₹31.0 Cr+72
9Thiruvallur4,3415,26282%15.9 MW3.66 kW₹28.8 Cr+46
10Madurai4,0845,00482%15.2 MW3.71 kW₹26.5 Cr+83
11Kanchipuram3,5694,22085%13.1 MW3.66 kW₹23.9 Cr+72
12Thanjavur3,1893,84683%11.6 MW3.64 kW₹21.2 Cr+40
13Virudhunagar2,5742,90389%9.2 MW3.57 kW₹17.2 Cr+55
14Karur2,5702,87589%8.9 MW3.46 kW₹17.6 Cr+39
15Tirunelveli2,3082,79483%8.5 MW3.68 kW₹15.0 Cr+61
16Cuddalore2,3012,92079%8.0 MW3.46 kW₹15.4 Cr+41
17Thoothukkudi2,2122,58186%8.0 MW3.60 kW₹14.9 Cr+33
18Kanniyakumari2,1712,60283%8.0 MW3.66 kW₹14.9 Cr+34
19Vellore1,7382,19679%6.2 MW3.57 kW₹11.7 Cr+30
20Dindigul1,4361,82079%5.2 MW3.62 kW₹9.85 Cr+33
21Tiruvannamalai1,2361,62876%4.2 MW3.40 kW₹8.11 Cr+22
22Viluppuram1,1601,59873%4.0 MW3.41 kW₹7.39 Cr+25
23Thiruvarur1,1381,45878%4.0 MW3.52 kW₹7.52 Cr+24
24Krishnagiri1,0421,30280%3.7 MW3.56 kW₹7.11 Cr+17
25Sivaganga9371,19379%3.4 MW3.61 kW₹6.06 Cr+12
26Ranipet8761,09280%3.1 MW3.51 kW₹5.81 Cr+18
27Tenkasi8491,08478%2.8 MW3.26 kW₹5.69 Cr+11
28Dharmapuri76197378%2.5 MW3.32 kW₹5.17 Cr+7
29Pudukkottai73392180%2.6 MW3.53 kW₹4.64 Cr+17
30Theni69682984%2.3 MW3.33 kW₹4.58 Cr+16
31Kallakurichi69090476%2.3 MW3.33 kW₹4.71 Cr+7
32Ramanathapuram68088177%2.5 MW3.72 kW₹4.42 Cr+12
33Mayiladuthurai56870880%2.0 MW3.49 kW₹3.65 Cr+7
34Tirupathur52468676%1.8 MW3.39 kW₹3.39 Cr+6
35Nagapattinam42057273%1.5 MW3.53 kW₹2.55 Cr+14
36Perambalur36346678%1.3 MW3.54 kW₹2.38 Cr+7
37Ariyalur25332877%913 kW3.61 kW₹1.66 Cr+7
38The Nilgiris13918177%515 kW3.71 kW₹93.4 L+1

All 38 districts are in the table: scroll inside it to see them.

Net metering in Tamil Nadu is handled by Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company Limited.

Side by side

Neighbouring states and UTs

NeighbourTamil Nadu, 1,00,057

  • Kerala 3,60,722 installations · No. 5
    Built
    76%
    Avg system
    3.87 kW
  • Karnataka 26,022 installations · No. 17
    Built
    44%
    Avg system
    4.15 kW
  • Andhra Pradesh 4,14,419 installations · No. 4
    Built
    42%
    Avg system
    2.82 kW
  • Puducherry 6,028 installations · No. 22
    Built
    79%
    Avg system
    3.60 kW

Central subsidy

PM Surya Ghar subsidy in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu receives the standard central subsidy: ₹30,000 per kW for the first 2 kW and ₹18,000 for the third, up to ₹78,000 for a system of 3 kW or more, paid into the household's bank account. How the subsidy and application work.

About these figures

Read automatically every morning from the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana national portal (pmsuryaghar.gov.in, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy), with a daily record kept since 29 Aug 2026. Compiled by Solentra Energies, Mohali. Solentra is not affiliated with MNRE. See every state, district and DISCOM on the India rooftop solar tracker.