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Cotton is one of the major crop in India which plays a dominent role in both industrial and agricultural sector of the country. It provides direct livelihood to 6 million farmers in the economy and about 40 to 50 million people are directly employed in cotton production and trading.The Central zone of the country which includes the states such as Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh was the biggest producer of cotton in India and the Southern Zone which includes the states like Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamilnadu is the second largest producer of Cotton in India. According to the records all Indian cottons in the 13th century were perennials and they are cultivated recently. The bushy perennial forms are grown in remote villages of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. The Rozi cotton belonging to G.arborrem was supposed to the ancient commercial type. Further the perennial Nadan cotton of the southern most part of Tamilnadu is in all probability, the progenitor of Karunganni variety. On this background the study focus on the cotton cultivation and yield in Tamilnadu. it is concluded that the cultivation of cotton and production of cotton has a negative growth rate. The coefficient of variation of the area was low compared to the production of cotton in Tamilnadu. .