Tenkasi district

Tenkasi (Tamil: [t̪eŋɡaːsi]) is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu, India, separated from Tirunelveli district on 22 November 2019. The Government of Tamil Nadu announced its creation on 18 July 2019. The district headquarters is at Tenkasi.^[2]

Tenkasi District
District
Courtallam Falls
Tenkasi district Location in Tamil Nadu
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
Largest City	Kadayanallur
Municipality	Tenkasi
Established	22 November 2019
Founded by	Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Seat	Tenkasi
Talukas	Kadayanallur Tenkasi Sankarankovil Shenkottai Sivagiri Veerakeralamputhur Alangulam Tiruvengadam
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Body	Tenkasi District Collectorate
• Collector	A. K. Kamal Kishore, I.A.S.
• Superintendent of Police	E. T. Samson, I.P.S.
Area [1]
• Total	2,916.13 km2 (1,125.92 sq mi)
Population [1]
• Total	1,440,795
• Density	490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	TN76 (Thenkasi region), TN79 (Sankarankoil region)
Website	tenkasi.nic.in

Geography

The district shares borders with Tirunelveli district in the south, Virudhunagar district in the north, Thoothukudi district in the east and Kollam and Pathanamthitta districts of Kerala in the west. The western part of the district runs along the Western Ghats, while the east is mainly flat plains.

Tenkasi was formed from 8 talukas: Sivagiri, Sankarankovil, Veerakeralamputhur, Alangulam, Tenkasi and Shenkottai, Kadayanallur, Thiruvenkatam.

Administration

Revenue Divisions and Taluks

Tenkasi Revenue Division: Shenkottai, Tenkasi, Kadayanallur, Veerakeralamputhur, Alangulam

Sankarankoil Revenue Division: Sankarankoil, Tiruvengadam, Sivagiri

Municipalities

1. Tenkasi
2. Puliyankudi
3. Shenkottai
4. Kadayanallur
5. Puliyankudi
6. Surandai
7. Sankarankovil

Town Panchayats

1. Alangulam
2. Achampudur
3. Alwarkurichi
4. Aygudi
5. Courtallam
6. Ilanji
7. Keelapavoor
8. Melagaram
9. Panpoli
10. Pudur(s)
11. Rayagiri
12. Sambavar Vadagarai
13. Sivagiri
14. Sundarapandiapuram
15. Thiruvenkadam
16. vadakarai keezhpadugai
17. Vasudevanallur

Proposed Municipalities

1. Alangulam
2. Keelapavoor
3. Vasudevanallur
4. Sivagiri
5. Thiruvenkadam

Proposed Town Panchayats

1. Veerakeralampudur
2. Kadayam
3. Melaneelithanallur
4. Kuruvikulam

Panchayat Unions / Blocks

1. Shenkottai
2. Tenkasi
3. Kadayanallur
4. Vasudevanallur
5. Sankarankoil
6. Kuruvikulam
7. Melaneelithanallur
8. Keelapavoor
9. Alangulam
10. kasidharmam
11. Kadayam

Politics

Tenkasi Assembly constituency is part of Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.^[3][4]

Parliamentary Constituency

No.	Assembly	Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)
1	Lok Sabha	Tenkasi	SC

Politics

This section is transcluded from 16th Tamil Nadu Assembly. (edit | history)

Source:^[5][6]

District	No.	Constituency	Name	Party		Alliance		Remarks
Tenkasi	219	Sankarankovil (SC)	E. Raja		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		SPA
	220	Vasudevanallur (SC)	T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK)		SPA
	221	Kadayanallur	C. Krishnamurali		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		NDA
	222	Tenkasi	S. Palani Nadar		Indian National Congress		SPA
	223	Alangulam	P. H. Manoj Pandian		Independent		NDA

Demographics

Religions in Tenkasi district (2011)[7]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			83.34%
Islam			9.96%
Christianity			6.56%
Other or not stated			0.14%
Distribution of religions

At the time of the 2011 census, Tenkasi district had a population of 1,440,795. Tenkasi district has 697,635 males and 743,160 females with a sex ratio of 1065 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 292,900 (20.33%) and 3,656 (0.25%) of the population respectively. 613,758 (42.60%) of the population lived in urban areas.^[8]

Languages of Tenkasi district (2011)^[9]

1. Tamil (98.8%)
2. Telugu (0.92%)
3. Others (0.31%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 98.77% of the population spoke Tamil and 0.92% Telugu as their first language.^[9]

Villages

• Anaikutiyur
• Avudaiyanoor
• Kodikurichi^[10]
• Subramaniapuram^[10]
• Thattankulam

See also

• List of districts of Tamil Nadu