Tenkasi district

Tenkasi is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu, India. The area is separated from Tirunelveli District in 2019. The Government of Tamil Nadu announced its creation on July 18, 2019. The capital is Tenkasi.^[2]

Tenkasi District
(District in Tamil Nadu)
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
Largest City	Tenkasi
Municipality	Tenkasi
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	G.K.Arun Sundar Dhayalan, IAS
• Superintendent of Police	G.Suguna Singh, IPS
Area [1]
• Total	2,916.13 km2 (1,125.92 sq mi)
Population [1]
• Total	1,407,627
• Density	480/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	TN76 and TN76A and TN79