Tenkasi district () 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.
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
Proposed Municipal Corporation Tenkasi
Municipalities Shenkottai Kadayanallur Puliyankudi Surandai Sankarankovil
Town Panchayats Alangulam Achampudur Alwarkurichi Aygudi Courtallam Ilanji Keelapavoor Melagaram Panpoli Pudur(s) Rayagiri Sambavar Vadagarai Sivagiri Sundarapandiapuram Thiruvenkadam Vadakarai Keezhpadugai Vasudevanallur
Proposed Municipalities Alangulam Keelapavoor Vasudevanallur Sivagiri Thiruvenkadam
Proposed Town Panchayats Veerakeralampudur Kadayam Melaneelithanallur Kuruvikulam
Panchayat Unions / Blocks Shenkottai Tenkasi Kadayanallur Vasudevanallur Sankarankoil Kuruvikulam Melaneelithanallur Keelapavoor Alangulam kasidharmam Kadayam
Politics Tenkasi Assembly constituency is part of Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes."List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-10-13
Parliamentary Constituency Assembly Constituency Reserved for(SC/ST/None) 1 Lok Sabha Tenkasi SC
Assembly constituencies
Demographics
At the time of the 2011 census, Tenkasi district had a population of 1,420,064. 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.
At the time of the 2011 census, 98.77% of the population spoke Tamil and 0.92% Telugu as their first language.
Villages
Anaikutiyur Avudaiyanoor Kodikurichi Subramaniapuram Thattankulam
See also List of districts of Tamil Nadu
References