Tenkasi is one of the 38 districts of
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...
,
India
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, 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
Virudhunagar District is a district (an administrative district) of Tamil Nadu state in south India. Virudhunagar is the district headquarters of Virudhunagar district. Virudhunagar district was formed by the separation of Old Ramanathapuram D ...
in the north,
Thoothukudi district
Thoothukudi District is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The district was formed by bifurcation of Tirunelveli district on 20 October 1986. Thoothukudi is the district headquarters and largest city of the distr ...
in the east and
Kollam
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and
Pathanamthitta
Pathanamthitta (), is a municipality situated in the Central Travancore region in the state of Kerala, India, spread over an area of 23.50 km2. It is the administrative capital of Pathanamthitta district. The town has a population of 3 ...
districts of
Kerala
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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 6 talukas:
Sivagiri,
Sankarankovil,
Veerakeralamputhur,
Alangulam,
Tenkasi and
Shenkottai. Two more taluks were created afterwards:
Kadayanallur
Kadayanallur is the largest city in Tenkasi district, Tamil Nadu, India. Kadayanallur is 17 km from Tenkasi.
Etymology
The name Kadaiyanallur comes from "Kadaikaaleeswara", the name of the presiding deity of Kadayaleeswarar kovil, a Hin ...
and
Thiruvengadam.
Administration
S. Gopala Sundara Raj IAS., is the District Collector since 16-06-2021.
Politics
Tenkasi Assembly constituency is part of
Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.
Parliamentary Constituency
Politics
Demographics
At the time of the 2011 census, Tenkasi district had a population of 1,384,937. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 20.23% and 0.25% of the population respectively. 42.75% of the population lives in urban areas.
District census 2011 - Tirunelveli
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Tamil is the main spoken language and is spoken by 95% of the population, while the remaining 5% of the city's people speak Malayalam.
See also
* List of districts of Tamil Nadu
References
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Districts of Tamil Nadu
1790 establishments in British India