Tenkasi district
District in Tamil Nadu, India
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Tenkasi district (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 | |
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 Tenkasi district Location in Tamil Nadu | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Tamil Nadu |
| Largest City | Tenkasi City |
| 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 | |
• Total | 2,802.93 km2 (1,082.22 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,420,064 |
| • Density | 506.636/km2 (1,312.18/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | TN76 (Thenkasi region), TN79 (Sankarankoil region) |
| Website | 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
Municipalities
Town Panchayats
Proposed Municipalities
Proposed Town Panchayats
Panchayat Unions / Blocks
Politics
Tenkasi Assembly constituency is part of Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.[3][4]
Parliamentary Constituency
Assembly constituencies
| District | No. | Constituency | Name | Party | Alliance | Remarks | ||
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| Tenkasi | 219 | Sankarankovil (SC) | Dr. Dhilipan Jaishankar | AIADMK | AIADMK+ | Supported TVK; Later declared support for EPS[6] | ||
| 220 | Vasudevanallur (SC) | E. Raja | DMK | SPA | ||||
| 221 | Kadayanallur | T. M. Rajendran | ||||||
| 222 | Tenkasi | Kalai Kathiravan | ||||||
| 223 | Alangulam | P. H. Manoj Pandian | ||||||
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.[8]
At the time of the 2011 census, 98.77% of the population spoke Tamil and 0.92% Telugu as their first language.[9]