Tenkasi district
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
Sankarankoil Revenue Division: Sankarankoil, Tiruvengadam, SivagiriMunicipalities
Town Panchayats
- Alangulam
- Achampudur
- Alwarkurichi
- Aygudi
- Courtallam
- Ilanji
- Keelapavoor
- Melagaram
- Panpoli
- Pudur(s)
- Rayagiri
- Sambavar Vadagarai
- Sivagiri
- Sundarapandiapuram
- Thiruvenkadam
- vadakarai keezhpadugai
- Vasudevanallur
Proposed Municipalities
Proposed Town Panchayats
Panchayat Unions / Blocks
- Shenkottai
- Tenkasi
- Kadayanallur
- Vasudevanallur
- Sankarankoil
- Kuruvikulam
- Melaneelithanallur
- Keelapavoor
- Alangulam
- kasidharmam
- Kadayam
Politics
is part of Tenkasi [Lok Sabha constituency]. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.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 and 3,656 of the population respectively. 613,758 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.