| Tenkasi District | |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
| Subdivision Type2: | Metro |
| Subdivision Type4: | Largest City |
| Subdivision Name4: | Tenkasi |
| Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name5: | Tenkasi |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 22 November 2019 |
| Founder: | Edappadi K. Palaniswami |
| Parts Type: | Talukas |
| Parts: | Kadayanallur Tenkasi Sankarankovil Shenkottai Sivagiri Veerakeralamputhur Alangulam Tiruvengadam |
| Seat: | Tenkasi |
| Government Type: | District Administration |
| Governing Body: | Tenkasi District Collectorate |
| Leader Title1: | Collector |
| Leader Name1: | Durai. Ravichandran, I.A.S. |
| Leader Title2: | Superintendent of Police |
| Leader Name2: | E. T. Samson, I.P.S. |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2916.13 |
| Population Total: | 1,440,795 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Registration Plate: | TN76 (Thenkasi region), TN79 (Sankarankoil region) |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | IUCN category |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Central location: |
Tenkasi (in 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]
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.
Shenkottai, Tenkasi, KadayanallurVeerakeralamputhur, Alangulam
Sankarankoil Revenue Division
Sankarankoil, Tiruvengadam, Sivagiri
Tenkasi Assembly constituency is part of Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.[3] [4]
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At the time of the 2011 census, Tenkasi district had a population of 1,440,795. 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.[5]
At the time of the 2011 census, 98.77% of the population spoke Tamil and 0.92% Telugu as their first language.[6]