# Tenkasi district

Tenkasi (Tamil:) 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, KadayanallurVeerakeralamputhur, Alangulam
Sankarankoil Revenue Division: Sankarankoil, Tiruvengadam, Sivagiri

### Municipalities

* Tenkasi
* Puliyankudi
* 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.

### Parliamentary Constituency

| No. | Assembly | Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) |
| 1 | Lok Sabha | Tenkasi | SC |

## Politics

Source: :
| District | No. | Constituency | Name | Party | Alliance |
| Tenkasi | 219 | Sankarankovil (SC) | E. Raja | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | SPA |
| Tenkasi | 220 | Vasudevanallur (SC) | T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) | SPA |
| Tenkasi | 221 | Kadayanallur | C. Krishnamurali | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | None |
| Tenkasi | 222 | Tenkasi | S. Palani Nadar | Indian National Congress | SPA |
| Tenkasi | 223 | Alangulam | P. H. Manoj Pandian | Independent | NDA |

## Demographics

Religions in Tenkasi district (2011) :
| Religion | Religion | Percent | Percent |
| Hinduism | Hinduism | 83.34% | 83.34% |
| Islam | Islam | 9.96% | 9.96% |
| Christianity | Christianity | 6.56% | 6.56% |
| Other or not stated | Other or not stated | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| Distribution of religions |||||
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.
* Tamil (98.77%)
* Telugu (0.92%)
* Others (0.31%)
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