Tenkasi district

Tenkasi 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 July 18, 2019. The district headquarters is at Tenkasi.[2]

Tenkasi District
District in Tamil Nadu
Kutralam Falls, Tenkasi district
Location in Tamil Nadu
Country India
State Tamil Nadu
Largest CityTenkasi
MunicipalityTenkasi
Established22 November 2019
Founded byEdappadi K. Palaniswami
SeatTenkasi
TalukasKadayanallur
Tenkasi
Sankarankovil
Shenkottai
Sivagiri
Veerakeralamputhur
Alangulam
Tiruvengadam
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • BodyTenkasi District Collectorate
 • CollectorG.K.Arun Sundar Dhayalan, IAS
 • Superintendent of PoliceG.Suguna Singh, IPS
Area
 • Total2,916.13 km2 (1,125.92 sq mi)
Population
 • Total1,407,627
 • Density480/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationTN76 and TN76A and TN79

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 the state Kerala in the west.

Politics

Tenkasi assembly constituency is part of Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency. Tenkasi is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.[3] [4]

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

Tamil Nadu Assembly Constituencies
No. Constituency name Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)
1 Sankarankovil SC
2 Vasudevanallur SC
3 Kadayanallur None
4 Tenkasi None
5 Alangulam None

References
  1. 8 தாலுகாக்களுடன் உதயமானது தென்காசி மாவட்டம் (in Tamil). News7 Tamil. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  2. Special Correspondent (2019-07-18). "Tenkasi, Chengalpattu to become new districts". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  3. "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-10-13
  4. "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-04. Retrieved 2008-10-13.


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