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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Tenkasi District
| official_name = 
| nickname =
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Tamil Nadu|District]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]
| image_skyline = Courtallam falls.jpg
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| subdivision_name = {{flagicon|IND}} [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[File:TamilNadu Logo.svg|22px]] [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_type2 = Metro
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| 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]]
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| parts = [[kadayanallur taluk|Kadayanallur]] [[Tenkasi taluk|Tenkasi]] [[Sankarankovil]] [[shenkottai taluk|Shenkottai]] [[Sivagiri taluk|Sivagiri]] [[Veerakeralamputhur taluk|Veerakeralamputhur]] [[Alangulam taluk|Alangulam]] [[Tiruvengadam taluk|Tiruvengadam]]
| seat = [[Tenkasi]]
| government_type = District Administration
| governing_body = Tenkasi District Collectorate
| leader_title1 = [[District collector|Collector]]
| leader_name1 = S. Gopala Sundara Raj, [[Indian Administrative Service|I.A.S.]]
| leader_title2 = [[Superintendent of Police]]
| leader_name2 = R. Krishna Raj, [[Indian Police Service|I.P.S.]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name=Tenkasi>{{cite AV media |title=8 தாலுகாக்களுடன் உதயமானது தென்காசி மாவட்டம் |language=ta|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcvglACuEM0 |publisher=[[News7 Tamil]] |date=22 November 2019 |access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref>
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'''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 18 July 2019. The district headquarters is at [[Tenkasi]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tenkasi-chengalpattu-to-become-new-districts/article28547194.ece|title=Tenkasi, Chengalpattu to become new districts|date=2019-07-18|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-07-18|author=Special Correspondent|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Geography ==
The district shares borders with [[Tirunelveli district]] in the south, [[Virudhunagar district]] in the north, [[Thoothukudi district]] in the east and [[Kollam district|Kollam]] and [[Pathanamthitta district|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 6 talukas: [[Sivagiri taluk|Sivagiri]], [[Sankarankoil taluk|Sankarankovil]], [[Veerakeralamputhur taluk|Veerakeralamputhur]], [[Alangulam taluk|Alangulam]], [[Tenkasi taluk|Tenkasi]] and [[Shenkottai taluk|Shenkottai]]. Two more taluks were created afterwards: [[Kadayanallur taluk|Kadayanallur]] and [[Thiruvenkatam|Thiruvengadam]].

== Administration ==
S. Gopala Sundara Raj IAS., is the District Collector since 16-06-2021.

==Politics==
[[Tenkasi (state assembly constituency)]] is part of [[Tenkasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency]]. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.<ref>"List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-10-13</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf| title = List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies| access-date = 2008-10-13| work = Tamil Nadu| publisher = Election Commission of India| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060504185928/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf| archive-date = 2006-05-04}}</ref>

===Parliamentary Constituency===
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! data-sort-type=number | {{Tooltip|No.}}
! Assembly
! Constituency
! Reserved for (SC/ST/None)
|-
! data-sort-value="1" | 1
| [[Lok Sabha]]
| [[Tenkasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tenkasi]]
| [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|SC]]
|}

===Tamil Nadu Assembly Constituencies===
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|-
! data-sort-type=number | {{Tooltip|No.}}
! Constituency name
! Reserved for (SC/ST/None)
|-
! data-sort-value="1" | 1
| [[Sankarankoil (state assembly constituency)|Sankarankovil]]
| SC
|-
! data-sort-value="1" | 2
| [[Vasudevanallur (state assembly constituency)|Vasudevanallur]]
| SC
|-
! data-sort-value="1" | 3
| [[Kadayanallur (state assembly constituency)|Kadayanallur]]
| None
|-
! data-sort-value="1" | 4
| [[Tenkasi (state assembly constituency)|Tenkasi]]
| None
|-
! data-sort-value="1" | 5
| [[Alangulam (state assembly constituency)|Alangulam]]
| None
|}

== Demographics ==
At the time of the 2011 census, Tenkasi district had a population of 1,384,937. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 20.23% and 0.25% of the population respectively. 42.75% of the population lives in urban areas.<ref>[https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/33/3327_PART_A_DCHB_TIRUNELVELI.pdf District census 2011 - Tirunelveli]</ref>
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| title = Religions in Tenkasi district (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=Census of India - Relgion |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW32C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=census.gov.in}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Tamil Nadu|Hindu]]|darkorange|83.66}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam in India|Muslim]]|green|9.91}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity in Tamil Nadu|Christian]]|purple|6.31}}
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| caption = Distribution of religions}}Tamil is the main spoken language and is spoken by 98.78% of the population.

==See also==
*[[List of districts of Tamil Nadu]]

== References ==
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