Tenkasi taluk

Tenkasi taluk is a taluk of Tirunelveli district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters is the town of Tenkasi. In addition to the headquarters town, the taluk includes the towns of Aygudi, Courtalam, Ilanji, Kadayanallur, Melagaram, Sambavar Vadagarai and Sundarapandiapuram as well as some twenty-five villages.^[1]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Tenkasi had a population of 399,823 with 199,317 males and 200,506 females. There were 1006 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 72.55. Child population in the age group below 6 was 20,277 Males and 19,621 Females.^[2]

References

↑ "NPR Report: Tamil Nadu: Tirunelveli: Tenkasi". National Population Register, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2011.
↑ "Provisional Population Totals - Tamil Nadu-Census 2011" (PDF). Census Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 4 July 2013.

Tirunelveli district

District Headquarters	Tirunelveli

Country	India

State	Tamil Nadu

Region	Pandiya Nadu

Divisions	Cheranmahadevi Tenkasi Tirunelveli

Taluks	Alangulam Ambasamudram Nanguneri Palayamkottai Radhapuram Sankarankoil Shenkottai Sivagiri Tenkasi Tirunelveli Veerakeralamputhur

Revenue blocks	Alangulam Ambasamudram Cheranmahadevi Kadayanallur Kadayam Kalakadu Keelapavoor Kuruvikulam Manur Melaneelithanallur Nanguneri Palayamkottai Pappakudi block Radhapuram block Sankarankoil Shenkottai Tenkasi Valliyoor Vasudevanallur

Municipalities	Ambasamudram Kadayanallur Puliyankudi Sankarankoil Shenkottai Tenkasi Vikramasingapuram

Town Panchayats	Courtalam Manimutharu Sankarnagar Vadakkuvalliyur Alangulam Cheranmadevi Kalakkad Kalladaikurichi Keezhapavur Mukkudal Naranammalpuram Panagudi Sivagiri Surandai Thisayanvilai Veeravanallur Achampudur Alwarkurichi Aygudi Eruvadi Gopalasamudram Ilanji Melacheval Melagaram Moolakaraipatti Nanguneri Pathamadai Pudur Rayagiri Sambavar Vadagarai Vadakarai Keezhpadugai Vasudevanallur Panboli Sundarapandiapuram Thirukarungudi Thiruvenkatam

Rivers	Koraiyar Tamiraparani Pachaiyar Chittar Aluthakanniar Aintharuviar Jambunathi Ramanathi Gadananathi Hanumannathi Karuppanathi Gundar Mottaiyar Manimuthar Nambiyar Karunaiyar Vedamaliyaru Kottamalaiyaru Kothaiyaru Rajasingiyaru Mundhal Odai

History	Early Cholas Kalabhras Medieval Cholas Later Cholas Later Pandyas Vijayanagar Empire British Raj

Places of interest	Nellaiappar Temple Courtallam Koothankulam Bird Sanctuary

Universities	Manonmaniam Sundaranar University

Cities and towns People Villages

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