Tenkasi district
Tenkasi is one of the 37 districts of Tamil Nadu, India. The area is separated from Tirunelveli District in 2019. The Government of Tamil Nadu announced its creation on July 18, 2019. The capital is Tenkasi.[2]
(District in Tamil Nadu) | |
| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Largest City | Tenkasi |
| Municipality | Tenkasi |
| Founded by | Edappadi K. Palaniswami |
| Seat | Tenkasi |
| Talukas | Kadayanallur Tenkasi Sankarankovil Shenkottai Sivagiri Veerakeralamputhur Alangulam Tiruvengadam |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Body | Tenkasi District Collectorate |
| • Collector | G.K.Arun Sundar Dhayalan, IAS |
| • Superintendent of Police | G.Suguna Singh, IPS |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,916.13 km2 (1,125.92 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,407,627 |
| • Density | 482.7038/km2 (1,250.1971/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | TN76 and TN76A and TN79 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 8 தாலுகாக்களுடன் உதயமானது தென்காசி மாவட்டம் (in Tamil). News7 Tamil. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Special Correspondent (2019-07-18). "Tenkasi, Chengalpattu to become new districts" (in en-IN). The Hindu. . https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tenkasi-chengalpattu-to-become-new-districts/article28547194.ece. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
- Thenkasi, District (Dec 15, 2019). "Tenkasi District News Blog". tamizzle tenkasi district. Tamizzle. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
