Theni district
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Within Vinony's link graph, Theni district is referenced by 230 other articles, and connects out to Tamil Nadu, tehsil and Madurai district.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
It sits within the topics 1996 establishments in Tamil Nadu, Districts of Tamil Nadu and Theni district.
Its subject is documented across 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Tamil Nadu
- Established
- 7 July 1997
- Headquarters
- Theni
- Talukas
- Andipatti , Bodinayakanur , Periyakulam , Theni , Uthamapalayam
- District collector
- Ranjeet Singh Indian Administrative Service took charge on 13.02.2025 IAS
- District of tamil nadu
- 2,868 km (1,107 sq mi)
- Density
- 434.4/km (1,125/sq mi)
- Metro
- 591,841
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Telephone code
- 04546
- Iso 3166 code
- ISO 3166-2:IN
- Vehicle registration
- TN-60 (Theni), TN-60Z (Uttamapalayam)
- Coastline
- 0 kilometres (0 mi)
- Largest city
- Theni
- Sex ratio
- M-50.5%/F-49.5% ♂ / ♀
- Literacy
- 71.58%
- Legislature type
- elected
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1245899
- Area
- 3067
- Official website
- www.theni.nic.in
- Image
- TheniPeriyakulam View.jpg
- Households
- 338112
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- Commons category
- Theni district
- postal code
- 625531
- inception
- 1996-07-07
- male population
- 625683
- female population
- 620216
- urban population
- 670481
- rural population
- 575418
- literate population
- 870080
- illiterate population
- 375819
- short name
- THE
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Encyclopedic overview
Theni district is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in India. Surrounded by hills, the district is located to the west of Madurai district. The town of Theni is the district headquarters. The district is divided into two natural divisions by the hills and is further subdivided into five Taluks: Theni, Bodinayakanur, Periyakulam, Uthamapalayam and Andipatti. The area is rich in natural features, with thick vegetation and perennial streams from the hills on the western side, and Cumbum Valley, which lies in Uthamapalayam taluk. As of 2011, Theni district had a population of 1,245,899.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Theni district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.