Thenkarai Town Population - Theni , Tamil Nadu

Thenkarai (TP) is a Town and Town Panchayat located in Periyakulam Taluk of Theni district in Tamil Nadu. Thenkarai city has 5010 housholds and town is divided into 15 wards. Thenkarai city elections are held of every 5 years to elect representative of each ward.

As per the Census India 2011, Thenkarai city has population of 19285 of which 9805 are males and 9480 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 2081 which is 10.79% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Thenkarai city is around 967 compared to 996 which is average of Tamil Nadu state. The literacy rate of Thenkarai city is 65.14% out of which 71.73% males are literate and 58.33% females are literate. There are 30.18% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0.38% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Thenkarai city.

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Thenkarai Population Facts

Number of Households5010
Population19285
Male Population9805 (50.84%)
Female Population9480 (49.16%)
Children Population2081
Sex-ratio967
Literacy65.14%
Male Literacy71.73%
Female Literacy58.33%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %0.38%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %30.18%

Map of Thenkarai, Theni , Tamil Nadu