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Theni Allinagaram
Theni | |
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Town | |
Nickname(s): The earth's hidden paradise, Gateway to tourism | |
Coordinates: 10°00′43″N 77°28′43″E / 10.01194°N 77.47861°E | |
Country | India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Theni |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
• Body | Theni Municipality |
• Chairman | M Amrit |
• Commissioner | S Nagarajan |
Elevation | 300 m (1,000 ft) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Town | 94,453 |
• Metro | 202,100 |
Demonym | Thenikaran |
Languages | |
• Official | Tamil |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 625531 |
Telephone code | 04546 |
Vehicle registration | TN 60, TN 60Z |
Distance from State Capital Chennai | 498 kilometres (309 mi) southwest |
Climate | Average and moderate cool at winter (Köppen) |
Precipitation | 658 millimetres (25.9 in) |
Avg. summer temperature | 39.5 °C (103.1 °F) |
Avg. winter temperature | 25.8 °C (78.4 °F) |
Website | www |
Theni Allinagaram is a valley town and a municipality, situated in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu at the foothills of Western Ghats. It is the headquarters of the Theni district, located at a distance of 70 km from Madurai. As of 2011, the town had a population of 94,453. The metro area had the population of 202,100.[2] It is known for the large-scale trading of garlic, cotton, cardamom, grapes, bananas, mango and chilli. It hosts the second largest weekly market in Tamil Nadu and the fourth largest in South India.[citation needed]
For drinking water project in Madurai, for which the Asian Development Bank funds ₹1,653.21 crore under the AMRUT scheme, the Madurai Municipal Corporation has a proposal for a mega plan to draw water from Periyar River and treat it in Theni and distribute to all the neighbourhoods in Madurai City through pumping stations.[3]