Sengottai

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Shenkottai Shencottah
Town
Shenkottai
13 kannara bridge in Kerala near Sengottai
Nickname:  Red Fort
Shenkottai Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 8°58′24″N 77°14′47″E / 8.973333°N 77.246389°E / 8.973333; 77.246389
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tenkasi
Revenue Division	Tenkasi
Taluk	Sengottai
Named for	Red fort
Government
• Type	Second Grade Municipality
• Body	Shencottah Municipality
Area
• Total	2.68 km2 (1.03 sq mi)
Elevation	181 m (594 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	26,823
• Density	10,000/km2 (26,000/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
• Other Regional languages	Malayalam
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	627809
Telephone code	04633
Vehicle registration	TN-76
Sex ratio	♂/♀ 1035
Website	www.municipality.tn.go.in/sengottai

Sengottai (also known as Shencottah, Chenkotta or Shenkottai) is a town in the Tenkasi district, of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the gateway to southern Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Spread over an area of 2.68 km² with a population of over 26,823, the economy of the town and Sengottai Taluk revolves around the cultivation of rice,coconut,Mango,clove and pepper. Sengottai is well known in Tamil Nadu as a major market of Dosa kal (commonly known as Dosa tawa). This town has lot of Black smith shops. ^[1]