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Theni | |
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From top: Theni view from the forest road, Theni view from mary matha school | |
| Nickname: Gateway to highland | |
  Theni Theni, Tamil Nadu, India | |
| Coordinates: 10°00′28″N 77°28′25″E / 10.0079°N 77.4735°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Tamil Nadu |
| District | Theni |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Theni Allinagaram Municipality |
| • Chairman | S Murugesan |
| • Commissioner | S Nagarajan |
| Elevation | 339 m (1,112 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 202,100 |
| Languages | |
| • Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, English, Kannada | 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 is a valley town situated in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu at the foothills of the Western Ghats. It is the headquarters of the Theni district, located at a distance of 70km from Madurai. 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.[2]
- ^ "Village Clusters : Case study from Theni District of Tamil Nadu". Research Gate.
- ^ The Hindu Bureau (31 August 2023). "Madurai Mayor, Corporation Commissioner meet Theni Collector for drinking water project for city". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 September 2023.