Tenkasi (Tamil: [t̪eŋɡaːsi]) is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu, India, separated from Tirunelveli district on 22 November 2019.

The Government of Tamil Nadu announced its creation on 18 July 2019.

Tenkasi was formed from 8 talukas: Sivagiri, Sankarankovil, Veerakeralamputhur, Alangulam, Tenkasi and Shenkottai,Kadayanallur ,Thiruvenkatam.

[3][4] At the time of the 2011 census, Tenkasi district had a population of 1,440,795.

[8] Languages of Tenkasi district (2011)[9] At the time of the 2011 census, 98.77% of the population spoke Tamil and 0.92% Telugu as their first language.