Thenkarai is a panchayat grama in Theni district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

[1] As of 2001[update] India census,[2] Thenkarai had a population of 11,616.

Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%.

In Thenkarai, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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