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Theni
Neighbourhood
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 / 10.0079; 77.4735
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.tn.nic.in

Theni is a valley town 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 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]

See also

• Theni Allinagaram
• India-based Neutrino Observatory

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Theni district.

• GeoHack - Theni