Theni

This article is a confused mixture of information about the former village of Theni, which is now part of the Theni city, and information about the larger Theni. Theni district was separate from Madurai district in the year of 1996.

Theni
Town
View of Western Ghats from Theni
Nickname:  Gateway to highland
Theni Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 10.009°N 77.47°E / 10.009; 77.47
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
Zone	Madurai
District	Theni
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Theni Municipality
• Chairman	S Murugesan
• Commissioner	S Nagarajan
Elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
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 hillock town situated in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is known for the large-scale trading of garlic, cotton, cardamom, grapes, mango and chilli. It hosts the second largest weekly market in Tamil Nadu and the fourth largest in South India. Theni district Headquarter's is Located in Theni. Theni district is Located in Madurai Region. Nearest city Madurai Just 76 km from Theni Town. It is well-connected by road to all the important cities in Tamil Nadu. The nearest airport is at Madurai 87 km From THENI - MADURAI Airport Distance .

Notable people

These are people from Theni town itself. For people from the surrounding area, see Theni district

• Dhanush - actor, producer, singer, writer, lyricist
• Ramachandran Durairaj- Tamil actor
• Theni Kunjarammal - actress and playback singer
• Kasthuri Raja - director
• P. T. Rajan - former CM of Madras state
• Selvaraghavan - director
• Singampuli - actor, director, comedian
• Vaiyapuri - comedian
• Bharathiraja - director

See also

• India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) Not commissioned yet as there were protests from people in Pottipuram and surrounding villages as they believe the project will disturb the countryside of Western Gart. A court injunction stayed the project.