Tenkarai, Thirumarugal

Tenkarai is a village located in the Nagapattinam Taluk of Nagapattinam district of Tamilnadu. The village falls in Thirumarugal block and comes under Vadakarai Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Nagapattinam parliament constituency and Nagapattinam assembly constituency.

As on May 2024, the current population of Tenkarai is 949 out of which 479 are males and rest 470 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 981 females per 1000 males. There are around 97 teenagers in Tenkarai. It has literacy rate of 79% which means around 750 persons can read and write. Total 310 people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 242 households in Tenkarai, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 360. The pincode of Tenkarai is 609701 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Enangudi Sub Post office
• Pakkamkottur Branch Post office
• Vadagarai Branch Post office

Schools

Tenkarai has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Akr Matric Hr.Secondary School Enangudi
• Ghss Enangudi
• Al-Aman Crescent Matric Hr Secondary School Enangudi
• Panchayat Union Middle School Athalaiyur
• Panchayat Union Middle School Pakkamkottur

Hospitals

Tenkarai has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Periyakannamangalam Sub-Center
• Enangudi Primary Health Center
• Vadakarai Sub-Center
• Enangudi Sub-Center
• Puthagaram Sub-Center

Banks

Tenkarai has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Indian Overseas Bank Enangudi
• Indian Overseas Bank Pakkam Kottur
• Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Puthagaram