About Thenkarai

Thenkarai is a panchayat town in Coimbatore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As of 2001 India census, Thenkarai had a population of 7168. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Thenkarai has an average literacy rate of 53%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 64%, and female literacy is 43%. In Thenkarai, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.