Bodinayakanur
Town
View of Bodinayakanur from Bodi Mettu hills
Bodinayakanur Bodinayakkanur, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 10°00′38″N 77°20′59″E / 10.0106°N 77.3497°E / 10.0106; 77.3497[1]
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
Region	Madurai
District	Theni
Government
• Type	First Grade Municipality
• Body	Bodinayakanur Municipality
Area
• Total	7.23 km2 (2.79 sq mi)
Elevation	393 m (1,289 ft)
Population
• Total	75,676
• Density	10,000/km2 (27,000/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	625513
Telephone code	04546
Vehicle registration	TN-60Z
Website	municipality.tn.gov.in/bodi/

'BODINAYAKANUR’is a Town and a municipality in Theni district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

Etymology

In early days, it was called by the name Thenkasiyampathi (Tamil: தென்காசியம்பதி)  the town was named as Bodayanayakkanur, after the person Bodayanayakkar, who ruled the place. Later it got transformed to Bodinayakanur.[citation needed]

Demographics

Population

According to 2011 census,Bodi had a population of 75,676 with a sex-ratio of 1,018 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929.^[1] A total of 6,544 were under the age of six, constituting 3,334 males and 3,210 females. The average literacy of the town was 76.18%, compared to the national average of 72.99%.^[1] The town had a total of 20333 households. There were a total of 30,234 workers, comprising 1,117 cultivators, 6,602 main agricultural laborers, 621 in household industries, 18,623 other workers, 3,271 marginal workers, 89 marginal cultivators, 1,574 marginal agricultural laborers, 134 marginal workers in household industries and 1,474 other marginal workers.^[2]

Government and politics

Bodinayakanur(state assembly constituency) is part of Theni (Lok Sabha constituency).^[3]

In 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam was elected from Thenkasiyampathi Constituency. As of 2021 he is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition.