Shencottah
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Sengottai செங்கோட்டை ചെങ്കോട്ട |
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| Town | |
| Nickname(s): Senkottai Shencottah |
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 Sengottai
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| Coordinates: 8°58′24″N 77°14′47″E / 8.973333°N 77.246389°ECoordinates: 8°58′24″N 77°14′47″E / 8.973333°N 77.246389°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Tirunelveli |
| Government | |
| • Type | Second Grade Municipality |
| • Body | Sengottai Municipality |
| • Municipal Chairman | Mohana Krishnan |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 26,823 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 627809 |
| Telephone code | 04633 |
| Vehicle registration | TN-76 |
| Sex ratio | 1003 ♂/♀ |
| Website | www.municipality.tn.go.in/Sengottai |
(Tamil:செங்கோட்டை) Sengottai or Shencottah or Chencottai or (Malayalam:ചെങ്കോട്ട) is a municipality in the Tirunelveli district, of Tamil Nadu, India. Spread over an area of 2.68 square kilometers with a population of over 26,823, the economy of the town revolves around the cultivation of rice. The word Sengottai means red fort in Tamil. There is fort like structure on the entrance of this town. Sengottai is also spelt as Chenkottai, and other similarly-pronounced variants, and is roughly 8 km from the Courtallam waterfalls. As of 2011[update], the town had a population of 26,823.
Sengottai was originally part of the Travancore Kingdom. In December 1851, the boundary between Tirunelveli and Travancore on the Sengottai side was clearly defined as proposed by General Cullen as early as 1846, and finally sanctioned by the Madras Government. Sengottai Municipality was constituted in 1921. In 1949, Sengottai was part of the newly formed state of Travancore-Cochin. The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 came into effect from the 1 November 1956, and consequently, the Tamil-speaking area of Sengottai taluk of Quilon district were transferred from Travancore-Cochin to Madras State. Sengottai was reclassified from a Grade III municipality to a Grade II municipality as per G.O. No.85 dated 22 May 1998.Vanchinathan, popularly known as Vanchi, was an Indian Tamil independence activist from Sengottai. He is best remembered for having shot dead Ashe, the Collector of Tirunelveli and having later committed suicide in order to evade arrest.
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