Theni is a valley town situated in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu at the foothills of Western Ghats. It is the headquarters of the Theni district, located at a distance of 70km from Madurai. It is known for the large-scale trading of garlic, cotton, cardamom, grapes, bananas, mango and chilli. It hosts the second largest weekly market in Tamil Nadu and the fourth largest in South India.^{[citation needed]}

Theni
Neighbourhood
From top: Theni view from the forest road, Theni view from mary matha school
Nickname:  Gateway to highland
Theni Theni, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 10°00′28″N 77°28′25″E / 10.0079°N 77.4735°E / 10.0079; 77.4735
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Theni
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Theni Allinagaram Municipality
• Chairman	S Murugesan
• Commissioner	S Nagarajan
Elevation	339 m (1,112 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	202,100
Languages
• Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, English, Kannada	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	625531
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

For drinking water project in Madurai, for which the Asian Development Bank funds ₹1,653.21 crore under the AMRUT scheme, the Madurai Municipal Corporation has a proposal for a mega plan to draw water from Periyar River and treat it in Theni and distribute to all the neighbourhoods in Madurai City through pumping stations.^[2]