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Trivandrum district

Thiruvananthapuram district
തിരുവനന്തപുരം ജില്ല
District of Kerala
Location of Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala
Location of Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala
Country India
State Kerala
Administrative division Southern Travancore
Headquarters Thiruvananthapuram
Tehsils 1. Thiruvananthapuram, 2. Chirayinkeezhu, 3. Neyyattinkara, 4. Nedumangadu, 5.Varkala, 6.Kattakada
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituencies 1. Attingal, 2. Thiruvananthapuram
 • Assembly seats 14
Area
 • Total 2,192 km2 (846 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 3,307,284 (male: 1,584,200; female: 1,723,084)
 • Urban 55.75%
Demographics
 • Literacy 99.99
Vehicle registration KL-01, KL-15, KL-16, KL-19, KL-20, KL-21, KL-22
Major highways NH 66
Coordinates 8°17′N 76°41′E / 8.28°N 76.68°E / 8.28; 76.68 - 8°54′N 77°17′E / 8.90°N 77.28°E / 8.90; 77.28
Average annual precipitation 1,700 mm
Website Official website

Thiruvananthapuram District is the southernmost district of the coastal state of Kerala . It is the largest city in Kerala. It came into existence in the year 1957. The headquarters is the city of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) which is also the capital city of Kerala.

The district has an area of 2,192 square kilometres (846 sq mi) and a population of 3,307,284 (as per the 2011 census), the second-most populous district in Kerala after Malappuram district. It is the densest district in Kerala with 1,509 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,910/sq mi). It is divided into six taluks: Thiruvananthapuram, Chirayinkeezhu, Neyyattinkara, Nedumangadu, Varkala and Kattakada. The urban bodies in the district are the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, Varkala, Neyyattinkara, Attingal and Nedumangad municipalities.

Thiruvananthapuram district is situated between north latitudes 8°17' and 8°54' and east longitudes 76°41' and 77°17'. The southern-most extremity, Kaliyikkavila, is 56 kilometres (35 mi) away from Kanyakumari, the "Land's End of mainland India." The district is 33.75% urbanised.

The district has three major rivers, several freshwater lakes and more than 300 ponds. The eastern region is forested, northern regions are mostly under rubber cultivation and the remaining areas have mixed dry land crops of coconut, plantain, tapioca, etc. Built up areas and rice fields complete the land use.

The district has the same name as its headquarters city, Thiruvananthapuram.

The city gets its name from the word "Thiru-anantha-puram", meaning the "Abode of Lord Anantha." The name derives from the deity of the Hindu temple at the center of the Thiruvananthapuram city. Anantha is the serpent Shesha on whom Padmanabhan or Vishnu reclines. The district was officially referred to as Trivandrum in English until 1991, when the government decided to reinstate the city's original name, Thiruvananthapuram, in all languages.


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