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The districts in Kerala are often named after the largest town or city in the district. Some of the districts were renamed in 1990 from the anglicised names to their local names. The 14 districts are further divided into 27 revenue divisions, 77 taluks, and 1664 revenue villages.
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The name derives from the deity of the Hindu temple at the center of Thiruvananthapuram city. Anantha is another name of Vishnu, the deity of Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple. The district's official name in English was Trivandrum until 1991, when the government reinstated the city's original name, Thiruvananthapuram, in all languages.
The Indian city of Thiruvananthapuram is located in Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala. The city is located at on the west coast, near the southern tip of mainland India. [1] The city situated on the west coast of India, and is bounded by Arabian Sea to its west and the Western Ghats to its east. The city and the suburbs spans ...
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The Secretary of the TMC is a civil servant appointed by the Kerala Government. The law and order of the city is handled by the Thiruvananthapuram City Police Commissioner. The total police strength in the city including the Armed Reserve camp at Nandavanam and the SAP camp at Peroorkada, is about 4,500.
Name of the Taluk Name of the District No. of villages RTO Code Area (in sq.km) 1 Neyyattinkara: Thiruvananthapuram: 21 KL-19, KL-20 2 Kattakkada: 13 KL-74 3 Nedumangad: 25 KL-21 4 Thiruvananthapuram: 31 KL-01, KL-15, KL-22 5 Chirayinkeezhu (HO: Attingal) 17 KL-16 6 Varkala: 12 KL-81 7 Kollam: Kollam: 31 KL-02 8 Kunnathoor (HO: Sasthamcotta) 07 ...
Present-day Thiruvananthapuram city, district, and Kanyakumari district, were parts of the Ay dynasty during ancient and medieval ages, which was a Tamil kingdom based in the southernmost part of the Indian subcontinent. [50] Ay kingdom had experienced attacks and conquests by Cholas and Pandyas in various periods. [50]