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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 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.
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]
The urban councils of Kerala date back to the 17th century, when the Dutch Malabar established the municipality of Fort Kochi.In 1664, the municipality of Fort Kochi was established by Dutch Malabar, making it the first municipality in the Indian subcontinent, which was dissolved when the Dutch authority got weaker in the 18th century. [3]
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 ...
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 ...
The Thiruvananthapuram Capital Region or TCR is the area proposed by TRIDA (Thiruvananthapuram Development Authority) by joining adjacent municipalities of Attingal, Varkala, Neyyattinkara and Nedumangad with Thiruvananthapuram city. [3] This was proposed for planning the development of the capital region of Kerala more effectively. The TCR ...
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