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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.
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 ...
Pages in category "Cities and towns in Thiruvananthapuram district" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
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 ...
The city corporation is spread over 214.86 km 2 with 100 wards and a population of 9,57,730 inhabitants. [2] It includes the Legislative Assembly constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram , Vattiyoorkavu , Nemom , Kazhakkoottam and 5 wards of the Kovalam constituency.
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]
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