Profile
Thiruvananthapuram District
Barefacts
Area (sq km): 2192
Population : 3234356
Males: 1569917
Females: 1664439
Sex ratio: Female/1000 1060
Density of population : 1476
Per capita income (rupees): 27686
Literacy rate :89.36%; Male 92.68%; Female 86.26%
Coastal lines (km): 78
Water bodied area (ha) : 5525
Forest area (ha): 49525
Assembly constituencies
1 Varkala
2 Attingal
3 Kilimanoor
4 Vamanapuram
5 Aryanad
6 Nedumangad
7 Kazhakoottam
8 Thiruvananthapuram North
9 Thiruvananthapuram South
10 Thiruvananthapuram East
11 Nemom
12 Kovalam
13 Neyyattinkara
14 Parasala
Revenue Taluks
Taluks : Thiruvananthapuram, Nedumangad, Neyyattinkara, Chriayinkeezhu
Head Quarters :Thiruvananthapuram, Nedumangad, Neyyattinkara, Attingal
Total No of Villages : 116
Rainfalls (mm)
Month-------------Rainfall
Jan---------------21.6
Feb---------------18.9
Mar---------------49.9
Apr--------------131.6
May--------------231.7
June-------------359.0
July-------------267.6
Aug--------------175.7
Sep--------------157.4
Oct--------------264.0
Nov--------------196.3
Dec--------------69.1
Educational Institutions (Schools)
Govt--------Aided-------Unaided---------Total
302---------181---------14---------------497 (Lower Primary School)
98----------102---------15---------------215 (Upper Primary School)
118---------94----------27---------------239 (High School)
8------------5----------nil--------------0 (Teachers Training Inst.)
46----------45----------37---------------128 (Higher Secondary School)
30----------11----------nil--------------41 (Vocation HSS)
Arts & Science Colleges
Govt--------aided--------------Unaided----------------Total
8-----------12------------------5---------------------25
Professional Colleges
Medical College : 1
Ayurveda College: 2
Dental College : 2
Homeo College : 2
Engineering College :12
Polytechnics : 5
Law College : 2
Agriculture College : 1
Training College :10
ITI: 4
ITC :37
TTI:8
Health (Hospitals)
Total No of Allopathy Hospitals :118
Total no of Ayurveda Hospitals :78
Total No og Homeopathy Hospitals : 55
Beds: 7800(Allopathy Hopital),813(Ayurveda hopital), 285(Homeopathy Hospitalal)
Roads (km)
State Highways : 169.360. Major District Roads :704.123. Other Dist. Rds: 899.907. Village Rds:80.067. Total : 1853.457
Communications
No of Post Offices : 419. No of Telephone Exchanges : 94
Registered working Factories (2002)
No of factories: 901. No of SSI Units : 28918
Local Self-Government
District Panchayat :1. Block Panchayat :12. Grama Panchayats:78.
Major Agriculture Products
Products-------------Cultivated Area (ha)----------------Production in tonne
Rice------------------6423------------------------------- 14119
Pepper----------------6569------------------------------- 1790
Ginger---------------- 06--------------------------------- 282 (cured)
Cashewnut-------------2349---------------------------------1097
Tapioca---------------23922--------------------------------292510
Coconut---------------87118---------------------------------606 million
Arecanut--------------1216----------------------------------520
Tea--------------------966----------------------------------336
Rubber----------------28415---------------------------------34206
Livestock Population
Cow:183458. Buffalo :6138. Goat :191852. Sheep:6.Pig: 1866
Regd Vehicles (2003)
Goods :18461.Bus :13862.Taxi:10623 .Jeep:7010. Auto Rickshaw :28036.Two-Wheeler:224274. Others: 2708. Total Vehicle : 350029
