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