Thiruvananthapuram


    Thiruvananthapuram District is the southernmost district of the coastal state of Kerala, in South India. It came into existence in the year 1957. The headquarters is the city of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) which is also the capital city of Kerala. Some of the prominent MSME sectors in the district are food processing, general engineering, furniture manufacturing (wood and steel), garment manufacturing, printing and plastics. The traditional sectors include handloom and coir.

    Key statistics   

    Registered Industrial Units

    19,068

    Total Investment (In Lakhs)

    1,44,919

    Total Employment (Numbers)

    1,05,237

    Employment in Large and Medium Industries (Numbers)

    13,296

    No. Of Industrial Area (Development Area (DA)/ Development Plot (DP))

    2

    No. Of Mini Industrial Area

    7

    Prominent sectors -
    • Food processing
    • General/Precision Engineering (Aerospace Components)
    • Furniture manufacturing
    • Garment manufacturing
    • IT
    Prominent investors -

    Trivandrum Spinning Mill

    Penpol, Aero Precesion

    Muraliya Dairy, Ambady Dairy

    Family Plastics

    Pankajakasturi Herbals

    Akhila Plywood

    Al- Fas Laminations

     

Thiruvananthapuram District is the southernmost district of the coastal state of Kerala, in south India. It came into existence in the year 1957. The headquarters is the city of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) which is also the capital city of Kerala. Thiruvananthapuram city and several other places in the district loom large in ancient tradition, folklore and literature. In 1684, during the regency of Umayamma Rani, the English East India Company obtained a sandy spit of land at Anchuthengu near Varkala on the sea coast about 32 kilometres (20 mi) north of Thiruvananthapuram city, with a view to erecting a factory and fortifying it. The place had earlier been frequented by the Portuguese and later by the Dutch. It was from here that the English gradually extended their domain to other parts of Travancore. Modern history begins with Marthanda Varma, 1729 CE – 1758 CE, who is generally regarded as the Father of modern Travancore. Thiruvananthapuram was known as a great centre of intellectual and artistic activities in those days.

Taluks

6 (4-old,2-new)

Villages

116

Grama panchayats

73

  Block panchayats

11

  Corporation

1

Municipalities

4

District panchyat

1

Lok sabha seats

2

Niyamasabha(Assembly) seats

14

Educational district

3

   
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