Thiruvananthapuram - Government and politics

Thiruvananthapuram (Malayalam: തിരുവനന്തപുരം), formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland. The city is surrounded by seven hills, which in some way or the other acts as a protective cover. It is characterized by its undulating terrain of low coastal hills with narrow winding lanes and busy commercial alleys. With a population of 889,191 (as of 2001) it is the second biggest cit ...

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• Thiruvananthapuram - Economy
• Thiruvananthapuram - Government and politics
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• Thiruvananthapuram - Demographics
• Thiruvananthapuram - Culture
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• Thiruvananthapuram - Media
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The city is administered by the Trivandrum Corporation headed by the Mayor. The city council is democratically elected and comprises of 25 members representing the different city wards. Several agencies work under or in partnership with the Corporation including the Trivandrum Development Authority (TRIDA) and Trivandrum Road Development Corporation. Most of the city comes under the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency. Some northern wards of the city come under the Chirayinkeezhu constituency. The city contributes to 6 legislative assembly seats namely Kazhakootam, Thiruvananthapuram North, Thiruv ...

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Thiruvananthapuram is an ancient city with trading traditions dating back to 1000 BC. It was a trading post for spices like the rest of ancient Kerala. However the ancient political and cultural history of the city was almost entirely independent from that of the rest of Kerala. The early rulers of the city were the Ays. With their fall in the 10th century, the city was taken over by the rulers of Venad. The rise of modern Thiruvananthapuram began with accession of Marthanda Varma in 1729 as the founding ruler of the princely state of ...

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Daily newspapers are available in English and Malayalam. The English newspapers with editions from Thiruvananthapuram are The New Indian Express, The Hindu and The Pioneer. The major Malayalam newspapers are Mathrubhumi, Malayala Manorama, Kerala Kaumudi, Desabhimani, Madhyamam and Mangalam. Most Malayalam TV channels are based in Thiruvananthapuram. The government owned Doordarshan began broadcasting from here in 1981. Asianet was the first private Malayalam channel and b ...

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Thiruvananthapuram is a major academic hub. The University of Kerala is located here. The city also has several professional education colleges including 15 engineering colleges, 8 medical colleges and 2 law colleges. The College of Engineering, Trivandrum is one of the prominent engineering institutions in the country. There are about 900 schools in Thiruvananthapuram district. The public schools are run directly by the state government. They follow the syllabus prescribed by the state government. In addition to this there are also f ...

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The most popular sports are Football and Cricket. Basketball, Badminton and Volleyball are also popular, mostly in schools. The Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium is a prominent football stadium and has hosted both national and international level matches. The University stadium has hosted two international cricket matches and is also used for athletics. The Jimmy George Sports Complex, the GV Raja Sports School and Lakshmi Bhai National College for Physical Education (LNCPE) are the other major sports establishments in the city. The city also has a golf lin ...

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Thiruvananthapuram has a rich cultural background, with the rulers of erstwhile Travancore taking an active interest in development of arts and culture. Thiruvananthapuram has produced several great artists, the most famous ones being Maharaja Swathi Thirunal and Raja Ravi Verma. Maharaja Swathi Thirunal was a great composer and played a vital role in the development of Carnatic music. He is widely credited with introducing the violin in to the world of classical Carnatic music. A music college in his name exists today in the city. Ra ...

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Within the city, city buses and autorickshaws provide means of transportation. Two-wheelers, especially scooters and motorcycles are the favored means of personal transportation on the roads mainly owing to the narrow nature of the roads. The intra-city public transport is dominated by the state-owned KSRTC (Kerala State Road Transport Corporation). There are also private bus services, but are limited in number. The city services of KSRTC operate from 5 depots namely, the City depot, Vikas Bhavan, Peroorkada, Pappanamcode and Vellanad ...

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Thiruvananthapuram is located at 8.5° N 76.9° E on the west coast, near the southern tip of mainland India. The city covers an area of about 250 square kilometers, sandwiched between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea. The average elevation is at sea level. The city can be divided into two geographical regions, the midlands and the lowlands. The midland region comprises of low hills and valleys adjoining the Ghats. This area has high agricultural activity and crops like paddy, tapioca, spices and cashews are cultivated ...

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The economy of Thiruvananthapuram is based on the tertiary sector with about 70% of the workforce being employed as government servants. Large scale industrial establishments are low compared to other south indian state capitals like Chennai and Bangalore. Since the establishment of Technopark in 1995, Thiruvananthapuram has steadily grown into a competitive IT centre. Technopark houses global majors like Infosys, TCS, McKinsey & Co., Ernst & Young, Alliance Cornhill, US Technologies etc. The park has around 80 companies employing over 10,000 professionals. With the expansion plans to be completed in 20 ...

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Thiruvananthapuram literally means Thiru (Great/Lord) Ananthan's Puram (City). The name derives from the main deity of a Hindu temple at the centre of the city. Ananthan is the serpent Sesha on whom Padmanabhan or Vishnu reclines. The temple of Anantha, the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple is the most recognizable icon of the city. The city was officially known as Trivandrum till 1991. Trivandrum is the anglicized form of Thiruvananthapuram. The name is still in common ...

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The city has a population of 889,191 according to the 2001 census, making it the 2nd most populous in the state and the 30th in the country. Within the city, the density of population is about 3,500 people per square kilometer. The district has a literacy rate of 88%. Unlike most other Indian cities there are more women in Thiruvananthapuram than men, with the sex ratio being 1037 females to every 1000 males. Hindus comprise of 62% of the population, Christians are about 20% and Muslims about 15%. The major language spoken is Malayalam. English and Hindi are also widely understood. There is also a prominent minority of ...

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