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class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°05′34″N</span> <span class="longitude">76°51′40″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.0927°N 76.8612°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.0927; 76.8612</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">India</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States and territories of India">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of districts of India">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kollam_district" title="Kollam district">Kollam</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Taluk">Taluk</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Pathanapuram</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data">elephant town</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Taluk</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Gram panchayath</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-census_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">24.2 km<sup>2</sup> (9.3 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)<sup id="cite_ref-census_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">32,339</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,300/km<sup>2</sup> (3,500/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Languages<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Official</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Malayalam_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Malayalam language">Malayalam</a>, English<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B5:30" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+5:30">UTC+5:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_Index_Number" title="Postal Index Number">PIN</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">689695</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Telephone code</th><td class="infobox-data">0475</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">KL-80</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nearest city</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pathanamthitta" title="Pathanamthitta">Pathanamthitta</a> <a href="/wiki/Punalur" title="Punalur">Punalur</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> constituency</th><td class="infobox-data">Mavelikara</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Assembly constituency</th><td class="infobox-data">Pathanapuram</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Literacy" title="Literacy">Literacy</a></th><td class="infobox-data">93.63%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kollam.nic.in/patha.html/">kollam<wbr />.nic<wbr />.in<wbr />/patha<wbr />.html<wbr />/</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Pathanapuram</b> is a Town in Pathanapuram Taluk <a href="/wiki/Kollam_district" title="Kollam district">Kollam district</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>, India. Pathanapuram is a part of Grama Panchayat and <a href="/wiki/Pathanapuram_Block_Panchayat" title="Pathanapuram Block Panchayat">Block panchayat</a> of same name and part of <a href="/wiki/Kollam_district" title="Kollam district">Kollam</a> District Panchayat. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pathanapuram&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The history of Pathanapuram goes back to <a href="/wiki/Thenmala" title="Thenmala">Thenmala</a> Desam, a small Principality under a local ruler. Capital was at Pathanapuram. Later, Thenmala Desom became a part of Elayidathu Swaroopam having its capital at <a href="/wiki/Kottarakkara" title="Kottarakkara">Kottarakkara</a>. Pathanapuram was the capital of one of the two districts of Elayidathu Swaroopam. In 1764, King Marthandavarma conquered Elayidathu Swaroopam and annexed it to <a href="/wiki/Travancore" title="Travancore">Travancore</a>. Most parts of Pathanapuram taluk were inhabited since before the <a href="/wiki/Indus_Valley_civilization" class="mw-redirect" title="Indus Valley civilization">Indus Valley civilization</a>, and civilization may have existed in and around Pathanapuram beginning the 1st Century. </p><p>The city's name can be translated as Ten Elephant Town.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The name Pathanapuram may have evolved from the fact that the area had a sizeable elephant population and elephants were caught and trained for work at the local elephant camp. The Old <a href="/wiki/Police_station" title="Police station">police station</a> area used to be the elephant camp. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pathanapuram&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pathanapuram is spread over an area of 24.20 km<sup>2</sup> (9.34 sq mi). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Highlights">Highlights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pathanapuram&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Highlights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>India's first Rural IT park wholly owned by a <a href="/wiki/Startup_company" title="Startup company">startup</a> came up at Pathanapuram.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is set up by a local entrepreneur named Varun Chandran through a startup named Corporate 360.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The park is specialised in <a href="/wiki/Big_data" title="Big data">Big data</a> solutions.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:C360_Team-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/C360_Team-1.jpg/220px-C360_Team-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/C360_Team-1.jpg/330px-C360_Team-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/C360_Team-1.jpg/440px-C360_Team-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="664" /></a><figcaption>Corporate 360 office at Pathanapuram</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pathanapuram&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2011<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pathanapuram&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Census_of_India" title="Census of India">census of India</a>, Pathanapuram Panchayat had a <a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population">population</a> of 32,339. The total population constitute, 15,129 <a href="/wiki/Males" class="mw-redirect" title="Males">males</a> and 17,210 <a href="/wiki/Females" class="mw-redirect" title="Females">females</a> —a <a href="/wiki/Human_sex_ratio" title="Human sex ratio">sex ratio</a> of 1138 females per 1000 males. 3,052 children are in the <a href="/wiki/Age_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Age group">age group</a> of 0–6 years, of which 1,536 are boys and 1,516 are girls —a ratio of 987 per 1000. The average <a href="/wiki/Literacy" title="Literacy">literacy</a> rate stands at 92.94% with 27,218 literates.<sup id="cite_ref-census_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pathanapuram&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area is connected to the rest of the state by bus services of <a href="/wiki/Kerala_State_Road_Transport_Corporation" title="Kerala State Road Transport Corporation">KSRTC</a> and private buses. A KSRTC depot also situated in Pathanapuram. Three state highways namely <a href="/wiki/Hill_Highway_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hill Highway (Kerala)">Hill Highway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Main_Eastern_Highway" title="Main Eastern Highway">Main Eastern Highway</a> and <a href="/wiki/State_Highway_5_(Kerala)" title="State Highway 5 (Kerala)">KP Road</a> pass through the town. The <a href="/wiki/Sabarimala" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabarimala">Sabarimala</a> bypass to <a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram" title="Thiruvananthapuram">Thiruvananthapuram</a> starts at Pathanapuram and ends at <a href="/wiki/Valakom,_Kottarakara" title="Valakom, Kottarakara">Valakom.</a> </p><p>The nearest railway stations to the town is <a href="/wiki/Avaneeswaram_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Avaneeswaram railway station">Avaneeswaram</a> other nearby stations are <a href="/wiki/Chengannur_railway_station" title="Chengannur railway station">Chengannur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kollam_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Kollam railway station">Kollam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kayamkulam" title="Kayamkulam">Kayamkulam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punalur_railway_station" title="Punalur railway station">Punalur</a>. </p><p>Nearest airport is <a href="/wiki/Trivandrum" class="mw-redirect" title="Trivandrum">Trivandrum</a> (80 km). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pathanapuram&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pathanapuram assembly constituency is a part of the <a href="/wiki/Mavelikara_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mavelikara (Lok Sabha constituency)">Mavelikkara Loksabha Constituency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kodikunnil_Suresh" title="Kodikunnil Suresh">Kodikunnil Suresh</a> is the present <a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament" title="Member of parliament">member of parliament</a> who won the <a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election" title="2024 Indian general election">2024 Indian general election</a>. Current <a href="/wiki/M.L.A" class="mw-redirect" title="M.L.A">M.L.A</a> of Pathanapuram is actor turned politician <a href="/wiki/K._B._Ganesh_Kumar" title="K. B. Ganesh Kumar">K. B. Ganesh Kumar</a>. He has won from this constituency in the 2001, 2006, 2011 as <a href="/wiki/UDF_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="UDF (Kerala)">UDF</a> Candidate and in 2016 and 2021 Assembly election as <a href="/wiki/LDF_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="LDF (Kerala)">LDF</a>Candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pathanapuram&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This is a list of educational institutions in Pathanapuram. </p> <ul><li>Indira Gandhi Memorial Vocational Higher Secondary School</li> <li>Mohammaden Govt. HSS Edathara Pathanapuram.</li> <li>Govt.Nadukkunnu UPS</li> <li>Govt. Nedumparamp LPS pathanapuram</li> <li>St. Stephen's HSS, Pathanapuram</li> <li>Mount Tabor Girls HSS Pathanapuram</li> <li>MTLPS Pathanapuram</li> <li>Mount Tabor Training College Pathanapuram</li> <li>Mother Susan EMLPS Pathanapuram</li> <li>Al-Ameen Public School Pathanapuram</li> <li>St.Mary's Senior Secondary School Pathanapuram</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Stephen%27s_College,_Pathanapuram" title="St. Stephen's College, Pathanapuram">St.Stephen's College</a></li> <li>University Institute Of Technology Pathanapuram</li> <li>College of engineering Pathanapuram.</li> <li>NADUKKUNNU High school</li> <li>GOVERNMENT MUSLIM LOWER PRIMARY SCHOOL KUNDAYAM</li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pathanapuram&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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