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id="toc-Administration" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Administration"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Administration</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Administration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Major_Towns" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Major_Towns"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Major Towns</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Major_Towns-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Major Towns subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Major_Towns-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Assembly_representatives" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Assembly_representatives"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Assembly representatives</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Assembly_representatives-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Police_administration" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Police_administration"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Police administration</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Police_administration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Revenue_Divisions{RDO}" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Revenue_Divisions{RDO}"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Revenue Divisions{RDO}</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Revenue_Divisions{RDO}-sublist" class="cdx-button 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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lok_Sabha_constituencies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Lok Sabha constituencies</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lok_Sabha_constituencies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transportation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transportation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Transportation</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Transportation-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Transportation subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Transportation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Road" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Road"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Road</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Road-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rail" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rail"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Rail</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rail-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Water" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Water"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3</span> <span>Water</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Water-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cashew_industry" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cashew_industry"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Cashew industry</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cashew_industry-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Forests_and_wildlife" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Forests_and_wildlife"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Forests and wildlife</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Forests_and_wildlife-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Fishing" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fishing"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Fishing</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fishing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tourism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tourism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Tourism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tourism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" 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href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE" title="কোল্লাম জেলা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কোল্লাম জেলা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kollam_(ko%C4%81n)" title="Kollam (koān) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Kollam (koān)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="कोल्लम जिला – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="कोल्लम जिला" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kollam_(distrito)" title="Kollam (distrito) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kollam (distrito)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kollam_(Distrikt)" title="Kollam (Distrikt) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kollam (Distrikt)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrito_de_Kollam" title="Distrito de Kollam – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Distrito de Kollam" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kollam_barrutia" title="Kollam barrutia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kollam barrutia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85" title="بخش کولام – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بخش کولام" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilon_(district)" title="Quilon (district) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Quilon (district)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%95%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%B2%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%AE_%E0%AA%9C%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%B2%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B2%E0%AB%8B" title="કોલ્લમ જિલ્લો – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="કોલ્લમ જિલ્લો" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="कोल्लम जिला – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कोल्लम जिला" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrik_Kollam" title="Distrik Kollam – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Distrik Kollam" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distretto_di_Kollam" title="Distretto di Kollam – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Distretto di Kollam" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%82_%E0%B2%9C%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%86" title="ಕೊಲ್ಲಂ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಕೊಲ್ಲಂ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="კოლამის რაიონი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კოლამის რაიონი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8A%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%82_%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2" title="കൊല്ലം ജില്ല – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="കൊല്ലം ജില്ല" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE" title="कोल्लम जिल्हा – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="कोल्लम जिल्हा" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85" title="كولام – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كولام" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kollam_(district)" title="Kollam (district) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kollam (district)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="कोल्लम् जिल्ला – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="कोल्लम् जिल्ला" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kollam_(distrikt)" title="Kollam (distrikt) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kollam (distrikt)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Districte_de_Kollam" 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.ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Kollam District</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-other-name">Quilon District</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Kerala" title="List of districts of Kerala">District</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Scenic_beauty_of_Kollam_District.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="From top: Paravur estuary, Light house and clock tower in Kollam city, 13 Ring bridge of Thenmala, Check dam across Kallada river"><img alt="From top: Paravur estuary, Light house and clock tower in Kollam city, 13 Ring bridge of Thenmala, Check dam across Kallada river" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Scenic_beauty_of_Kollam_District.jpg/250px-Scenic_beauty_of_Kollam_District.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="728" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Scenic_beauty_of_Kollam_District.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="292" data-file-height="850" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">From top: <a href="/wiki/Paravur,_Kollam" title="Paravur, Kollam">Paravur</a> estuary, Light house and clock tower in <a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Kollam</a> city, 13 Ring bridge of <a href="/wiki/Thenmala" title="Thenmala">Thenmala</a>, Check dam across Kallada river</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">Cashew capital of the world</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Kerala_Kollam_district.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location in Kerala"><img alt="Location in Kerala" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/India_Kerala_Kollam_district.svg/250px-India_Kerala_Kollam_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="364" class="mw-file-element" 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class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">8°48′N</span> <span class="longitude">76°36′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">8.8°N 76.6°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">8.8; 76.6</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">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Kollam</a></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"> • Collector</th><td class="infobox-data">Devidas.N IAS<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • City Police Commissioner</th><td class="infobox-data">Narayanan T IPS</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rural Superintendent of Police</th><td class="infobox-data">Harisankar IPS</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,491 km<sup>2</sup> (962 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Kerala" title="List of districts of Kerala">8th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,635,375</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,100/km<sup>2</sup> (2,700/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</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/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li>KL-02 Kollam</li> <li>KL-23 Karunagappally</li> <li>KL-24 Kottarakkara</li> <li>KL-25 Punalur</li> <li>KL-61 Kunnathur</li> <li>KL-80 Pathanapuram</li> <li>KL-82 Chadayamangalam</li></ul> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(2005)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.787<sup id="cite_ref-unhdi-gdl_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unhdi-gdl-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os 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class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kollam.gov.in">www<wbr />.kollam<wbr />.gov<wbr />.in</a></span>, <span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kollam.nic.in/">www<wbr />.kollam<wbr />.nic<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kollam district</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Malayalam:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ml-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Malayalam" title="Help:IPA/Malayalam">[kolːɐm]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget 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noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Kollam-pronunciation.ogg" title="File:Kollam-pronunciation.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>), (formerly Quilon district) is one of 14 <a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_in_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="List of districts in Kerala">districts</a> of the state of <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>, India. The district has a cross-section of Kerala's natural attributes; it is endowed with a long coastline, a major <a href="/wiki/Laccadive_Sea" title="Laccadive Sea">Laccadive Sea</a> <a href="/wiki/Kollam_Port" title="Kollam Port">seaport</a> and an inland lake (<a href="/wiki/Ashtamudi_Lake" title="Ashtamudi Lake">Ashtamudi Lake</a>). The district has many water bodies. <a href="/wiki/Kallada_River" title="Kallada River">Kallada River</a> is one among them, and land on the east bank of the river is East Kallada and that on the west bank is West Kallada. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kollam_district&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Names_for_Kollam" class="mw-redirect" title="Names for Kollam">Names for Kollam</a></div> <p>In 825 CE, the <a href="/wiki/Malayalam_calendar" title="Malayalam calendar">Malayalam calendar</a>, or <i>Kollavarsham</i>, was created in Kollam at meetings held in the city.<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> The present Malayalam calendar is said to have begun with the re-founding of the town, which was rebuilt after its destruction by fire. </p><p>The city was known as <i>Koolam</i> in Arabic,<sup id="cite_ref-Koolam_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koolam-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Coulão</i> in Portuguese, and <i>Desinganadu</i> in ancient Tamil literature. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kollam_district&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kallada Boat race is one of the famous festival events of the district. Even though it is a competition between two land sides of the river, many boat clubs from various places, even beyond the district participate in the event. Kollam is known as the capital of Kerala's <a href="/wiki/Cashew" title="Cashew">cashew</a> industry. Plains, mountains, lakes, lagoons, and <a href="/wiki/Kerala_backwaters" title="Kerala backwaters">backwaters</a>, forests, farmland and rivers make up the topography of the district. The area had trading relationships with <a href="/wiki/Phoenicia" title="Phoenicia">Phoenicia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Ancient Rome</a>.<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. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate"><span class="anchor" id="Climate_chart"></span>Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kollam_district&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="infobox" style="width: 19.5em; float: right; clear: none; text-align: center; border: solid 1px silver" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr><th>Kollam </th></tr> <tr><th style="font-size: 90%">Climate chart (<a href="/wiki/Template:Climate_chart/How_to_read_a_climate_chart" title="Template:Climate chart/How to read a climate chart">explanation</a>)</th></tr> <tr><td><table class="infobox" style="width: 100%; margin: 0; float: right; clear: none; text-align: center; border: none; font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">F</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">M</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">A</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">M</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">A</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">S</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">O</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">N</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">D</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.488em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">24</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.4em;height:2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.4em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">32</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.9em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">22</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.618em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">31</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.6em;height:2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.6em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">33</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.1em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">23</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.554em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">78</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.8em;height:1.8em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.6em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">33</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.3em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">24</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:3.19em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">160</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:13em;height:1.6em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.6em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">33</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.5em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">25</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:4.938em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">247</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:13em;height:1.6em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.6em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">33</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.5em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">25</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:9.176em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">459</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.8em;height:1.2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">30</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.3em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">24</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:8.178em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">409</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.6em;height:1.4em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">30</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.1em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">23</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:5.178em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">259</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.6em;height:1.4em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">30</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.1em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">23</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:4.224em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">211</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.8em;height:1.4em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.2em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">31</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.3em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">24</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:6.65em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">333</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.8em;height:1.4em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.2em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">31</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.3em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">24</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:4.616em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">231</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.6em;height:1.6em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.2em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">31</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.1em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">23</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.308em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">65</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.6em;height:1.8em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.4em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">32</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.1em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">23</span></div> </div></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: red; background-color: red">█</span> Average max. and min. temperatures in °C</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: #aaccee; background-color: #aaccee">█</span> Precipitation totals in mm</td></tr><tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://old.kerala.gov.in/knowkerala/klm.htm">Govt. of Kerala</a></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr> <tr><td> <table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width: 100%; margin: 0; float: right; clear: none; text-align: center; border: none; font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr><th colspan="12">Imperial conversion</th></tr> <tr><td>J</td><td>F</td><td>M</td><td>A</td><td>M</td><td>J</td><td>J</td><td>A</td><td>S</td><td>O</td><td>N</td><td>D</td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.488em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">1</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.4em;height:2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.4em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">90</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.9em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">72</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.618em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">1.2</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.6em;height:2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.6em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">91</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.1em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">73</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.554em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">3.1</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.8em;height:1.8em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.6em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">91</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.3em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">75</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:3.19em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">6.3</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:13em;height:1.6em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.6em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">91</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.5em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">77</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:4.938em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">9.7</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:13em;height:1.6em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.6em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">91</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.5em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">77</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:9.176em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">18</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.8em;height:1.2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">86</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.3em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">75</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:8.178em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">16</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.6em;height:1.4em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">86</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.1em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">73</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:5.178em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">10</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.6em;height:1.4em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">86</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.1em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">73</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:4.224em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">8.3</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.8em;height:1.4em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.2em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">88</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.3em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">75</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:6.65em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">13</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.8em;height:1.4em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.2em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">88</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.3em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">75</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:4.616em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">9.1</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.6em;height:1.6em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.2em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">88</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.1em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">73</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:1.308em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">2.6</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.6em;height:1.8em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.4em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">90</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.1em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">73</span></div> </div></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: red; background-color: red">█</span> Average max. and min. temperatures in °F</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: #aaccee; background-color: #aaccee">█</span> Precipitation totals in inches</td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Kollam's temperature is almost steady throughout the year. The average temperature ranges from 25 to 32 degrees Celsius. Summer usually runs from March until May; the <a href="/wiki/Monsoon" title="Monsoon">monsoon</a> begins by June and ends by September. Kollam receives an annual average rainfall of around 2,700 millimetres (110 in). </p><p>It receives both southwest and northeast monsoons. Winter is from November to February; the temperature is moderately cool, ranging from 18 to 25 degrees Celsius.<sup id="cite_ref-kerala_gov_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kerala_gov-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="center" style="width:75%;"> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:70%; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Kollam (Quilon)<sup id="cite_ref-kerala_gov_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kerala_gov-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32<br />(90) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(88) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(88) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(88) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32<br />(90) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">33<br />(91) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(72) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(77) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(77) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">22<br />(72) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #DADAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4<br />(0.96) </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.9<br />(1.22) </td> <td style="background: #8B8BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.7<br />(3.06) </td> <td style="background: #0909FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">159.5<br />(6.28) </td> <td style="background: #00008E; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">246.9<br />(9.72) </td> <td style="background: #000030; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">458.8<br />(18.06) </td> <td style="background: #000030; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">408.9<br />(16.10) </td> <td style="background: #00007C; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">258.9<br />(10.19) </td> <td style="background: #0000B8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">211.2<br />(8.31) </td> <td style="background: #000030; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">332.5<br />(13.09) </td> <td style="background: #00009A; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">230.8<br />(9.09) </td> <td style="background: #9D9DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.4<br />(2.57) </td> <td style="background: #0000A8; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,700<br />(106.30) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <sup id="cite_ref-Kerala_gov_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kerala_gov-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <sup id="cite_ref-MSN_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MSN-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> <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=Kollam_district&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;margin:0.5em auto;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1901</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">406,013</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1911</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">465,684</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.38%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1921</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">552,333</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.72%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1931</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">698,041</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.37%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1941</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">856,585</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+2.07%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1951</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,110,362</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.63%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1961</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,461,103</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.78%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1971</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,839,265</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.33%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1981</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,175,339</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.69%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1991</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2,407,566</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.02%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2001</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,585,208</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.71%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2011</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,635,375</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.19%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">source:<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/2011_census_of_India" title="2011 census of India">2011 census</a> Kollam district has a <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_India" title="Demographics of India">population</a> of 2,635,375,<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait<sup id="cite_ref-cia_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or the US state of <a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This gives it a ranking of 155th in India (out of a total of <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of India">640 districts</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district has a population density of 1,056 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,740/sq mi) .<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/Family_planning_in_India" title="Family planning in India">population growth rate</a> over the decade 2001-2011 was 1.72 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kollam has a <a href="/wiki/Sex_ratio" title="Sex ratio">sex ratio</a> of 1113 <a href="/wiki/Women_in_India" title="Women in India">females</a> for every 1000 males. The total literacy rate of Kollam district was 94.09%. The male literacy rate was 96.09% and the female literacy rate was 92.31% in Kollam district. 45.05% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 12.46% and 0.41% of the population respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a> is the predominant language, spoken by 99.10% of the population. Small minorities of <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> speakers live in Koovakkad village and bordering areas<sup id="cite_ref-languages_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-languages-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Urban_structure">Urban structure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kollam_district&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Urban structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Kollam <a href="/wiki/Urban_Agglomeration" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban Agglomeration">Urban Agglomeration</a> (UA) is the 6th most populous UA in the state. Kollam is placed 49th in the <a href="/wiki/List_of_million-plus_urban_agglomerations_in_India" title="List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India">list of most populous urban agglomerations in India</a>. The total urban population of the entire district is 1,187,158.<sup id="cite_ref-Panchayath_Level_Statistics_-_Kollam(2011)_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Panchayath_Level_Statistics_-_Kollam(2011)-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The metropolitan area of Kollam includes <a href="/wiki/Adichanalloor" title="Adichanalloor">Adichanalloor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adinad" title="Adinad">Adinad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ayanivelikulangara" title="Ayanivelikulangara">Ayanivelikulangara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chavara" title="Chavara">Chavara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elampalloor" title="Elampalloor">Elampalloor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eravipuram" title="Eravipuram">Eravipuram</a> (part), <a href="/wiki/Karunagappally" class="mw-redirect" title="Karunagappally">Karunagappally</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Kollam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kundara" title="Kundara">Kundara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kulasekharapuram" title="Kulasekharapuram">Kulasekharapuram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mayyanad" title="Mayyanad">Mayyanad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meenad" title="Meenad">Meenad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nedumpana" title="Nedumpana">Nedumpana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neendakara" title="Neendakara">Neendakara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oachira" title="Oachira">Oachira</a>, <a href="/wiki/Panayam" title="Panayam">Panayam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Panmana" title="Panmana">Panmana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paravur,_Kollam" title="Paravur, Kollam">Paravur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perinad" title="Perinad">Perinad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poothakkulam" title="Poothakkulam">Poothakkulam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thazhuthala" title="Thazhuthala">Thazhuthala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thodiyoor" title="Thodiyoor">Thodiyoor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thrikkadavoor" title="Thrikkadavoor">Thrikkadavoor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thrikkaruva" title="Thrikkaruva">Thrikkaruva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thrikkovilvattom" title="Thrikkovilvattom">Thrikkovilvattom</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vadakkumthala" title="Vadakkumthala">Vadakkumthala</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kollam_district&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="notheme barbox tleft" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#Fcd116"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Religions in Kollam district (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-religion_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Religion</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Percent</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_Kerala" title="Hinduism in Kerala">Hinduism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:darkorange; width:64.42%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">64.42%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Kerala" title="Islam in Kerala">Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:19.30%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">19.30%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Kerala" title="Christianity in Kerala">Christianity</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:dodgerblue; width:16.00%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">16.00%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other or not stated</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:black; width:0.28%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.28%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82.jpg/220px-%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82.jpg/330px-%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82.jpg/440px-%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Anandavalleeshwaram_Sri_Mahadevar_Temple" title="Anandavalleeshwaram Sri Mahadevar Temple">Anandavalleeshwaram Sri Mahadevar Temple</a> in Kollam</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> (64.42%) is practised by majority of the people in Kollam district of which <a href="/wiki/Nair" title="Nair">Nair</a> (32%) and <a href="/wiki/Ezhava" title="Ezhava">Ezhava</a> (30.5%) are the largest sub groups. <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> (19.3%) is the second largest religion. Kollam is the only district in Southern Kerala where Muslims outnumber Christians. Despite this Kollam has a significant Christian population too (16%) among this the <a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Catholics</a> (38.5%), <a href="/wiki/Malankara_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Malankara Orthodox">Malankara Orthodox</a> (36.1) and <a href="/wiki/Marthoma_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Marthoma Church">Marthoma Church</a> (15.8%) form the majority.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Percentage distribution of Castes, Denominations, and Sects in Hindu, Christian, and Muslim population of the District respectively(average 2008-2014)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="1" bgcolor="Orange"><span style="color:white;"><b>Hindu Castes</b></span> </td> <td colspan="1" bgcolor="Orange"><span style="color:white;"><b>Percentage</b></span> </td> <td colspan="1" bgcolor="DodgerBlue"><span style="color:white;"><b>Christian Denominations</b></span> </td> <td colspan="1" bgcolor="DodgerBlue"><span style="color:white;"><b>Percentage</b></span> </td> <td colspan="1" bgcolor="Green"><span style="color:white;"><b>Muslim Sects</b></span> </td> <td colspan="1" bgcolor="Green"><span style="color:white;"><b>Percentage</b></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nair</td> <td>32 </td> <td> </td> <td>Sunni </td> <td>14.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ezhava</td> <td>30.5 </td> <td>Syro-Malankara Catholics </td> <td>4.3 </td> <td>Shia </td> <td>85.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Brahmin</td> <td>2 </td> <td>Latin Catholics </td> <td>38.5 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nadar </td> <td>0.4 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Viswakarma </td> <td>7.7 </td> <td>Orthodox </td> <td>36.1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Schedule Caste </td> <td>16.9 </td> <td>Mar Thoma </td> <td>15.8 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Schedule Tribe </td> <td>2.1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Others </td> <td>8.4 </td> <td>Dalit Christians </td> <td>1.3 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Others </td> <td>4.0 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#D7EEF4"> <p><b>TOTAL</b> </p> </td> <td style="background:#D7EEF4"> <p><b>100%</b> </p> </td> <td style="background:#D7EEF4"> </td> <td style="background:#D7EEF4"> <p><b>100%</b> </p> </td> <td style="background:#D7EEF4"> </td> <td style="background:#D7EEF4"> <p><b>100%</b> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Largest_cities_&_towns"><span id="Largest_cities_.26_towns"></span>Largest cities & towns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kollam_district&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Largest cities & towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1219497266">.mw-parser-output .largestCities-table-background{background:#f9f9f9;color:#222}.mw-parser-output .largestCities-cell-background{background:#f0f0f0;color:#222}</style> <div> <table style="font-size:88%;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 100%; border: 1px solid darkgray;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10" style="padding:0.3em 0.75em;"><div style="float:right; width:6em; height:2.6em"> </div><div style="float:left; width:6em; height:2.6em"> </div> <div style="height:2.6em;line-height:1.3em;"><span style="font-size:110%;">Largest cities or towns in Kollam district of Kerala (Indian state)</span><br /><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal;"><sup id="cite_ref-PopEstCities_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopEstCities-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div> </th></tr> <tr> <th></th> <th>Rank </th> <th> </th> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taluks_of_Kollam_district&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Taluks of Kollam district (page does not exist)">Taluk</a> </th> <th>Pop. </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="11" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RP_Mall,_Kollam.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kollam*"><img alt="Kollam*" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/RP_Mall%2C_Kollam.jpg/120px-RP_Mall%2C_Kollam.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/RP_Mall%2C_Kollam.jpg/180px-RP_Mall%2C_Kollam.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/RP_Mall%2C_Kollam.jpg/240px-RP_Mall%2C_Kollam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Kollam*</a> </td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Kollam*</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Kollam Taluk">Kollam</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">397,419 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Karunagappally" class="mw-redirect" title="Karunagappally">Karunagappally</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karunagappally_Taluk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karunagappally Taluk (page does not exist)"> Karunagappally</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">49,604 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Punalur" title="Punalur">Punalur</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Punalur_Taluk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Punalur Taluk (page does not exist)">Punalur</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">46,702 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">4</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Chavara" title="Chavara">Chavara</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karunagappally_Taluk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karunagappally Taluk (page does not exist)">Karunagappally</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">42,655 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">5</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mayyanad" title="Mayyanad">Mayyanad</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Kollam Taluk">Kollam</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">40,039 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Paravur,_Kollam" title="Paravur, Kollam">Paravur</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Kollam Taluk">Kollam</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">37,245 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">7</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kundara" title="Kundara">Kundara</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Kollam Taluk">Kollam</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">33,959 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">8</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kottarakkara" title="Kottarakkara">Kottarakkara</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kottarakkara_Taluk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kottarakkara Taluk (page does not exist)">Kottarakkara</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">29,788 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">9</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ochira" class="mw-redirect" title="Ochira">Ochira</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karunagappally_Taluk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karunagappally Taluk (page does not exist)">Karunagappally</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">28,412 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">10</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Chathannoor" title="Chathannoor">Chathannoor</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Kollam Taluk">Kollam</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">28,029 </td></tr> </tbody></table></div> <p><i>*In 2015, the area of Kollam municipal corporation increased by merging Thrikkadavoor panchayat</i> <i>*The area of Karunagapally municipality has expanded by merging Ayanivelikulangara village</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kollam_district&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Administration_of_Kollam_district" title="Administration of Kollam district">Administration of Kollam district</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leuchtturm_in_Kollam.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Red-and-white-striped lighthouse, behind a stand of palm trees" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Leuchtturm_in_Kollam.jpg/220px-Leuchtturm_in_Kollam.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Leuchtturm_in_Kollam.jpg/330px-Leuchtturm_in_Kollam.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Leuchtturm_in_Kollam.jpg/440px-Leuchtturm_in_Kollam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lighthouse" title="Lighthouse">Lighthouse</a>, Thangasseri, Kollam</figcaption></figure> <p>The history of the district's administration can be traced back to 1835, when the <a href="/wiki/Travancore" title="Travancore">Travancore</a> state consisted of two revenue divisions with headquarters at Kollam and <a href="/wiki/Kottayam" title="Kottayam">Kottayam</a>. When Travancore and Cochin were combined into <a href="/wiki/Travancore-Cochin" class="mw-redirect" title="Travancore-Cochin">Travancore-Cochin</a>, Kollam was one of the three revenue divisions. When the state of Kerala was formed in 1957, half portion of <a href="/wiki/Shenkottai" class="mw-redirect" title="Shenkottai">Chenkotta</a> <a href="/wiki/Tehsil" title="Tehsil">taluk</a> was merged with the state of <a href="/wiki/Madras" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras">Madras</a>. Later in 1957, the Cherthala, Ambalapuzha, Mavelikara, Karthikapalli, Chengannur and Thiruvalla taluks (formerly in Kollam district) were united to form the new district of <a href="/wiki/Alappuzha" title="Alappuzha">Alappuzha</a>. In 1983, Pathanamthitta taluk and Adoor taluk and seven villages of Kunnathur taluk were removed from Kollam district to form the new <a href="/wiki/Pathanamthitta_district" title="Pathanamthitta district">Pathanamthitta district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-quilon_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quilon-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (October 2017)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_Towns">Major Towns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kollam_district&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Major Towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The major towns in the district include: </p> <ul><li><b>Karunagapally taluk:</b> <a href="/wiki/Oachira" title="Oachira">Oachira</a>, Karunagapally, Vallikavu,Shankaramangalam, Manapally, Edappallikotta,Chavara, Thazhava, Kulashekharapuram, Thevalakara, Clappana</li> <li><b>Kunnathoor taluk:</b> Sooranad North, Sooranad South, Mynagappally, Kunnathoor,Ivarkala, Bharanikkavu, Sasthamkotta</li> <li><b>Kollam taluk:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Kollam</a>, Mayyanad, Chathanoor, Paravoor, Kottiyam,Paripally, Kannanallur,Kundara, Karikkod, Anchalummood, East Kallada</li> <li><b>Kottarakara taluk:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kottarakkara" title="Kottarakkara">Kottarakkara</a>, Valakom, Pooyapally, Oyur, Madathara,Puthur,Ezhukon, Kulakkada, Chadayamangalam, Nilamel, Kadakkal</li> <li><b>Pathanapuram taluk:</b> <a href="/wiki/Pathanapuram" title="Pathanapuram">Pathanapuram</a>, Piravanthoor, Pattazhy</li> <li><b>Punalur taluk:</b> <a href="/wiki/Anchal" title="Anchal">Anchal</a>, Punalur, Thenmala, Aryankavu, Kulathupuzha</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assembly_representatives">Assembly representatives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kollam_district&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Assembly representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="margin-left: .5em; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Constituency <br />(Kollam city area) </th> <th>Elected <br />Representative </th> <th>Political <br />Party </th> <th>Political <br />Front </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kollam_(State_Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kollam (State Assembly constituency)">Kollam</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mukesh_(actor)" title="Mukesh (actor)">Mukesh</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #FA8072"><a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Democratic Front (Kerala)">LDF</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chavara_(State_Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chavara (State Assembly constituency)">Chavara</a> </td> <td>Dr Sujith Vijayan Pillai </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Marxist_Party_(Aravindakshan)" title="Communist Marxist Party (Aravindakshan)">CMP(A)</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #FA8072"><a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Democratic Front (Kerala)">LDF</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eravipuram_(State_Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eravipuram (State Assembly constituency)">Eravipuram</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Noushad" title="M. Noushad">M. Noushad</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #FA8072"><a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Democratic Front (Kerala)">LDF</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karunagappally_(State_Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Karunagappally (State Assembly constituency)">Karunagappally</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._R._Mahesh" title="C. R. Mahesh">C. R Mahesh</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #cceeff"><a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" title="United Democratic Front (Kerala)">UDF</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kunnathur,_Kerala_Assembly_constituency" title="Kunnathur, Kerala Assembly constituency">Kunnathur</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kovoor_Kunjumon" title="Kovoor Kunjumon">Kovoor Kunjumon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(Leninist)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)">RSP(L)</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #FA8072"><a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Democratic Front (Kerala)">LDF</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kottarakkara_(State_Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kottarakkara (State Assembly constituency)">Kottarakkara</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._N._Balagopal" title="K. N. Balagopal">K. N Balagopal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #FA8072"><a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Democratic Front (Kerala)">LDF</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pathanapuram_(State_Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pathanapuram (State Assembly constituency)">Pathanapuram</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._B._Ganesh_Kumar" title="K. B. Ganesh Kumar">K. B. Ganesh Kumar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(B)" title="Kerala Congress (B)">KC(B)</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #FA8072"><a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Democratic Front (Kerala)">LDF</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Punalur_(State_Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punalur (State Assembly constituency)">Punalur</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P.S.Supal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P.S.Supal (page does not exist)">P.S.Supal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #FA8072"><a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Democratic Front (Kerala)">LDF</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chadayamangalam_(State_Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chadayamangalam (State Assembly constituency)">Chadayamangalam</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/J._Chinchu_Rani" title="J. Chinchu Rani">J. Chinchu Rani</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #FA8072"><a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Democratic Front (Kerala)">LDF</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kundara_(State_Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kundara (State Assembly constituency)">Kundara</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._C._Vishnunadh" title="P. C. Vishnunadh">P. C Vishnunadh</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #cceeff"><a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" title="United Democratic Front (Kerala)">UDF</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chathannoor_(State_Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chathannoor (State Assembly constituency)">Chathannoor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/G._S._Jayalal" title="G. S. Jayalal">G. S. Jayalal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #FA8072"><a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Democratic Front (Kerala)">LDF</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 80%; background-color: #cceeff" colspan="5">Source: Elections.in<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Police_administration">Police administration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kollam_district&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Police administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Police administration in Kollam is divided into two districts: urban and rural. The City Police is headed by a City Police Commissioner, an IPS (Indian Police Service) officer with the rank of SP; its headquarters is at Kollam. The rural police is headed by the Rural Superintendent of Police (SP), with its headquarters at Kottarakkara. Both heads report to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Thiruvananthapuram Range (Kerala). </p><p>The Kollam City Police is divided into three subdivisions, each under an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP): Karunagappally, Kollam and Chathannoor. Each subdivision is divided into circles, headed by the Circle Inspector of Police. Each circle is divided into a number of police stations, headed by a Sub-Inspector of Police. The Kollam Rural Police District is divided into two subdivisions, each under an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP)/ Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP): Kottarakkara and <a href="/wiki/Punalur" title="Punalur">Punalur</a>. There are a total of 29 police stations, in 13 circles. Kollam city traffic is controlled by the City Traffic Police, with a Traffic Police Station located near the Asramam Ground. Kerala's first coastal police station was established in Neendakara, Kollam.<sup id="cite_ref-klmpolice_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-klmpolice-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first police museum in India-The <a href="/wiki/Sardar_Vallabhbhai_Patel_Police_Museum" title="Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Police Museum">Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Police Museum</a> has a large collection of police artefacts and rare photographs. The museum has a room dedicated to officers martyred in the line of duty.<sup id="cite_ref-klmpolice_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-klmpolice-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The forensic section has a large collection of photographs. The museum is located at the Kollam East Police Station. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Revenue_Divisions{RDO}"><span id="Revenue_Divisions.7BRDO.7D"></span>Revenue Divisions{RDO}</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kollam_district&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Revenue Divisions{RDO}"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Administratively Kollam District is composed of two Revenue Divisions, viz Kollam and Punalur with three Taluks each under them. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 35em;">1) Kollam <ul><li>Kollam taluk</li> <li>Karunagapally taluk</li> <li>Kunnathur taluk</li></ul> <p>2) Punalur </p> <ul><li>Punalur taluk</li> <li>Pathanapuram taluk</li> <li>Kottarakkara taluk</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Taluks">Taluks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kollam_district&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Taluks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Subdistricts_of_Kollam.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Subdistricts_of_Kollam.png/220px-Subdistricts_of_Kollam.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Subdistricts_of_Kollam.png/330px-Subdistricts_of_Kollam.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Subdistricts_of_Kollam.png/440px-Subdistricts_of_Kollam.png 2x" data-file-width="1364" data-file-height="711" /></a><figcaption>Talukwise map of Kollam district</figcaption></figure> <p>Kollam is administratively divided into 6 taluks. They are Kollam, Karunagappally, Kunnathur, Kottarakkara, Punalur and Pathanapuram, which are subdivided into 104 villages. The <a href="/wiki/Tahsildar" class="mw-redirect" title="Tahsildar">tahsildar</a> is the revenue official in charge of each taluk. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" align="center" style="background:Lavender;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:Violet">Taluk </th> <th style="background-color:Violet">Headquarters </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Kollam Taluk">Kollam Taluk</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Kollam</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Karunagappally Taluk</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karunagappally" class="mw-redirect" title="Karunagappally">Karunagappally</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Kunnathur Taluk</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sasthamkotta" title="Sasthamkotta">Sasthamkotta</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Kottarakkara Taluk</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kottarakkara" title="Kottarakkara">Kottarakkara</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Punalur Taluk</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Punalur" title="Punalur">Punalur</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Pathanapuram Taluk</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pathanapuram" title="Pathanapuram">Pathanapuram</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Municipalities">Municipalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kollam_district&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Urban_local_bodies_in_Kollam_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Urban_local_bodies_in_Kollam_district.svg/220px-Urban_local_bodies_in_Kollam_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Urban_local_bodies_in_Kollam_district.svg/330px-Urban_local_bodies_in_Kollam_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Urban_local_bodies_in_Kollam_district.svg/440px-Urban_local_bodies_in_Kollam_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="989" data-file-height="665" /></a><figcaption>Corporations & Municipalities in Kollam district</figcaption></figure> <p>There are four municipalities in Kollam District. <a href="/wiki/Punalur" title="Punalur">Punalur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paravur,_Kollam" title="Paravur, Kollam">Paravur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karunagappally" class="mw-redirect" title="Karunagappally">Karunagappally</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kottarakkara" title="Kottarakkara">Kottarakkara</a> are the municipalities. 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/17px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/25px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/34px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Tirunelveli_district" title="Tirunelveli district">Tirunelveli district</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="South"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/14px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/21px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Kollam_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kollam (Lok Sabha constituency)">Kollam (Lok Sabha constituency)</a></div> <p>Kollam district has three <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> (lower house) constituencies. They include the <a href="/wiki/Chavara" title="Chavara">Chavara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kundara" title="Kundara">Kundara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eravipuram" title="Eravipuram">Eravipuram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Kollam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chathannoor" title="Chathannoor">Chathannoor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chadayamangalam" title="Chadayamangalam">Chadayamangalam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Punalur" title="Punalur">Punalur</a> assembly constituencies. While the <a href="/wiki/Kunnathur_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kunnathur (Kerala)">Kunnathur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kottarakkara" title="Kottarakkara">Kottarakkara</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pathanapuram" title="Pathanapuram">Pathanapuram</a> constituencies are in the <a href="/wiki/Mavelikara_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency">Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Karunagapally" class="mw-redirect" title="Karunagapally">Karunagapally</a> assembly constituency is in the <a href="/wiki/Alappuzha_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency">Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation"><span class="anchor" id="List_of_railway_stations"></span>Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kollam_district&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kollam_(76).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="View across a lake of buses, trees and an urban skyline" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Kollam_%2876%29.JPG/220px-Kollam_%2876%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Kollam_%2876%29.JPG/330px-Kollam_%2876%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Kollam_%2876%29.JPG/440px-Kollam_%2876%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>View of <a href="/wiki/Kollam_KSRTC_Bus_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Kollam KSRTC Bus Station">Kollam KSRTC Bus Station</a> from <a href="/wiki/Ashtamudi_Lake" title="Ashtamudi Lake">Ashtamudi Lake</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road">Road</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kollam_district&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kollam is connected by bus and train service.<sup id="cite_ref-Railway_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Railway-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KSRTC_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSRTC-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also connected to neighbouring states by bus service operated by the <a href="/wiki/Kerala_State_Road_Transport_Corporation" title="Kerala State Road Transport Corporation">Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indian_Railways" title="Indian Railways">Indian Railways</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Railway_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Railway-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KSRTC_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSRTC-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These are the <a href="/wiki/Kerala_State_Road_Transport_Corporation" title="Kerala State Road Transport Corporation">KSRTC</a> Depots & Sub Depots & Operating Centres (OC) in the district: </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KSRTC_Bus_Station,_Kollam.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/KSRTC_Bus_Station%2C_Kollam.jpg/220px-KSRTC_Bus_Station%2C_Kollam.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/KSRTC_Bus_Station%2C_Kollam.jpg/330px-KSRTC_Bus_Station%2C_Kollam.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/KSRTC_Bus_Station%2C_Kollam.jpg/440px-KSRTC_Bus_Station%2C_Kollam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kollam_KSRTC_Bus_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Kollam KSRTC Bus Station">Kollam KSRTC Bus Station</a></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_KSRTC_Bus_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Kollam KSRTC Bus Station">Kollam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chathannoor" title="Chathannoor">Chathannoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karunagappally" class="mw-redirect" title="Karunagappally">Karunagappally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ochira" class="mw-redirect" title="Ochira">Ochira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punalur" title="Punalur">Punalur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottarakkara" title="Kottarakkara">Kottarakkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chadayamangalam" title="Chadayamangalam">Chadayamangalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pathanapuram" title="Pathanapuram">Pathanapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasthamkotta" title="Sasthamkotta">Sasthamkotta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aryankavu" title="Aryankavu">Aryankavu</a> (OS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kulathupuzha" title="Kulathupuzha">Kulathupuzha</a> (OS)</li></ul></div> <p>The district is connected to other parts of Kerala and India through the <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_47_(India)" title="National Highway 47 (India)">National Highways – NH 66 (earlier NH 47)</a>, <a href="/wiki/NH_220" class="mw-redirect" title="NH 220">NH 183 (earlier NH 220)</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_208_(India)" title="National Highway 208 (India)">NH 744 (earlier NH 208)</a>. The state highway - <a href="/wiki/Main_Central_Road" title="Main Central Road">Main Central Road (MC Road)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Punalur" title="Punalur">Punalur</a>-Pathanamthitta-<a href="/wiki/Muvattupuzha" title="Muvattupuzha">Muvattupuzha</a> <a href="/wiki/Main_Eastern_Highway" title="Main Eastern Highway">Main Eastern Highway</a> — connects Kollam with other districts. Intrastate road transportation is served by the <a href="/wiki/Kerala_State_Road_Transport_Corporation" title="Kerala State Road Transport Corporation">KSRTC</a>, Tamil Nadu State Transport and Karnataka State Transport Companies. KSRTC Interstate bus service operates from the <a href="/wiki/Kollam_KSRTC_Bus_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Kollam KSRTC Bus Station">Kollam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kottarakkara" title="Kottarakkara">Kottarakkara</a> <a href="/wiki/Kerala_State_Road_Transport_Corporation" title="Kerala State Road Transport Corporation">KSRTC</a> bus stations. <a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Kollam</a> zone of <a href="/wiki/Kerala_State_Road_Transport_Corporation" title="Kerala State Road Transport Corporation">KSRTC</a> is now the second most revenue generating zone in <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Zone_-_Kollam_KSRTC_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zone_-_Kollam_KSRTC-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kollam_district&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kollam_Railway_Station_Entrance.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Kollam_Railway_Station_Entrance.jpg/220px-Kollam_Railway_Station_Entrance.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Kollam_Railway_Station_Entrance.jpg/330px-Kollam_Railway_Station_Entrance.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Kollam_Railway_Station_Entrance.jpg/440px-Kollam_Railway_Station_Entrance.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Entrance of <a href="/wiki/Kollam_Junction_railway_station" title="Kollam Junction railway station">Kollam Junction railway station</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paravur_Railway_Station_Name_Board.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Paravur_Railway_Station_Name_Board.jpg/220px-Paravur_Railway_Station_Name_Board.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Paravur_Railway_Station_Name_Board.jpg/330px-Paravur_Railway_Station_Name_Board.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Paravur_Railway_Station_Name_Board.jpg/440px-Paravur_Railway_Station_Name_Board.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Paravur_railway_station" title="Paravur railway station">Paravur railway station</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Junction_railway_station" title="Kollam Junction railway station">Kollam Junction railway station (QLN)</a> is the one and only rail head in the district. A total of 128 short & long-distance services (including weekly) and 10 services of <a href="/wiki/MEMU" title="MEMU">MEMU</a> are running through <a href="/wiki/Kollam_Junction_railway_station" title="Kollam Junction railway station">Kollam Junction railway station</a>. A most modern MEMU maintenance shed is working in the railway station premises of <a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Kollam</a> city. In addition to that, there are some other major railway stations in the district namely <a href="/wiki/Punalur_railway_station" title="Punalur railway station">Punalur (PUU)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karunagappalli_railway_station" title="Karunagappalli railway station">Karunagappalli (KPY)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paravur_railway_station" title="Paravur railway station">Paravur (PVU)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sasthamkotta_railway_station" title="Sasthamkotta railway station">Sasthamkotta (STKT)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kottarakara_railway_station" title="Kottarakara railway station">Kottarakara (KKZ)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kundara_railway_station" title="Kundara railway station">Kundara (KUV)</a>. The district has a good railway network, with 25 stations and about 132 kilometres (82 mi) of track. Kollam district boasts the record of having most numbers of railway stations in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-kollam_nic_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kollam_nic-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"> <caption>Railway stations in Kollam District </caption> <tbody><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ochira_railway_station" title="Ochira railway station">Ochira</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karunagappalli_railway_station" title="Karunagappalli railway station">Karunagapalli</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sasthamkotta_railway_station" title="Sasthamkotta railway station">Sasthamkotta</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Munroturuttu_railway_station" title="Munroturuttu railway station">Munrothuruthu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Perinad_railway_station" title="Perinad railway station">Perinad</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Junction_railway_station" title="Kollam Junction railway station">Kollam Junction</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eravipuram_railway_station" title="Eravipuram railway station">Eravipuram</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mayyanad_railway_station" title="Mayyanad railway station">Mayyanad</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paravur_railway_station" title="Paravur railway station">Paravur</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kilikollur_railway_station" title="Kilikollur railway station">Kilikollur</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandanattop_railway_station" title="Chandanattop railway station">Chandanathoppe</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kundara_railway_station" title="Kundara railway station">Kundara</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kundara_East_railway_station" title="Kundara East railway station">Kundara East</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ezhukone_railway_station" title="Ezhukone railway station">Ezhukone</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kottarakara_railway_station" title="Kottarakara railway station">Kottarakkara</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kuri_railway_station" title="Kuri railway station">Kuri</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Avaneeswaram_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Avaneeswaram railway station">Avaneeswaram</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Punalur_railway_station" title="Punalur railway station">Punalur</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Edamon" title="Edamon">Edamon</a> </td> <td>Ottakkal </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thenmala" title="Thenmala">Thenmala</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kazhuthurutty </td> <td>Edappalayam </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aryankavu" title="Aryankavu">Aryankavu</a><sup id="cite_ref-kollam_nic_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kollam_nic-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Trains from here connect the city of Kollam to major cities of India, including <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bangalore" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indore" title="Indore">Indore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal">Bhopal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram" title="Thiruvananthapuram">Thiruvananthapuram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madurai" title="Madurai">Madurai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vizag" class="mw-redirect" title="Vizag">Vizag</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jammu" title="Jammu">Jammu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howrah" title="Howrah">Howrah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati">Guwahati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madgaon" class="mw-redirect" title="Madgaon">Madgaon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Itarsi" title="Itarsi">Itarsi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hubli" title="Hubli">Hubli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ahmedabad" title="Ahmedabad">Ahmedabad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanyakumari" title="Kanyakumari">Kanyakumari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gwalior" title="Gwalior">Gwalior</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nagpur" title="Nagpur">Nagpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kota,_Rajasthan" title="Kota, Rajasthan">Kota</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gorakhpur" title="Gorakhpur">Gorakhpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Kochi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kozhikode" title="Kozhikode">Kozhikode</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amritsar" title="Amritsar">Amritsar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vijayawada" title="Vijayawada">Vijayawada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coimbatore" title="Coimbatore">Coimbatore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chandigarh" title="Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mangalore" title="Mangalore">Mangalore</a>. There are also passenger services running in <a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Kollam</a>–<a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram" title="Thiruvananthapuram">Thiruvananthapuram</a>, Kollam–<a href="/wiki/Ernakulam" title="Ernakulam">Ernakulam</a> and Kollam–<a href="/wiki/Punalur" title="Punalur">Punalur</a> routes.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Water">Water</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kollam_district&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Water"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kollam-Dalavapuram_boat_service.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Kollam-Dalavapuram_boat_service.jpg/220px-Kollam-Dalavapuram_boat_service.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Kollam-Dalavapuram_boat_service.jpg/330px-Kollam-Dalavapuram_boat_service.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Kollam-Dalavapuram_boat_service.jpg/440px-Kollam-Dalavapuram_boat_service.jpg 2x" data-file-width="634" data-file-height="473" /></a><figcaption>Kollam-Dalavapuram boat service</figcaption></figure> <p>The district is having a fairly good network of waterways. The <a href="/wiki/Kerala_State_Water_Transport_Department" title="Kerala State Water Transport Department">State Water Transport Department</a> operates boat services to <a href="/wiki/West_Kallada" title="West Kallada">West Kallada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munroe_Island" title="Munroe Island">Munroe Island</a> and Alappuzha. Double decker luxury boats run between Kollam and <a href="/wiki/Allepey" class="mw-redirect" title="Allepey">Allepey</a> daily. Luxury boats, operated by Government and private owners, operate from the main boat jetty during the tourist season. The west coast canal system, which starts from Thiruvananthapuram in the south and ends at <a href="/wiki/Kanhangad" title="Kanhangad">Kanhangad</a> in the north, passes through <a href="/wiki/Paravur,_Kollam" title="Paravur, Kollam">Paravur</a>, the city of Kollam and Karunagappally taluk. The Thiruvananthapuram-<a href="/wiki/Shornur" class="mw-redirect" title="Shornur">Shornur</a> <a href="/wiki/Canal" title="Canal">canal</a>, which forms a part of the Thiruvananthapuram-Hosdurg system, runs a distance of about 62 km. The other canal systems include the <a href="/wiki/Paravur_Kayal" class="mw-redirect" title="Paravur Kayal">Paravur Kayal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kollam_Canal" title="Kollam Canal">Kollam Canal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chavara" title="Chavara">Chavara</a> canal.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The waterways are popular attractions and scenic tourist destinations in the area. The Kerala State Water Transport Department (KSWTD) has an operating centre near the KSRTC bus stand.<sup id="cite_ref-Corporation_of_Kollam_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Corporation_of_Kollam-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Routes-KSWTD_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Routes-KSWTD-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tourists may hire motorised country boats and houseboats with amenities (<i>Kettavulam</i> in <a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a>) to cruise along the waterways.<sup id="cite_ref-KSWTD_Routes_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSWTD_Routes-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cashew_industry"><span class="anchor" id="Kollam,_capital_of_cashew_industry"></span>Cashew industry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kollam_district&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Cashew industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Cashew_business_in_Kollam" title="Cashew business in Kollam">Cashew business in Kollam</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_cashew_companies_based_in_Kollam" title="List of cashew companies based in Kollam">List of cashew companies based in Kollam</a></div> <p>The cashew industry is centralised in this district. Kollam is approved by the central government as a "centre of cashew industry". Most workers in this industry are women; among them, a majority comes from the poorer sections of the society. There are several cashew-processing units in the district. The Kerala State Cashew Development Corporation Ltd., a Government of Kerala undertaking, has its headquarters in Kollam and serves as a model agency for the cashew-processing industry. The corporation has 30 cashew factories and employs more than 20,000 workers. Another government organisation in this field is CAPEX, which is part of the cooperative sector and has 10 cashew factories.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (December 2019)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> Coir production, handloom industry, clay and wood-based industries contribute to the industrial health of the region.<sup id="cite_ref-kollamcity.com_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kollamcity.com-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Forests_and_wildlife"><span class="anchor" id="Forest"></span>Forests and wildlife</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kollam_district&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Forests and wildlife"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the Government of Kerala estimates 81,438 hectares (314.43 sq mi) of land is under forest cover, mainly in the eastern portion of the district (including the Thenmala, Punalur, and a portion of the Achencoil forest divisions). The Thenmala Range, Aryankavu Range, and <a href="/wiki/Shendurney_Wildlife_Sanctuary" title="Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary">Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary</a> comprise the Thenmala division and the Achencoil, Kallar, and Kanayar Ranges make up the Achencoil division. The Pathanapuram and Anchal Ranges constitute the Punalur division. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Shendurney_Wildlife_Sanctuary" title="Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary">Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary</a>, 66 kilometres (41 mi) from Kollam, is situated on the southern part of the Western Ghats (8°50' and 8°55'N; 77°5'and 77°15'E) in the Punalur taluk of the district.<sup id="cite_ref-wildlife_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wildlife-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name "Shenduruny" is derived from the name of a tree species locally called "Shenkuruny" or "Chenkuruny" (Gluta travancorica), a tree mainly found in this area. An artificial lake of about 26 square kilometres (10 sq mi) has developed following the construction of a dam across the <a href="/wiki/Kallada" title="Kallada">Kallada</a> River. Remnants of <a href="/wiki/Stone_Age" title="Stone Age">Stone Age</a> culture from a large cave situated at the northwestern part of the Shenduruny River were excavated from this sanctuary.<sup id="cite_ref-wildlife_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wildlife-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These remains belong to the <a href="/wiki/Mesolithic" title="Mesolithic">Mesolithic</a> period. </p><p>This tropical rain forest has a wide variety of wildlife, and some endangered species are found here. Species found in the sanctuary include <a href="/wiki/Tiger" title="Tiger">tiger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bonnet_macaque" title="Bonnet macaque">bonnet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lion-tailed_macaque" title="Lion-tailed macaque">lion-tailed macaques</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nilgiri_langur" title="Nilgiri langur">Nilgiri langur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gaur" title="Gaur">gaur</a> (or Indian bison), <a href="/wiki/Sambar_deer" title="Sambar deer">sambar deer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muntjac" title="Muntjac">muntjac</a> (or barking deer), <a href="/wiki/Indian_spotted_chevrotain" title="Indian spotted chevrotain">Indian spotted chevrotain</a> (or mouse deer), <a href="/wiki/Wild_boar" title="Wild boar">wild boar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_elephant" title="Indian elephant">Indian elephant</a> and different species of <a href="/wiki/Squirrel" title="Squirrel">squirrels</a>, such as the <a href="/wiki/Indian_giant_squirrel" title="Indian giant squirrel">Indian giant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indian_palm_squirrel" title="Indian palm squirrel">Indian palm squirrels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wildlife_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wildlife-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fishing"><span class="anchor" id="Fisheries"></span>Fishing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kollam_district&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Fishing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The western portion of Kollam is bordered by the <a href="/wiki/Laccadive_Sea" title="Laccadive Sea">Laccadive Sea</a>. Kollam's coastline is 37.3 kilometres (23.2 mi), 6.3 percent of Kerala's total coastline. <a href="/wiki/Neendakara" title="Neendakara">Neendakara</a> and Sakthikulangara are important fishing villages. There are an estimated 26 villages whose livelihood depends entirely on fishing. Cheriazheekkal, <a href="/wiki/Alappad" title="Alappad">Alappad</a>, Pandarathuruthu, Puthenthura, Neendakara, Thangasseri, <a href="/wiki/Eravipuram" title="Eravipuram">Eravipuram</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paravur,_Kollam" title="Paravur, Kollam">Paravoor</a> are among the prominent fishing villages.<sup id="cite_ref-test_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-test-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One-third of Kerala's fish production (including 60 percent of its <a href="/wiki/Prawn" title="Prawn">prawn</a> catch) is contributed by Kollam, whose average fish production is estimated at 5,275 tonnes. Nearly 3,000 mechanised boats operate out of its fishing harbour.<sup id="cite_ref-test_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-test-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kollam_district&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Munroe_Island_Tourism.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Munroe_Island_Tourism.jpg/220px-Munroe_Island_Tourism.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Munroe_Island_Tourism.jpg/330px-Munroe_Island_Tourism.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Munroe_Island_Tourism.jpg/440px-Munroe_Island_Tourism.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3888" /></a><figcaption>Tourism in <a href="/wiki/Munroe_Island" title="Munroe Island">Munroe Island</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:13_Arch_bridge_Kazhuthurutty_Kerala.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Train on arch bridge, running next to a road through a forest" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/13_Arch_bridge_Kazhuthurutty_Kerala.jpg/220px-13_Arch_bridge_Kazhuthurutty_Kerala.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/13_Arch_bridge_Kazhuthurutty_Kerala.jpg/330px-13_Arch_bridge_Kazhuthurutty_Kerala.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/13_Arch_bridge_Kazhuthurutty_Kerala.jpg/440px-13_Arch_bridge_Kazhuthurutty_Kerala.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="375" /></a><figcaption>Thirteen-ring bridge, <a href="/wiki/Punalur" title="Punalur">Punalur</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thenmala_dam.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Large gray concrete dam, viewed from below" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Thenmala_dam.jpg/220px-Thenmala_dam.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Thenmala_dam.jpg/330px-Thenmala_dam.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Thenmala_dam.jpg/440px-Thenmala_dam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="336" /></a><figcaption>Thenmala Dam</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thekkumbhagam-Kappil_bridge,_Paravur.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Thekkumbhagam-Kappil_bridge%2C_Paravur.jpg/220px-Thekkumbhagam-Kappil_bridge%2C_Paravur.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Thekkumbhagam-Kappil_bridge%2C_Paravur.jpg/330px-Thekkumbhagam-Kappil_bridge%2C_Paravur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Thekkumbhagam-Kappil_bridge%2C_Paravur.jpg/440px-Thekkumbhagam-Kappil_bridge%2C_Paravur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Thekkumbhagam" title="Thekkumbhagam">Thekkumbhagam</a> bridge, <a href="/wiki/Paravur,_Kollam" title="Paravur, Kollam">Paravur</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Jatayu_Earth%27s_Center_Nature_Park" title="Jatayu Earth's Center Nature Park">Jadayu earth centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palaruvi_Falls" title="Palaruvi Falls">Palaruvi Falls</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thenmala" title="Thenmala">Thenmala</a> (forests and reservoir), the <a href="/wiki/Agasthyamalai_Biosphere_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve">Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve</a>, Ashtamudi (backwater) and beaches at Kollam, <a href="/wiki/Thirumullavaram" title="Thirumullavaram">Thirumullavaram</a> and Thangassery are scenic areas. </p><p>Ashramam Tourist Village is a well-known tourist destination in Kollam city; the tourist village is located on the banks of Ashtamudi Lake. Ashramam is a hub of tourism activities in Kollam, and the District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC) office is located within the village. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Asramam_Maidan" title="Asramam Maidan">Asramam Maidan (Ashramam ground)</a>, adjacent to the tourist village, is the largest open space within a Kerala municipal corporation. It is used for events, sports, as a helipad, for <i>Kollam Pooram</i> and by driving schools. It covers over 60 acres (24 ha) in an oval. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kottarakkara_Palace.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Entrance to low building with four white columns, triangular roof and blue sign" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Kottarakkara_Palace.jpg/220px-Kottarakkara_Palace.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Kottarakkara_Palace.jpg/330px-Kottarakkara_Palace.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Kottarakkara_Palace.jpg/440px-Kottarakkara_Palace.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2011" data-file-height="1332" /></a><figcaption>Kottarakkara Palace</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hanging_bridge_at_tenmala.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Rustic, gray suspension bridge over a river" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Hanging_bridge_at_tenmala.jpg/220px-Hanging_bridge_at_tenmala.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Hanging_bridge_at_tenmala.jpg/330px-Hanging_bridge_at_tenmala.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Hanging_bridge_at_tenmala.jpg/440px-Hanging_bridge_at_tenmala.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Suspension_bridge" title="Suspension bridge">Suspension bridge</a> at <a href="/wiki/Thenmala" title="Thenmala">Thenmala</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The first community tourism program in the state is being established on the <a href="/wiki/Munroethuruth" class="mw-redirect" title="Munroethuruth">Munroethuruth</a> islands. Backwater tourism is an activity enjoyed in Kollam; Ashtamudi Lake, <a href="/wiki/Paravur,_Kollam" title="Paravur, Kollam">Paravur</a>, Munroe Island, and <a href="/wiki/Alumkadavu" title="Alumkadavu">Alumkadavu</a> are the main backwater destinations. Accommodation is in resorts and on houseboats. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Thenmala" title="Thenmala">Thenmala</a>, located 66 kilometres (41 mi) east of Kollam, is the first <a href="/wiki/Ecotourism" title="Ecotourism">ecotourism</a> project in India and run by the Thenmala Ecotourism Promotion Society.<sup id="cite_ref-thenmala_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thenmala-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-thenmala2_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thenmala2-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-thenmala3_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thenmala3-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kollam was the seat of the Desinganad kings. Kottarakara is well known as the place where a new version of the classical dance form of <a href="/wiki/Kathakali" title="Kathakali">Kathakali</a> was conceived. It was also the capital of the <i>Elayidath Swaroopam</i>. Kundara is known for the 1812 proclamation against the British by <a href="/wiki/Velu_Thampi_Dalawa" title="Velu Thampi Dalawa">Velu Thampi Dalawa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-kollamcity.com_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kollamcity.com-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alappad village, located on the seashore, was impacted by the <a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami">2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami</a>. <a href="/wiki/Varkala" title="Varkala">Varkala</a> Beach (also known as Papanasham) is 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of Kollam. The Duriyodana Temple is in Kunnathur Taluk. The Sakthikulangara Dharma Sastha Temple-Sree Ayyappa Swamy Temple is known for its <i>Utsavam</i> in the month of <a href="/wiki/Malayalam_Calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Malayalam Calendar">Makaram</a> (between mid-January and mid-February). </p><p>Polachira, in Chirakkara Gramapanchayat, is a sightseeing destination. The <i>Anathavalam</i> is near here where one can see domestic elephants, touch and ride them. <i>Mannathippara</i> is at Polachira, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of Chathannoor. Sasthamcotta Lake, about 19 kilometres (12 mi) from Kollam, is the largest freshwater lake in Kerala and a domestic tourist destination.<sup id="cite_ref-sasthamcotta_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sasthamcotta-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jetayu Para, a large boulder, is located in Chadayamangalam; it is named for a mythical character in the <i><a href="/wiki/Jatayu_(Ramayana)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jatayu (Ramayana)">Ramayana</a></i>. It is believed that Jatayu fell here, after his failed attempt to stop <a href="/wiki/Ravana" title="Ravana">Ravana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sasthamcotta_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sasthamcotta-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jatayu_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jatayu-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <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=Kollam_district&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alumpeedika" title="Alumpeedika">Alumpeedika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asramam_Maidan" title="Asramam Maidan">Asramam Maidan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Educational_institutions_in_Kollam_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Educational institutions in Kollam district">Educational Institutions in Kollam District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatima_Mata_National_College" title="Fatima Mata National College">Fatima Mata National College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karunagappalli_railway_station" title="Karunagappalli railway station">Karunagappalli railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Kollam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Beach" title="Kollam Beach">Kollam Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Junction_railway_station" title="Kollam Junction railway station">Kollam Junction Railway Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_MEMU_Shed" title="Kollam MEMU Shed">Kollam MEMU Shed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_pooram" class="mw-redirect" title="Kollam pooram">Kollam pooram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Port" title="Kollam Port">Kollam Port</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kureeppally" title="Kureeppally">Kureeppally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Kerala" title="List of Hindu temples in Kerala">List of Hindu temples in Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sree_Narayana_Institutions" title="List of Sree Narayana Institutions">List of Sree Narayana Institutions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malumel" title="Malumel">Malumel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadakkal" title="Nadakkal">Nadakkal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paravur_Kayal" class="mw-redirect" title="Paravur Kayal">Paravur Kayal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paravur,_Kollam" title="Paravur, Kollam">Paravur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paravur_Railway_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Paravur Railway Station">Paravur Railway Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President%27s_Trophy_Boat_Race" title="President's Trophy Boat Race">President's Trophy Boat Race</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protected_areas_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Protected areas of Kerala">Protected areas of Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punalur" title="Punalur">Punalur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punalur_Railway_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Punalur Railway Station">Punalur Railway Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punalur_Suspension_Bridge" title="Punalur Suspension Bridge">Punalur Suspension Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Quilon" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon">Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thazhathu_Kulakkada" title="Thazhathu Kulakkada">Thazhathu Kulakkada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Kerala" title="University of Kerala">University of Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valacode" title="Valacode">Valacode</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Sivaraman Nair (1952), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/5607/1/20626_1951_QUI.pdf"><i>1951 Census Handbook- Quilon District</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, Trivandrum: Travancore-Cochin Government Press</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=1951+Census+Handbook-+Quilon+District&rft.place=Trivandrum&rft.pub=Travancore-Cochin+Government+Press&rft.date=1952&rft.au=U.+Sivaraman+Nair&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flsi.gov.in%3A8081%2Fjspui%2Fbitstream%2F123456789%2F5607%2F1%2F20626_1951_QUI.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKollam+district" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFM._K._Devassy1965" class="citation cs2">M. K. Devassy (1965), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/5666/1/22613_1961_SQI.pdf"><i>1961 Census Handbook- Quilon District</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala and The Union Territory of Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=1961+Census+Handbook-+Quilon+District&rft.pub=Directorate+of+Census+Operations%2C+Kerala+and+The+Union+Territory+of+Laccadive%2C+Minicoy%2C+and+Amindivi+Islands&rft.date=1965&rft.au=M.+K.+Devassy&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flsi.gov.in%3A8081%2Fjspui%2Fbitstream%2F123456789%2F5666%2F1%2F22613_1961_SQI.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKollam+district" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGovernment_of_India2014–15" class="citation cs2 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title="Thodupuzha">Thodupuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrissur" title="Thrissur">Thrissur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirur_Taluk" title="Tirur Taluk">Tirur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirurangadi_Taluk_Office" title="Tirurangadi Taluk Office">Tirurangadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udumbanchola" title="Udumbanchola">Udumbanchola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaikom" title="Vaikom">Vaikom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varkala" title="Varkala">Varkala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatakara" title="Vatakara">Vatakara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vellarikundu_Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Vellarikundu Taluk">Vellarikundu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vythiri" title="Vythiri">Vythiri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #cde0d2; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipal_corporations_in_Kerala" title="List of municipal corporations in Kerala">Municipal corporations</a></th><td 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href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipalities of Kerala">Municipalities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;background: transparent; text-align: left/center;;background: #f6fbf7;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adoor" title="Adoor">Adoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthoor" title="Anthoor">Anthoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alappuzha" title="Alappuzha">Alappuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aluva" title="Aluva">Aluva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angamaly" title="Angamaly">Angamaly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attingal" title="Attingal">Attingal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalakudy" title="Chalakudy">Chalakudy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Changanassery" title="Changanassery">Changanassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chavakkad" title="Chavakkad">Chavakkad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chengannur" title="Chengannur">Chengannur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherthala" title="Cherthala">Cherthala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chittur-Thathamangalam" title="Chittur-Thathamangalam">Chittur-Thathamangalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eloor" title="Eloor">Eloor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guruvayur" title="Guruvayur">Guruvayur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irinjalakuda" title="Irinjalakuda">Irinjalakuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iritty" title="Iritty">Iritty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalamassery" title="Kalamassery">Kalamassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalpetta" title="Kalpetta">Kalpetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanhangad" title="Kanhangad">Kanhangad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karunagappalli" title="Karunagappalli">Karunagappalli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kattappana" title="Kattappana">Kattappana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kayamkulam" title="Kayamkulam">Kayamkulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodungallur" title="Kodungallur">Kodungallur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kondotty" title="Kondotty">Kondotty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuthuparamba" title="Kuthuparamba">Kuthuparamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kothamangalam,_Kerala" title="Kothamangalam, Kerala">Kothamangalam, Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottakkal" title="Kottakkal">Kottakkal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottarakkara" title="Kottarakkara">Kottarakkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottayam" title="Kottayam">Kottayam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koyilandy" title="Koyilandy">Koyilandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunnamkulam" title="Kunnamkulam">Kunnamkulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malappuram" title="Malappuram">Malappuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manjeri" title="Manjeri">Manjeri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maradu" title="Maradu">Maradu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mattanur" title="Mattanur">Mattanur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mavelikkara" title="Mavelikkara">Mavelikkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muvattupuzha" title="Muvattupuzha">Muvattupuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nedumangad" title="Nedumangad">Nedumangad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neyyattinkara" title="Neyyattinkara">Neyyattinkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nilambur" title="Nilambur">Nilambur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nileshwaram" title="Nileshwaram">Nileshwaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Paravur" title="North Paravur">North Paravur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottapalam" title="Ottapalam">Ottapalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pala,_Kerala" title="Pala, Kerala">Pala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palakkad" title="Palakkad">Palakkad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panoor" title="Panoor">Panoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parappanangadi" title="Parappanangadi">Parappanangadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paravur,_Kollam" title="Paravur, Kollam">Paravur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pathanamthitta" title="Pathanamthitta">Pathanamthitta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Payyanur" title="Payyanur">Payyanur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perinthalmanna" title="Perinthalmanna">Perinthalmanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perumbavoor" title="Perumbavoor">Perumbavoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponnani" title="Ponnani">Ponnani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punalur" title="Punalur">Punalur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoranur" title="Shoranur">Shoranur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sreekandapuram" title="Sreekandapuram">Sreekandapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanur,_Malappuram" title="Tanur, Malappuram">Tanur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thalassery" title="Thalassery">Thalassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taliparamba" title="Taliparamba">Taliparamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiruvalla" title="Thiruvalla">Thiruvalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thodupuzha" title="Thodupuzha">Thodupuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrikkakkara" title="Thrikkakkara">Thrikkakkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrippunithura" title="Thrippunithura">Thrippunithura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirur" title="Tirur">Tirur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirurangadi" title="Tirurangadi">Tirurangadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valanchery" title="Valanchery">Valanchery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatakara" title="Vatakara">Vatakara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaikom" title="Vaikom">Vaikom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varkala" title="Varkala">Varkala</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #cde0d2; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;">Other towns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background: transparent; text-align: left/center;;background: transparent;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #cde0d2; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;">North</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edappal" title="Edappal">Edappal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thavanur" title="Thavanur">Thavanur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthanathani" title="Puthanathani">Puthanathani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottakkal" title="Kottakkal">Kottakkal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angadipuram" title="Angadipuram">Angadipuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mankada" title="Mankada">Mankada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuttippuram" title="Kuttippuram">Kuttippuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karipur" title="Karipur">Karipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Areekode" title="Areekode">Areekode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wandoor,_Kerala" title="Wandoor, Kerala">Wandoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vengara,_Malappuram_district" title="Vengara, Malappuram district">Vengara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vallikkunnu" title="Vallikkunnu">Vallikkunnu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olavanna" title="Olavanna">Olavanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunnamangalam" title="Kunnamangalam">Kunnamangalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thamarassery" title="Thamarassery">Thamarassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiruvambady" title="Thiruvambady">Thiruvambady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodencheri" title="Kodencheri">Kodencheri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balussery" title="Balussery">Balussery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perambra" title="Perambra">Perambra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadapuram" title="Nadapuram">Nadapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuttiady" title="Kuttiady">Kuttiady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakkidi,_Wayanad" title="Lakkidi, Wayanad">Lakkidi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vythiri" title="Vythiri">Vythiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chundale" title="Chundale">Chundale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meppadi" title="Meppadi">Meppadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottappadi_Part,_Meppadi" title="Kottappadi Part, Meppadi">Kottappadi Part</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muttil,_Kalpetta" title="Muttil, Kalpetta">Muttil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padinharethara" title="Padinharethara">Padinharethara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meenangadi" title="Meenangadi">Meenangadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panamaram" title="Panamaram">Panamaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulpally" title="Pulpally">Pulpally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peravoor" title="Peravoor">Peravoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharmadom" title="Dharmadom">Dharmadom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anjarakkandy" title="Anjarakkandy">Anjarakkandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzhappilangad" title="Muzhappilangad">Muzhappilangad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azhikode_and_Azhikkal" title="Azhikode and Azhikkal">Azhikode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherukunnu" title="Cherukunnu">Cherukunnu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pappinisseri" title="Pappinisseri">Pappinisseri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalliasseri" title="Kalliasseri">Kalliasseri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irikkur" title="Irikkur">Irikkur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alakode,_Kannur_district" title="Alakode, Kannur district">Alakode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrikaripur" title="Thrikaripur">Thrikaripur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheruvathur" title="Cheruvathur">Cheruvathur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bekal" title="Bekal">Bekal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udma" title="Udma">Udma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vellarikundu" title="Vellarikundu">Vellarikundu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parappa_(village)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parappa (village)">Parappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karadka" title="Karadka">Karadka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumbla" title="Kumbla">Kumbla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangalpady" title="Mangalpady">Mangalpady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uppala" title="Uppala">Uppala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manjeshwar" title="Manjeshwar">Manjeshwar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #cde0d2; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;">Central</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peermade" title="Peermade">Peermade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandiperiyar" title="Vandiperiyar">Vandiperiyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumily" title="Kumily">Kumily</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajakkad" title="Rajakkad">Rajakkad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munnar" title="Munnar">Munnar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devikulam" title="Devikulam">Devikulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adimali" title="Adimali">Adimali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolenchery" title="Kolenchery">Kolenchery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthencruz" title="Puthencruz">Puthencruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunnathunad" title="Kunnathunad">Kunnathunad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalady" title="Kalady">Kalady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malayattoor" title="Malayattoor">Malayattoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chottanikkara" title="Chottanikkara">Chottanikkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udayamperoor" title="Udayamperoor">Udayamperoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varappuzha" title="Varappuzha">Varappuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sreemoolanagaram" title="Sreemoolanagaram">Sreemoolanagaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nedumbassery" title="Nedumbassery">Nedumbassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mala,_Kerala" title="Mala, Kerala">Mala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodakara" title="Kodakara">Kodakara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthukkad" title="Puthukkad">Puthukkad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manaloor" title="Manaloor">Manaloor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavaratty" title="Pavaratty">Pavaratty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelakkara" title="Chelakkara">Chelakkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vadakkencherry" title="Vadakkencherry">Vadakkencherry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alathur" title="Alathur">Alathur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemmara" title="Nemmara">Nemmara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthunagaram" title="Puthunagaram">Puthunagaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malampuzha" title="Malampuzha">Malampuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sreekrishnapuram,_Palakkad" title="Sreekrishnapuram, Palakkad">Sreekrishnapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakkidi,_Palakkad" title="Lakkidi, Palakkad">Lakkidi-Perur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrithala" title="Thrithala">Thrithala</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #cde0d2; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;">South</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Parassala" title="Parassala">Parassala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balaramapuram" title="Balaramapuram">Balaramapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kattakada" title="Kattakada">Kattakada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chirayinkeezhu" title="Chirayinkeezhu">Chirayinkeezhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilimanoor" title="Kilimanoor">Kilimanoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parippally" title="Parippally">Parippally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chathannoor" title="Chathannoor">Chathannoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottiyam" title="Kottiyam">Kottiyam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kundara" title="Kundara">Kundara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neendakara" title="Neendakara">Neendakara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chavara" title="Chavara">Chavara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oachira" title="Oachira">Oachira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasthamkotta" title="Sasthamkotta">Sasthamkotta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunnathur,_Kerala" title="Kunnathur, Kerala">Kunnathur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anchal" title="Anchal">Anchal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadakkal" title="Kadakkal">Kadakkal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pathanapuram" title="Pathanapuram">Pathanapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thenmala" title="Thenmala">Thenmala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kulathupuzha" title="Kulathupuzha">Kulathupuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kozhencherry" title="Kozhencherry">Kozhencherry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konni,_Kerala" title="Konni, Kerala">Konni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranni,_Kerala" title="Ranni, Kerala">Ranni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallapally" title="Mallapally">Mallapally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumbanad" title="Kumbanad">Kumbanad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aranmula" title="Aranmula">Aranmula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kulanada" title="Kulanada">Kulanada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omallur" title="Omallur">Omallur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vadasserikara" title="Vadasserikara">Vadasserikara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parumala" title="Parumala">Parumala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannar,_Alappuzha" title="Mannar, Alappuzha">Mannar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charummoodu" title="Charummoodu">Charummoodu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambalappuzha" title="Ambalappuzha">Ambalappuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mararikulam" title="Mararikulam">Mararikulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aroor" title="Aroor">Aroor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanjirappally" title="Kanjirappally">Kanjirappally</a></li> 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title="Asramam Maidan">Asramam Maidan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estuaries_of_Paravur" title="Estuaries of Paravur">Estuaries of Paravur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islands_of_Kollam" title="Islands of Kollam">Islands of Kollam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ithikkara_River" title="Ithikkara River">Ithikkara River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kallada_River" title="Kallada River">Kallada River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kattaka_Kayal" title="Kattaka Kayal">Kattaka Kayal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Beach" title="Kollam Beach">Kollam Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mundakkal_Beach" title="Mundakkal Beach">Mundakkal Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vattakkayal" title="Vattakkayal">Vattakkayal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paravur_Lake" title="Paravur Lake">Paravur Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pozhikara" title="Pozhikara">Pozhikara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polachira" title="Polachira">Polachira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasthamcotta_Lake" title="Sasthamcotta 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<li><a href="/wiki/Thrikkadavoor" title="Thrikkadavoor">Thrikkadavoor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Administration<br />& authorities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kollam Municipal Corporation">Kollam Municipal Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Development_Authority" title="Kollam Development Authority">Kollam Development Authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_City_Police" title="Kollam City Police">Kollam City Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Kollam Taluk">Kollam Taluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kollam (Lok Sabha constituency)">Kollam Lok Sabha constituency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Assembly_constituency" title="Kollam Assembly constituency">Kollam Assembly constituency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chavara_(State_Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chavara (State Assembly constituency)">Chavara Assembly constituency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eravipuram_(State_Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eravipuram (State Assembly constituency)">Eravipuram Assembly constituency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Kollam" title="Economy of Kollam">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cashew_Export_Promotion_Council_of_India" title="Cashew Export Promotion Council of India">Cashew Export Promotion Council of India (CEPCI)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Rare_Earths" title="Indian Rare Earths">Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cashew_business_in_Kollam" title="Cashew business in Kollam">Cashew business in Kollam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Kerala_Ceramics_Limited" title="The Kerala Ceramics Limited">The Kerala Ceramics Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Minerals_and_Metals" title="Kerala Minerals and Metals">Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd.(KMML)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_State_Cashew_Development_Corporation_Limited" title="Kerala State Cashew Development Corporation Limited">Kerala State Cashew Development Corporation Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cashew_companies_based_in_Kollam" title="List of cashew companies based in Kollam">List of cashew companies based in Kollam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parvathy_Mills_Limited" title="Parvathy Mills Limited">Parvathy Mills Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Techno-lodge" title="Techno-lodge">Techno-lodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Technopark_Kollam" class="mw-redirect" title="Technopark Kollam">Kollam Technopark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Port" title="Kollam Port">Kollam Port</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisheries_Industry_in_Kollam" title="Fisheries Industry in Kollam">Fisheries Industry in Kollam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neendakara_Port" title="Neendakara Port">Neendakara Port</a></li> <li>List of Seafood Companies in Kollam</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Electrical_Industries_Limited" title="United Electrical Industries Limited">United Electrical Industries Limited(UNILEC)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Visitor<br />attractions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/8_Point_Art_Cafe" title="8 Point Art Cafe">8 Point Art Cafe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adventure_Park,_Kollam" title="Adventure Park, Kollam">Asramam Adventure Park & Picnic Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Residency" title="British Residency">British Residency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sambranikodi_Island" title="Sambranikodi Island">Sambranikodi Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thangassery_Breakwater_Tourism_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Thangassery Breakwater Tourism Park">Thangassery Breakwater Tourism Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Park,_Kollam" title="Children's Park, Kollam">Asramam Children's Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinnakada_Clock_Tower" title="Chinnakada Clock Tower">Chinnakada Clock Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Church,_Munroe_Island" title="Dutch Church, Munroe Island">Dutch Church, Munroe Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estuaries_of_Paravur" title="Estuaries of Paravur">Estuaries of Paravur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islands_of_Kollam" title="Islands of Kollam">Islands of Kollam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Beach" title="Kollam Beach">Kollam Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi_Park" title="Mahatma Gandhi Park">Mahatma Gandhi Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mundakkal_Beach" title="Mundakkal Beach">Mundakkal Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Cemetery,_Kollam" title="Portuguese Cemetery, Kollam">Portuguese Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sardar_Vallabhbhai_Patel_Police_Museum" title="Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Police Museum">Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Police Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Thomas_Fort" title="St Thomas Fort">St Thomas Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tangasseri_Lighthouse" title="Tangasseri Lighthouse">Tangasseri Lighthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thekkumbhagam" title="Thekkumbhagam">Paravur Thekkumbhagam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirumullavaram_Beach" title="Thirumullavaram Beach">Thirumullavaram Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thanni_Beach" title="Thanni Beach">Thanni Beach</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Kollam" title="List of hospitals in Kollam">Healthcare</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Medical_college_hospitals" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Medical college hospitals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azeezia_Medical_College" title="Azeezia Medical College">Azeezia Medical College Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_Medical_College,_Kollam" title="Government Medical College, Kollam">Government Medical College, Kollam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travancore_Medical_College_Hospital" title="Travancore Medical College Hospital">Travancore Medicity Medical College</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/District_Hospital,_Kollam" title="District Hospital, Kollam">Government District Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_Victoria_Hospital,_Kollam" title="Government Victoria Hospital, Kollam">Government Victoria Hospital</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meditrina_Hospital" title="Meditrina Hospital">Meditrina Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._S._Memorial_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences" title="N. S. Memorial Institute of Medical Sciences">N. S. Memorial Institute of Medical Sciences</a></li> <li>ESIC Model & Super Speciality Hospital</li> <li>Upasana Hospital</li> <li>Shankar's Institute of Medical Science</li> <li>Dr. Nairs Hospital</li> <li>Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences</li> <li>Holy Cross Super Speciality Hospital</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Buildings<br />& structures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Residency" title="British Residency">British Residency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cashew_House" title="Cashew House">Cashew House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheena_Kottaram" title="Cheena Kottaram">Cheena Kottaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crowther_Masonic_Hall" title="Crowther Masonic Hall">Crowther Masonic Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kovilthottam_Lighthouse" title="Kovilthottam Lighthouse">Kovilthottam Lighthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Moolam_Thirunal_Palace" title="Sri Moolam Thirunal Palace">SMP Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Thomas_Fort" title="St Thomas Fort">St Thomas Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tangasseri_Lighthouse" title="Tangasseri Lighthouse">Tangasseri Lighthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thevally_Palace" title="Thevally Palace">Thevally Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Raviz" title="The Raviz">The Raviz</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Shopping centres</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_Jerome_Nagar" title="Bishop Jerome Nagar">Bishop Jerome Nagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downtown_Kollam" title="Downtown Kollam">Downtown Kollam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RP_Mall,_Kollam" title="RP Mall, Kollam">RP Mall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%26J_Mall" title="H&J Mall">H&J Mall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Culture_of_Kollam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Culture of Kollam (page does not exist)">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kalidasa_Kalakendram" title="Kalidasa Kalakendram">Kalidasa Kalakendram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Pooram" title="Kollam Pooram">Kollam Pooram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottankulangara_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Kottankulangara Festival">Kottankulangara Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President%27s_Trophy_Boat_Race" title="President's Trophy Boat Race">President's Trophy Boat Race</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Kite_Club" title="Kollam Kite Club">Kollam Kite Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Public_Library" title="Kollam Public Library">Kollam Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Rentha" title="Kollam Rentha">Kollam Rentha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Indian_people" title="Anglo-Indian people">Anglo-Indian</a></li> <li>List of statues in Kollam</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sports & stadiums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri_Stadium,_Kollam" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Kollam">Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_International_Hockey_Stadium" title="Kollam International Hockey Stadium">International Hockey Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indoor_Shooting_Range,_Kollam" title="Indoor Shooting Range, Kollam">KDRA Indoor Shooting Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympian_Suresh_Babu_Multipurpose_Indoor_Stadium" title="Olympian Suresh Babu Multipurpose Indoor Stadium">Olympian Suresh Babu Multipurpose Indoor Stadium</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Kollam_District" title="Religion in Kollam District">Places of worship</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ammachiveedu_Muhurthi" title="Ammachiveedu Muhurthi">Ammachiveedu Devi Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anandavalleeshwaram_Sri_Mahadevar_Temple" title="Anandavalleeshwaram Sri Mahadevar Temple">Anandavalleeshwaram Sri Mahadevar Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asramam_Sree_Krishna_Swamy_Temple" title="Asramam Sree Krishna Swamy Temple">Asramam Sree Krishna Swamy Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolloorvila_Juma_Mosque" title="Kolloorvila Juma Mosque">Kolloorvila Juma Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infant_Jesus_Cathedral" title="Infant Jesus Cathedral">Infant Jesus Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puttingal_Temple" title="Puttingal Temple">Paravur Puttingal Devi Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasthamcotta_Sree_Dharma_Sastha_Temple" title="Sasthamcotta Sree Dharma Sastha Temple">Sasthamcotta Sree Dharma Sastha Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Kovilthottam" title="St Andrew's Church, Kovilthottam">St Andrew's Church, Kovilthottam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Antony%27s_Church,_Kanjiracode" title="St Antony's Church, Kanjiracode">St Antony's Church, Kanjiracode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valiya_Koonambaikulam_Temple" title="Valiya Koonambaikulam Temple">Valiya Koonambaikulam Temple</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_metropolitan_area" title="Kollam metropolitan area">Kollam metropolitan area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cashew_business_in_Kollam" title="Cashew business in Kollam">Cashew business in Kollam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Norwegian_Project" title="Indo-Norwegian Project">Neendakara Indo-Norwegian Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Kollam_district" title="List of schools in Kollam district">List of schools in Kollam district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jatayu_Earth%27s_Center_Nature_Park" title="Jatayu Earth's Center Nature Park">Jatayu Earth's Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam-Kottarakkara_Diocese_of_the_Church_of_South_India" title="Kollam-Kottarakkara Diocese of the Church of South India">Kollam CSI Diocese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Orthodox_Diocese" title="Kollam Orthodox Diocese">Kollam Orthodox Diocese</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Education" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Education</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_universities_and_colleges_in_Kollam_district" class="mw-redirect" title="List of universities and colleges in Kollam district">Universities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sree_Narayanaguru_Open_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Sree Narayanaguru Open University">Sree Narayanaguru Open University</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Premier institutions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Infrastructure_and_Construction" title="Indian Institute of Infrastructure and Construction">Indian Institute of Infrastructure and Construction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Fashion_Technology_Kerala" title="Institute of Fashion Technology Kerala">Institute of Fashion Technology Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Maritime_Institute" title="Kerala Maritime Institute">Kerala Maritime Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_State_Institute_of_Design" title="Kerala State Institute of Design">Kerala State Institute of Design</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Engineering colleges</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_Jerome_Institute" title="Bishop Jerome Institute">Bishop Jerome Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_of_Engineering,_Perumon" title="College of Engineering, Perumon">College of Engineering, Perumon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_of_Engineering_Karunagappally" title="College of Engineering Karunagappally">College of Engineering Karunagappally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thangal_Kunju_Musaliar_College_of_Engineering,_Kollam" class="mw-redirect" title="Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering, Kollam">TKM College of Engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TKM_Institute_of_Technology" title="TKM Institute of Technology">TKM Institute of Technology</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Arts, science & law colleges</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fatima_Mata_National_College" title="Fatima Mata National College">Fatima Mata National College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NSS_Law_College" title="NSS Law College">NSS Law College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sree_Narayana_Guru_College_of_Legal_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="Sree Narayana Guru College of Legal Studies">Sree Narayana Guru College of Legal Studies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Schools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinmaya_Vidyalaya,_Kollam" title="Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Kollam">Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Chandanathope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_Model_Boys_Higher_Secondary_School,_Kollam" title="Government Model Boys Higher Secondary School, Kollam">Govt. Boys Model HSS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendriya_Vidyalaya,_Kollam" title="Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kollam">Kendriya Vidyalaya, Mulangadakam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Carmel_Convent_Anglo-Indian_Girls_High_School" title="Mount Carmel Convent Anglo-Indian Girls High School">Mount Carmel Convent Anglo-Indian Girls High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Aloysius_Higher_Secondary_School" title="St. Aloysius Higher Secondary School">St. Aloysius Higher Secondary School</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other institutes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_Industrial_Training_Institute,_Chandanathope" class="mw-redirect" title="Government Industrial Training Institute, Chandanathope">Govt. ITI, Chandanathope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sree_Narayana_Polytechnic_College" title="Sree Narayana Polytechnic College">Sree Narayana Polytechnic College</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Neighbourhoods" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_neighbourhoods_of_Kollam" title="List of neighbourhoods of Kollam">Neighbourhoods</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">South Kollam</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eravipuram" title="Eravipuram">Eravipuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koottikkada" title="Koottikkada">Koottikkada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mevaram" title="Mevaram">Mevaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thattamala" title="Thattamala">Thattamala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vadakkevila" title="Vadakkevila">Vadakkevila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valathungal" title="Valathungal">Valathungal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North Kollam</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anchalumoodu" title="Anchalumoodu">Anchalumoodu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavanad" title="Kavanad">Kavanad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kureepuzha" title="Kureepuzha">Kureepuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maruthadi" title="Maruthadi">Maruthadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathilil" title="Mathilil">Mathilil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramankulangara" title="Ramankulangara">Ramankulangara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakthikulangara" title="Sakthikulangara">Sakthikulangara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrikkadavoor" title="Thrikkadavoor">Thrikkadavoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vallikeezhu" title="Vallikeezhu">Vallikeezhu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Central Kollam</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andamukkam" title="Andamukkam">Andamukkam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asramam" title="Asramam">Asramam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Cantonment" title="Kollam Cantonment">Cantonment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamakada" title="Chamakada">Chamakada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinnakada" title="Chinnakada">Chinnakada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cutchery" title="Cutchery">Cutchery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadappakada" title="Kadappakada">Kadappakada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karbala,_Kollam" title="Karbala, Kollam">Karbala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kochupilamoodu" title="Kochupilamoodu">Kochupilamoodu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mulamkadakam" title="Mulamkadakam">Mulamkadakam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mundakkal" title="Mundakkal">Mundakkal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattathanam" title="Pattathanam">Pattathanam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polayathode" title="Polayathode">Polayathode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pullikada" title="Pullikada">Pullikada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thevally" title="Thevally">Thevally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thoppilkadavu" title="Thoppilkadavu">Thoppilkadavu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uliyakovil" title="Uliyakovil">Uliyakovil</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">East Kollam</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ayathil" title="Ayathil">Ayathil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandanathope" title="Chandanathope">Chandanathope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chathinamkulam" title="Chathinamkulam">Chathinamkulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kallumthazham" title="Kallumthazham">Kallumthazham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karicode" title="Karicode">Karicode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilikollur" title="Kilikollur">Kilikollur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punthalathazham" title="Punthalathazham">Punthalathazham</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">West Kollam</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pallithottam" title="Pallithottam">Pallithottam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tangasseri" title="Tangasseri">Tangasseri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thamarakulam" title="Thamarakulam">Thamarakulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirumullavaram" title="Thirumullavaram">Thirumullavaram</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Transport" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Kollam" title="Transport in Kollam">Transport</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Road</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bus stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andamukkam_City_bus_stand" title="Andamukkam City bus stand">Andamukkam City bus stand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_KSRTC_bus_station" title="Kollam KSRTC bus station">Kollam KSRTC bus station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tangasseri_Bus_Terminal" title="Tangasseri Bus Terminal">Tangasseri Bus Terminal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National highways</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Highway_66_(India)" title="National Highway 66 (India)">National Highway 66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Highway_183_(India)" title="National Highway 183 (India)">National Highway 183</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Highway_744_(India)" title="National Highway 744 (India)">National Highway 744</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Highway_183A_(India)" title="National Highway 183A (India)">National Highway 183A</a></li> <li><a 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Bhadra Kali Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannarasala_Temple" title="Mannarasala Temple">Mannarasala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mullakkal_Temple" title="Mullakkal Temple">Mullakkal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalpathaneeswaram_Sree_Mahadeva_Temple" title="Nalpathaneeswaram Sree Mahadeva Temple">Nalpathaneeswaram Sree Mahadeva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padanilam_Parabrahma_Temple" title="Padanilam Parabrahma Temple">Padanilam Parabrahma Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattambalam" title="Pattambalam">Pattambalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valiyakulangara_Devi_Temple" title="Valiyakulangara Devi Temple">Valiyakulangara Devi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFC569;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ernakulam_district" title="Ernakulam district">Ernakulam</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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class="mw-redirect" title="Sree Bhavaneeswara Temple">Sree Bhavaneeswara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sree_Poornathrayesa_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Sree Poornathrayesa Temple">Sree Poornathrayesa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sree_Venugopala" class="mw-redirect" title="Sree Venugopala">Sree Venugopala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thamaramkulangara_Sree_Dharma_Sastha_Temple" title="Thamaramkulangara Sree Dharma Sastha Temple">Thamaramkulangara Sree Dharma Sastha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrikkakara_Temple" title="Thrikkakara Temple">Thrikkakara Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiru_Nayathode_Siva_Narayana_Temple" title="Thiru Nayathode Siva Narayana Temple">Thiru Nayathode Siva Narayana Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelamattom_Shree_Krishna_Swami_Temple" title="Chelamattom Shree Krishna Swami Temple">Chelamattom Shree Krishna Swami Temple</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFC569;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Idukki_district" title="Idukki district">Idukki</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Siddhi_Vinayakar_Temple,_Chittampara" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Siddhi Vinayakar Temple, Chittampara">Sri Siddhi Vinayakar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFC569;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kannur_district" title="Kannur district">Kannur</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sree_Andalurkavu" class="mw-redirect" title="Sree Andalurkavu">Andalur kavu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aroli#Sree_Vadeswaram_Shiva_Temple" title="Aroli">Sree Vadeswaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azhikode,_Kannur" class="mw-redirect" title="Azhikode, Kannur">Azhikode Palottukavu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chenankavu" title="Chenankavu">Chenankavu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chala,_Kannur" title="Chala, Kannur">Chala Bhagavathi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherukunnu#Annapoorneshwari_Temple" title="Cherukunnu">Sree Annapoorneswari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sree_Chovva_Shiva_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Sree Chovva Shiva Temple">Sree Chovva Shiva Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morazha" title="Morazha">Edappara Chamundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheruthazham" title="Cheruthazham">Hanumarambalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thalassery#Sree_Jagannath_Temple" title="Thalassery">Sree Jagannathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalliasseri" title="Kalliasseri">Kandanthalli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pappinisseri" title="Pappinisseri">Keecheri Palottukavu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iritty" title="Iritty">Keezhur Mahadeva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottiyoor_Temple" title="Kottiyoor Temple">Kottiyoor Vadakkeshwaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunnathoor_Padi" title="Kunnathoor Padi">Kunnathoor 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navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ananthapura_Lake_Temple" title="Ananthapura Lake Temple">Ananthapura Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanila_Shree_Bhagavathi_Temple" title="Kanila Shree Bhagavathi Temple">Kanila Shree Bhagavathi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhur_Temple" title="Madhur Temple">Madhur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trikarpur" class="mw-redirect" title="Trikarpur">Trikaripur Chakrapani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Gopalakrishna_Temple_Kumble" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Gopalakrishna Temple Kumble">Sri Gopalakrishna Temple Kumble</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFC569;;width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"> Kollam</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ammachiveedu_Muhurthi" title="Ammachiveedu Muhurthi">Ammachiveedu Muhurthi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anandavalleeshwaram_Sri_Mahadevar_Temple" title="Anandavalleeshwaram Sri Mahadevar Temple">Anandavalleeshwaram Sri Mahadevar Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asramam_Sree_Krishna_Swamy_Temple" title="Asramam Sree Krishna Swamy Temple">Ashram Sree krishna Swamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadakkal_Devi_Temple" title="Kadakkal Devi Temple">Kadakkal Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodimoottil_Sri_Bhadrakaali_Temple" title="Kodimoottil Sri Bhadrakaali Temple">Kodimoottil Sri Bhadrakaali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottankulangara_Devi_Temple" title="Kottankulangara Devi Temple">Kottankulangara Devi Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottarakkara_Sree_Mahaganapathi_Kshethram" title="Kottarakkara Sree Mahaganapathi Kshethram">Kottarakkara Sree Mahaganapathi Kshethram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottarakkulam_Sree_Mahaganapathy_Kovil,_Kollam" class="mw-redirect" title="Kottarakkulam Sree Mahaganapathy Kovil, Kollam">Kottarakkulam Sree Mahaganapathy 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Mahadevar Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidangoor_Subramanya_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Kidangoor Subramanya Temple">Kidangoor Subramanya Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chirakkadavu_Sree_Mahadeva_Temple" title="Chirakkadavu Sree Mahadeva Temple">Chirakkadavu Sree Mahadevar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaduthruthy_Mahadeva_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaduthruthy Mahadeva Temple">Kaduthruthy Mahadeva Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neendoor_Subrahmanya_Swami_Temple" title="Neendoor Subrahmanya Swami Temple">Neendoor Subrahmanya Swami Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perunna_Subrahmanya_Swami_Temple" title="Perunna Subrahmanya Swami Temple">Perunna Subrahmanya Swami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavinpuram_Devi_Temple" title="Kavinpuram Devi Temple">Kavinpuram Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morkulangara_Devi_Temple" title="Morkulangara Devi Temple">Morkulangara Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadamuri_Narasimhaswamy_Temple,_Kadamuri" title="Kadamuri 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title="Paippad Puthenkavu Bhagavathi Temple">Paippad Puthenkavu Bhagavathi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pundareekapuram_Temple" title="Pundareekapuram Temple">Pundareekapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthiyakavu_Devi_Temple" title="Puthiyakavu Devi Temple">Puthiyakavu Devi Temple</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFC569;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kozhikode_district" title="Kozhikode district">Kozhikode</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abhimanyu_Temple,_Vayotthidam" title="Abhimanyu Temple, Vayotthidam">Abhimanyu Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azhakodi_Devi_Temple" title="Azhakodi Devi Temple">Azhakodi Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lokanarkavu_Temple" title="Lokanarkavu Temple">Lokanarkavu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pisharikavu" title="Pisharikavu">Pisharikavu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valayanad_Devi_Temple" title="Valayanad Devi Temple">Valayanad Devi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFC569;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Malappuram_district" title="Malappuram district">Malappuram</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alathiyur_Hanuman_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Alathiyur Hanuman Temple">Alathiyur Hanuman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devi_Temple,_Kadampuzha" class="mw-redirect" title="Devi Temple, Kadampuzha">Kadampuzha Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadampuzha_Bhagavathy_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Kadampuzha Bhagavathy Temple">Kadampuzha Bhagavathy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sree_Rama_Temple_Ramapuram" class="mw-redirect" title="Sree Rama Temple Ramapuram">Sree Rama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirumanthamkunnu_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Thirumanthamkunnu Temple">Thirumanthamkunnu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirunavaya_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Thirunavaya Temple">Thirunavaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrikkavu_Temple" title="Thrikkavu Temple">Thrikkavu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vairankode_Bhagavathy_Temple" title="Vairankode Bhagavathy Temple">Vairankode Bhagavathy Temple</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FFC569;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Palakkad_district" title="Palakkad district">Palakkad</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brahmeeswaran_Temple,_Palakkad" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahmeeswaran Temple, Palakkad">Brahmeeswaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinakkathoor_Temple" title="Chinakkathoor Temple">Chinakkathoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karimpuzha_Sree_Ramaswamy_Temple" title="Karimpuzha Sree Ramaswamy Temple">Karimpuzha Sree Ramaswamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killikkurussimangalam" title="Killikkurussimangalam">Killikkurussimangalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodikkunnu_Bhagavathy_Temple" title="Kodikkunnu Bhagavathy Temple">Kodikkunnu Bhagavathy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manapullikavu" title="Manapullikavu">Manapullikavu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malamakkavu_Ayyappa_Temple" title="Malamakkavu Ayyappa Temple">Malamakkavu Ayyappa Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meenkulathi_Temple" title="Meenkulathi Temple">Meenkulathi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Nellikulangara_Bhagavathi_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Nellikulangara Bhagavathi Temple">Sri Nellikulangara Bhagavathi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirupuraikkal_Temple" title="Thirupuraikkal Temple">Thirupuraikkal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valliya_Aarattu_%E2%80%93_Karnaki_Amman_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Valliya Aarattu – Karnaki Amman Temple">Valliya Aarattu – Karnaki Amman</a></li> <li><a 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