Thiruvananthapuram തിരുവനന്തപുരം | |
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Frae top clockwise: Napier Museum, Padmanabhaswamy Temple, University of Kerala, Government Medical College, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhavani biggin in Technopark an The Oriental Research Institute & Manuscripts Library | |
Coordinates: 08°29′15″N 76°57′9″E / 8.48750°N 76.95250°E | |
Kintra | Indie |
State | Kerala |
Destrict | Thiruvananthapuram |
Govrenment | |
• Bodi | Thiruvananthapuram Corporation |
• Mayor | Adv. K. Chandrika |
• Deputy Mayor | G. Happykumar |
• Ceety Polis Commissioner | T.J. Jose IPS |
• Memmer o Pairlament | Shashi Tharoor (Lok Sabha) |
Area | |
• Metropolitan Ceety | 214.86 km2 (82.96 sq mi) |
Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Metropolitan Ceety | 752,490 |
• Density | 4454/km2 (11,540/sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,687,406 |
Languages | |
• Offeecial | Malayalam · Inglis |
• Spoken leids | Malayalam · Inglis · Tamil |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 695 xxx |
Telephone code | 91 (0)471 |
Vehicle registration | KL-01, KL-22, KL-15 (for K.S.R.T.C) |
Coastline | 78 kilometre (48 mi) |
Sex ratio | 1064[1] ♂/♀ |
Literacy | 93.72[1]% |
Planning agency | TRIDA |
Civic agency | Thiruvananthapuram Corporation |
Distance frae Mumbai | 1,543 kilometre (959 mi) NW (land) |
Distance from Delhi | 2,814 kilometre (1,749 mi) N (land) |
Climate | Am/Aw (Köppen) |
Precipitation | 1,700 millimetre (67 in) |
Avg. annual temperatur | 27.2 °C (81.0 °F) |
Avg. summer temperatur | 35 °C (95 °F) |
Avg. winter temperatur | 24.4 °C (75.9 °F) |
Website | www |
Thiruvananthapuram (IPA: [t̪iruʋənɨn̪t̪əpurəm] ( listen)) kent in Inglis as Trivandrum /trᵻˈvændrəm/, is the caipital o the Indie state o Kerala an the heidquairters o the Thiruvananthapuram destrict. It is locatit on the wast coast o Indie near the extreme sooth o the mainland. Referred tae bi Mahatma Gandhi as the "Ivergreen ceety o Indie",[3][4] the ceety is characterisit bi its undulatin terrain o law coastal hills an busy commercial alleys.[5] The ceety haes a population o mair nor 750,000 inhabitants an a population o aroond 1.68 million in the urban agglomeration, Thiruvananthapuram is the lairgest an maist populous ceety in Kerala.[6] It is an IT hub o the state wi ower 80% o the state's software exports.[7][8][9]