List of districts of Kerala

The state of Kerala is divided into 14 revenue districts. 
Parts
On the basis of geography the state's districts are generally grouped into three parts :- The North Kerala districts of Kasaragod, Kannur, Wayanad, Kozhikode ; the Central Kerala districts of Palakkad, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Idukki, Malappuram, Kottayam and the South Kerala districts of Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta.

Such a regional division occurred being part of historical Kingdoms of Kochi, Travancore and British Province of Malabar. The Travancore region is again divided into three zones as Northern Travancore (Hill Range) (Idukki and parts of Ernakulam), Central Travancore (Central Range) (Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha and Kottayam) and Southern Travancore (South Range) (Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam). 

Almost all districts in Kerala have the same name as the important town or city in the district. The exceptions are Idukki district, Wayanad district& Ernakulam district.

Further divisions
The 14 districts are further divided into 75 taluks, and 941 Gram panchayats. Some of the districts and their towns were renamed in 1990 like Thiruvananthapuram (formerly known as Trivandrum), Kollam (Quilon or Venad), Alappuzha (Alleppey),As per GO(P) No.133/90/RD dated 7.2.90, Government of Kerala Thrissur (Trichur or Thirushivaperur), Palakkad (Palghat), Kozhikode (Calicut) and Kannur (Cannanore).

Alphabetical listing
CodeDistrictHeadquartersEstablishedHere 'Established' means the year of establishment as a district of Kerala. If the district was formed earlier than the formation of the state of Kerala, 1 Nov 1956 will be considered as the day of establishment of the district.SubdivisionsPopulation (2011)AreaPopulation Density (2011)District Collector AL Alappuzha Alappuzha  6 Taluks
 Ambalapuzha (Alappuzha)
 Chengannur
 Cherthala
 Karthikappally (Haripad)
 Kuttanad (Mankombu)
 Mavelikkara 2,121,943   Veena Madhavan ER Ernakulam Kakkanad  7 Taluks
 Aluva
 Kanayannur (Ernakulam)
 Kochi (Fort Kochi)
 Kothamangalam
 Kunnathunad (Perumbavoor)
 Muvattupuzha
 North Paravur 3,279,860   S. Suhas ID Idukki Painavu as per Government notification No 54131/C2/71/RD dated 24 January 1972, Government of Kerala 5 Taluks
 Devikulam
 Peermade
 Udumbanchola (Nedumkandam)
 Idukki (Painavu)
 Thodupuzha 1,107,453   G. R. Gokul KN Kannur Kannur  4 Taluks
 Thalassery
 Iritty
 Kannur
 Thalipparamba 2,525,637   Mir Mohammed Ali KS Kasaragod Kasaragod As per GO.(MS)No.520/84/RD dated 19.05.1984 , Government of Kerala 4 Taluks
 Manjeshwaram(Uppala)
 Kasaragod
 Vellarikundu
 Hosdurg 1,302,600   Jeevan Babu KL Kollam Kollam   ( 1 July 1949)Paravur, Kollam 6 Taluks
 Kollam (Paravur, Chathannoor)
 Karunagappally
 Kunnathur (Sasthamkotta)
 Kottarakkara
 Punalur
 Pathanapuram 2,629,703   T. Mithra KT Kottayam Kottayam   ( ) 5 Taluks
 Changanasserry
 Kanjirappally
 Kottayam
 Vaikom
 Meenachil (Palai) 1,979,384   C. A. Latha KZ Kozhikode Kozhikode  4 Taluks
 Kozhikode
 Thamarassery
 Koyilandy
 Vatakara 3,089,543   N. Prasanth MA Malappuram Malappuram  7 Taluks
 Nilambur
 Manjeri (Eranad)
 Kondotty
 Perinthalmanna
 Ponnani
 Tirur
 Tirurangadi 4,110,956   A. Shainamol PL Palakkad Palakkad  6 Taluks
 Alathur
 Chittur
 Palakkad
 Pattambi
 Ottappalam
 Mannarkkad 2,810,892   P. Marykutty PT Pathanamthitta Pathanamthitta As per GO (MS) No.1026/82/(RD) dated 29.10.1982, Government of Kerala 6 Taluks
 Adoor
 Konni
 Kozhencherry (Pathanamthitta)
 Ranni
 Mallappally
 Thiruvalla 1,195,537   R. Girija TV Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram  6 Taluks
 Neyyattinkara
 Kattakada
 Nedumangad
 Thiruvananthapuram
 Chirayinkeezhu (Attingal)
 Varkala 3,307,284   Dr.K Vasuki TS Thrissur Thrissur   (1 Jul 1949)Note: This date means the day when the district was initially formed, even before the formation of the state of Kerala. Hence 1 Nov 1956 will be considered as the day of formation of district in the state of Kerala 6 Taluks
 Kodungallur
 Mukundapuram (Irinjalakuda)
 Chalakudy
 Chavakkad
 Thalapilly (Wadakkancheri)
 Thrissur 3,110,327   Dr. A. Kowsigan WA Wayanad Kalpetta  3 Taluks
 Mananthavady
 Sultan Battery
 Vythiri (Kalpetta) 816,558   B. S. ThirumeniTotal — — — —33,387,677 —
References

Other websites

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