Thiruvananthapuram district, 2,192 sq km of capital territory with a 78 km shore

Background

The district administration's profile records Thiruvananthapuram, also known as Trivandrum, as the capital and the largest city of Kerala. It notes that Mahatma Gandhi referred to the city as the “Evergreen city of India” and that the city is characterised by its undulating terrain of low coastal hills. The district area is given as 2192 sq km, with 6 taluks, 120 villages, 14 legislative assembly segments and 2 Lok Sabha seats. The coastal area is given as 78 km, and the district stretches along the shores of the Arabian sea for that distance. The district is bounded on the east by Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, on the south by Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, on the west by the Arabian Sea and on the north by Kollam district. The southernmost extremity, Parasala, is recorded as 56 km away from Kanyakumari.