Thrissur, the cultural capital of Kerala and the land of the Poorams, holds more than a tenth of its people

Background

This connects to the AI drone surveillance pilot at Viyyur Central Prison, which stands in Thrissur.
Thrissur is called Kerala's cultural capital and is the land of the Poorams.
It lies in the central part of the State and covers about 3,032 sq km.
More than 10% of Kerala's people live here. The 2011 Census counted 3,110,327 residents.
To its north are the districts of Palakkad and Malappuram, and to its south Ernakulam and Idukki; the Arabian Sea is on the west and the Western Ghats on the east.
The district page gives a literacy rate of 95.32%.