Pathanapuram

Pathanapuram
Pathanapuram
Town and Taluk
	Pathanapuram Engineering College
	Nickname: Taluk Headquarters
	Pathanapuram
	Coordinates: 9°05′34″N 76°51′40″E / 9.0927°N 76.8612°ECoordinates: 9°05′34″N 76°51′40″E / 9.0927°N 76.8612°E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kollam
Taluk	Pathanapuram
Named for	elephant town
Government
• Type	Taluk
• Body	Gram panchayath
Area
• Total	24.20 km2 (9.34 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	432,904
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	689695
Telephone code	0475
Vehicle registration	KL-02, KL-25, KL-77
Nearest city	Pathanamthitta Adoor Kottarakara Punalur
Lok Sabha constituency	Mavelikara
Assembly constituency	Pathanapuram
Literacy	93.63%
Website	kollam.nic.in/patha.html/

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Pathanapuram is a town in Kollam district, Kerala, India. It is in Pathanapuram taluka, of which it is also the headquarters.

Geography[edit]

Pathanapuram is spread over an area of 24.20 km² (9.34 sq mi).

Demographics[edit]

As of 2011^[update] census of India, Pathanapuram Panchayat had a population of 32,339.

Transport[edit]

The area is connected to the rest of the state by bus services of KSRTC. The nearest railway stations to the town are Chengannur, Kollam, Kayamkulam, Punalur and Avaneeswaram. KSRTC sub depot also in Pathanapuram near Forest Range Office. Nearest airport is Trivandrum (80 km).

Politics[edit]

Pathanapuram assembly constituency is a part of the Mavelikkara Loksabha Constituency.^[2] Kodikunnil Suresh is the present member of parliament who won the 2014 Indian general election. Pathanapuram is also the home constituency of actor turned politician K. B. Ganesh Kumar.^[3]^[4] He is the current M. L. A. from Pathanapuram.

Tourism[edit]

Pathanapuram lies on the border of the Periyar National Park.

Education[edit]

Educational institutions in Pathanapuram include:

St.Stephen's HSS Pathanapuram
Mount Tabor Girls HSS Pathanapuram,
MTLPS Pathanapuram
Mount Tabor Training College Pathanapuram
Mother Susan EMLPS Pathanapuram
Al-Ameen Public School Pathanapuram
St.Mary's Senior Secondary School Pathanapuram
St.Stephen's college Maloor
University Institute Of Technology Pathanapuram
College of engineering Pathanapuram

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "District Census Handbook - Kollam" (PDF). Census of India. p. 138. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
↑ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2009. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
↑ "Election 2011: Pathanapuram Constituency Result". India Ballot. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
↑ "Pathanapuram election results". Newsreporter.in. 2011-05-13. Archived from the original on 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2018-05-14.

[census-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "District Census Handbook - Kollam" (PDF). Census of India. p. 138. Retrieved 5 March 2016.

[2] "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2009. Retrieved 2008-10-20.

[3] "Election 2011: Pathanapuram Constituency Result". India Ballot. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2018.

[4] "Pathanapuram election results". Newsreporter.in. 2011-05-13. Archived from the original on 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2018-05-14.

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