Thiruvananthapuram District - Divisions and Administration

Divisions and Administration

The headquarters of the district administration is at Vanchiyoor, Thiruvananthapuram. The district administration is headed by the District collector. He is assisted by 5 deputy collectors holding charges of general matters, land acquisition, revenue recovery, land reforms and election.

The District Collector also holds the charge of the District Magistrate and is assisted by the Additional District Magistrate (Deputy Collector, General) and the Revenue Divisional Officer. The district has only one revenue division, which is headed by the Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO). He is also the Sub-Divisional Magistrate.
There are four taluks, namely, Neyyattinkara,Thiruvananthapuram, Nedumangad and Chirayinkeezhu, each headed by a Tahsildar. There are 120 villages under the 4 taluks of the district. The names of the taluks, their head quarters & the Villages under them are given in the box above.

Consequent to the 73rd amendment of the Constitution and the new Panchayat Raj-Nagarapalika Act, the Kerala Panchayat raj Act came into being on 23 April 1994.Thiruvananthapuram district has one district panchayat, 12 block panchayats and 78 grama panchayats.

The Thiruvananthapuram District Panchayat has already worked out some notable developmental schemes in the agricultural, water supply and educational sectors. The District Panchayat president is also the chairman of the District Planning Committee and the District Rural Development Agency.

There are two parliamentary constituencies in the district. They are Chirayinkeezhu with constituency number 19, and Thiruvananthapuram, with constituency number 20.