Thiruvananthapuram Administration

Thiruvananthapuram District Administartion

The head-quaters of the district administartion is at Vanchiyur, Thiruvananthapuram, just 1.5Kms away from the Government Secretariat and the Central railway station. The district administartion is headed by the District Collector.  He is assisted by six 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 and the Revenue Divisional Officer. The district has only one revenue division.

There are four taluks, namely Thiruvananthapuram, Neyyatinkara, Nedumangadu and Chirayinkeezhu, each headed by a tahsildar. There are 116 villages in the district.

DISTRICT  COLLECTOR Smt TINKU BISWAL, I.A.S

District Panchayat

Thiruvananthapuram district  has 84 grama panchayats, 12 block panchayats, one district panchayat, four muncipalities and one corporation. The District Panchayat president is also chairman of the  district rural development  agency and the district  planning committee.

Parliamentary / Assembly constituencies

There are two Parliamentary and 14 Assembly constituencies in the district.