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Pathanapuram Elephant Town | |
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 Pathanapuram Engineering College | |
  Pathanapuram | |
| Coordinates:9°05′34″N76°51′40″E / 9.0927°N 76.8612°E /9.0927; 76.8612 | |
| Country | India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kollam |
| Taluk | Pathanapuram |
| Named after | elephant town |
| Government | |
| • Type | Taluk |
| • Body | Gram panchayath |
| Area | |
• Total | 24.2 km2 (9.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 32,339 |
| • Density | 1,340/km2 (3,460/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 689695 |
| Telephone code | 0475 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-80 |
| Nearest city | PathanamthittaPunalur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Mavelikara |
| Assembly constituency | Pathanapuram |
| Literacy | 93.63% |
| Website | kollam |
Pathanapuram is a Town in Pathanapuram TalukKollam district,Kerala, India. Pathanapuram is a part of Grama Panchayat andBlock panchayat of same name and part ofKollam District Panchayat.
The history of Pathanapuram goes back toThenmala Desam, a small Principality under a local ruler. Capital was at Pathanapuram. Later, Thenmala Desom became a part of Elayidathu Swaroopam having its capital atKottarakkara. Pathanapuram was the capital of one of the two districts of Elayidathu Swaroopam. In 1764, King Marthandavarma conquered Elayidathu Swaroopam and annexed it toTravancore.Most parts of Pathanapuram taluk were inhabited since before theIndus Valley civilization, and civilization may have existed in and around Pathanapuram beginning the 1st Century.
The city's name can be translated as Ten Elephant Town.[citation needed] The name Pathanapuram may have evolved from the fact that the area had a sizeable elephant population and elephants were caught and trained to work at the local elephant camp. The oldpolice station area used to be the elephant camp.
Pathanapuram is spread over an area of 24.20 km2 (9.34 sq mi).
India's first rural IT park wholly owned by astartup came up at Pathanapuram.[3] It is set up by a local entrepreneur named Varun Chandran through a startup named Corporate 360.[4]
The park is specialised inBig data solutions.[5]
As of 2011[update]census of India, Pathanapuram Panchayat had apopulation of 32,339. The total population constitute, 15,129males and 17,210females —asex ratio of 1138 females per 1000 males. 3,052 children are in theage group of 0–6 years, of which 1,536 are boys and 1,516 are girls —a ratio of 987 per 1000. The averageliteracy rate stands at 92.94% with 27,218 literates.[1]
The area is connected to the rest of the state by bus services ofKSRTC and private buses. A KSRTC depot is also situated in Pathanapuram. Three state highways, namelyHill Highway,Main Eastern Highway andKP Road pass through the town. TheSabarimala bypass toThiruvananthapuram starts at Pathanapuram and ends atValakom.
The nearest railway stations to the town isAvaneeswaram other nearby stations areChengannur,Kollam,Kayamkulam,Punalur.
Nearest airport isTrivandrum (80 km).
Pathanapuram assembly constituency is a part of theMavelikkara Loksabha Constituency.[6]Kodikunnil Suresh is the presentmember of parliament who won the2024 Indian general election. CurrentM.L.A of Pathanapuram is actor turned politicianK. B. Ganesh Kumar. He has won from this constituency in the 2001, 2006, 2011 asUDF Candidate and in 2016 and 2021 Assembly election asLDFCandidate.[7][8]
This is a list of educational institutions in Pathanapuram.
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