Pathanapuram is a Town in Pathanapuram Taluk

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, India. Pathanapuram is a part of Grama Panchayat and Block panchayat of same name and part of

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District Panchayat.

History

The history of Pathanapuram goes back to Thenmala Desam, a small Principality under a local ruler. Capital was at Pathanapuram. Later, Thenmala Desom became a part of Elayidathu Swaroopam having its capital at Kottarakkara. Pathanapuram was the capital of one of the two districts of Elayidathu Swaroopam. In 1764, King Marthandavarma conquered Elayidathu Swaroopam and annexed it to

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. Most parts of Pathanapuram taluk were inhabited since before the

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, and civilization may have existed in and around Pathanapuram beginning the 1st Century. The city's name can be translated as Ten Elephant Town. 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 old

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area used to be the elephant camp.

Geography

Pathanapuram is spread over an area of .

Highlights

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Demographics

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, Pathanapuram Panchayat had a

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of 32,339. The total population constitute, 15,129

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and 17,210 females —a

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of 1138 females per 1000 males. 3,052 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 1,536 are boys and 1,516 are girls —a ratio of 987 per 1000. The average

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rate stands at 92.94% with 27,218 literates.

Transport

The area is connected to the rest of the state by bus services of KSRTC and private buses. A KSRTC depot is also situated in Pathanapuram. Three state highways, namely Hill Highway, Main Eastern Highway and KP Road pass through the town. The Sabarimala bypass to

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the ...

starts at Pathanapuram and ends at Valakom. The nearest railway stations to the town is other nearby stations are , , Kayamkulam, . Nearest airport is Trivandrum (80 km).

Politics

Pathanapuram assembly constituency is a part of the Mavelikkara Loksabha Constituency. Kodikunnil Suresh is the present member of parliament who won the

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. Current

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of Pathanapuram is actor turned politician K. B. Ganesh Kumar. He has won from this constituency in the 2001, 2006, 2011 as UDF Candidate and in 2016 and 2021 Assembly election as LDFCandidate.

Education

This is a list of educational institutions in Pathanapuram. *Indira Gandhi Memorial Vocational Higher Secondary School *Mohammaden Govt. HSS Edathara Pathanapuram. *Govt.Nadukkunnu UPS *Govt. Nedumparamp LPS pathanapuram *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 Residential School Pathanapuram *St.Mary's Senior Secondary School Pathanapuram * St.Stephen's College *University Institute Of Technology Pathanapuram *College of engineering Pathanapuram. *NADUKKUNNU High school *GOVERNMENT MUSLIM LOWER PRIMARY SCHOOL KUNDAYAM

References

{{Central Travancore Geography of Kollam district