Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Kerala
- Revenue divisions
- 2 Kollam Revenue Division Punalur Revenue Division
- Taluks
- 6 Kollam Karunagappally Kunnathur Kottarakkara Punalur Pathanapuram
- Headquarters
- Kollam
- Collector
- Devidas.N IAS
- City police commissioner
- Hemalatha IPS
- District police chief kollam rural sp
- Vishnu pratheep IPS
- Total
- 2,491 km (962 sq mi)
- Rank
- 8th
- Density
- 1,058/km (2,740/sq mi)
- Official
- Malayalam , English
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Postal code
- 691XXX
- Vehicle registration
- KL-02 Kollam KL-23 Karunagappally KL-24 Kottarakkara KL-25 Punalur KL-61 Kunnathur KL-80 Pathanapuram KL-82 Chadayamangalam
- Hdi 2005
- 0.787 ( High )
- Sex ratio
- 1113 ♂ / ♀
- Local governments
- 85 1 Municipal Corporation: Kollam 4 Municipalities: Paravur , Punalur , Karunagappally , Kottarakkara 68 Grama Panchayats 11 Block Panchayats 1 District Panchayat
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor
- Capital
- Kollam
- Population
- 2635375
- Area
- 2491
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Thiruvananthapuram district
- Official website
- www.kollam.nic.in
- Image
- Scenic beauty of Kollam District.jpg
- Households
- 669375
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- Commons category
- Kollam district
- topic's main category
- Category:Kollam district
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Kollam district
- inception
- 1835-00-00
- male population
- 1246968
- female population
- 1388407
- urban population
- 1187158
- rural population
- 1448217
- literate population
- 2240273
- illiterate population
- 395102
- short name
- KLM
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Encyclopedic overview
Kollam district ( Malayalam: [kolːɐm] ) (formerly known as Quilon district) is one of 14 districts of the state of Kerala, India. The district has a cross-section of Kerala's natural attributes; it is endowed with a long coastline, a major Laccadive Sea seaport and an inland lake (Ashtamudi Lake). The district has many water bodies. Kallada River is one among them, and land on the east bank of the river is East Kallada and that on the west bank is West Kallada.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kollam district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.