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Kottayam district

district of Kerala, India

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Country: India
State: Kerala
Established: 1 July 1949
Headquarters: Kottayam
Subdivisions: Revenue Divisions: 2 Kottayam Pala Taluks: 5 Kottayam Vaikom Meenachil Changanassery Kanjirappally
Collector: Chethan Kumar Meena IAS
District police chief: Shahul Hameed A, IPS
Total: 2,208 km (853 sq mi)
Rank: 10th
Density: 894.3/km (2,316/sq mi)
Official: Malayalam , English
Time zone: UTC+5:30 ( IST )
Postal code: 686***
Iso 3166 code: IN-KL
Vehicle registration: KL-05 Kottayam , KL-33 Changanassery , KL-34 Kanjirappally , KL-35 Pala , KL-36 Vaikom , KL-67 Uzhavoor
Hdi 2005: 0.796 ( High )
Website: kottayam .nic .in /en /

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Kottayam district ( IPA: [koːʈːɐjɐm] ) is one of 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. Kottayam district comprises six municipal towns: Kottayam, Changanassery, Pala, Erattupetta, Ettumanoor, and Vaikom. Situated in the central part of Kerala, Kottayam shares its borders with Ernakulam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, and Alappuzha districts. It is the only district in Kerala that does not border either the Arabian Sea or another Indian state.

The district is bordered by hills in the east, and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. The area's geographic features include paddy fields, highlands, and hills. As of the 2011 census, 28.6% of the district's residents live in urban areas, and it reports a 97.2% literacy rate. In 2008, the district became the first tobacco-free district in India. Kottayam registered the lowest Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) of zero among all districts of India, indicating no deprivation as per the report published by Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and UNDP for districts across India. The district's headquarters are based in the city of Kottayam.