List of cities and towns in Kerala explained

This is a list of cities and towns in the state of Kerala, India with their population.[1] [2]

History

The urban councils of Kerala date back to the 17th century when the Dutch Malabar established the municipality of Fort Kochi. In 1664, the municipality of Fort Kochi was established by Dutch Malabar, making it the first municipality in the Indian subcontinent, which was dissolved when the Dutch authority got weaker in the 18th century.[3] However, the first modern kind of municipalities were formed in the state in 1866 in Malabar District. In 1866, Fort Kochi municipality was reestablished. Kannur, Thalassery, Kozhikode, Palakkad, and Fort Kochi, which were parts of Malabar District until 1956, were made the first modern municipalities of Kerala on 1 November 1866, according to the Madras Act 10 of 1865 (Amendment of the Improvements in Towns act 1850)[4] [5] [6] [7] of the British Indian Empire. The Thiruvananthapuram Mmnicipality came into existence in 1920. After two decades, during the reign of Sree Chithira Thirunal, Thiruvananthapuram Municipality was converted into a corporation on 30 October 1940, making it the oldest municipal corporation of Kerala.[8] The first municipal corporation formed after the independence of India as well as the second-oldest municipal corporation of the state is Kozhikode Municipal Corporation, established in 1962.[9]

List

Population and area refer to the boundaries defined under the respective municipal corporations/municipalities/census towns, not necessarily the actual urban area.[10] [11]

Rank City/town Population (2011) Area(km2) Density (/km2)District
Municipal corporations
1 968,990218.86 4,427Thiruvananthapuram
2609,224 118.58 5,138 Kozhikode district Kozhikode
3602,046 94.88 6,345 Eranakulam
4 388,288 72.19 5,379 Kollam
5 315,957 11.42 7,115 Thrissur
6 232,486 78.35 2,967 Kannur
7 Malappuram68,127 33.61 2,027 Malappuram
Municipalities
8 Alappuzha174,164 46.20 3,770 Alappuzha
9 Kottayam172,812 77.8 1,758 Kottayam
10 Palakkad131,019 26.60 4,926 Palakkad
11 Manjeri97,102 53.06 1,830 Malappuram
12 Thalassery92,558 23.96 3,863 Kannur
13 Ponnani90,491 24.82 3,646 Malappuram
14 Thrippunithura92,522 29.17 3,172 Ernakulam
15 Vatakara75,295 21.32 3,532 Kozhikode
16 Kanhangad73,536 39.54 1,860 Kasaragod
17 Payyanur72,111 54.63 1,320 Kannur
18 Koyilandy71,873 29.05 2,474 Kozhikode
19 Parappanangadi71,239 22.25 3,202 Malappuram
20 Kalamassery71,038 27.00 2,631 Ernakulam
21 70,868 29.24 2,424 Thrissur
22 Neyyattinkara70,840 28.78 2,461 Thiruvananthapuram
23 Tanur69,534 19.49 3,568 Malappuram
24 Kayamkulam68,634 21.79 3,150 Alappuzha
25 67,006 29.66 2,259 Thrissur
26 65,984 28.10 2,348 Ernakulam
27 61,341 51.56 1,190 Thrissur
28 59,256 30.93 1,916 Malappuram
29 56,058 16.55 3,387 Malappuram
30 60,161 32.53 1,849 Thiruvananthapuram
31 56,632 17.73 3,194 Malappuram
32 55,216 28.53 1,935 Kannur
33 54,172 16.69 3,246 Kasaragod
34 54,074 15.54 3,480 Kozhikode
35 54,071 34.18 1,582 Thrissur
36 53,792 32.68 1,646 Palakkad
37 52,883 27.15 1,948 Pathanamthitta
38 52,025 35.43 1,468 Idukki
39 49,723 34.41 1,445 Malappuram
40 49,525 25.23 1,963 Thrissur
41 49,470 22.34 2,214 Kozhikode
42 48,687 23.85 2,041 Kozhikode
43 47,974 80.10 599 Wayanad
44 47,685 13.50 3,532 Kottayam
45 47,078 54.32 867 Kannur
46 Punalur46,659 34.45 1,354 Kollam
47 46,366 30.79 1,506 Malappuram
48 45,827 16.19 2,831 Alappuzha
49 45,417 102.24 444 Wayanad
50 44,704 12.35 3,620 Ernakulam
51 44,382 20.45 2,170 Malappuram
52 44,247 18.96 2,334 Kannur
53 43,528 32.34 1,346 Palakkad
54 42,793 28.42 1,506 Pathanamthitta
55 42,646 52.77 808 Idukki
56 41,267 32.00 1,290 Palakkad
57 40,670 31.20 1,304 Kozhikode
58 40,369 45.84 881 Kannur
59 40,318 21.90 1,841 Malappuram
60 40,048 15.42 2,597 Thiruvananthapuram
61 39,752 26.23 1,515 Kasaragod
62 39,095 12.41 3,150 Thrissur
63 38,837 40.04 970 Ernakulam
64 37,545 23.50 1,598 Pathanamthitta
65 37,382 16.87 2,216 Thiruvananthapuram
66 37,245 16.19 2,300 Kollam
67 35,937 11.70 3,072 Kozhikode
68 34,839 33.01 1,055 Palakkad
69 34,814 18.29 1,903 Kottayam
70 33,489 69 485 Kannur
71 33,391 28.24 1,182 Ernakulam
72 32,298 14.71 2,196 Palakkad
73 31,580 40.74 775 Wayanad
74 31,493 9.02 3,492 Ernakulam
75 30,977 19.24 1,610 Alappuzha
76 30,397 13.18 2,306 Ernakulam
77 29,788 17.39 1,713
77 31,788 17.39 1,713 kasargod78 29,619 16.76 1,767 Kannur
79 29,165 20.42 1,428 Pathanamthitta
80 28,741 11.24 2,557 Thrissur
81 28,632 15.84 1,808 Palakkad
82 28,218 24.12 1,170 Kannur
83 28,105 13.61 2,065 Ernakulam
84 27,229 29.36 927 Ernakulam
85 26,933 16 1,683 Kottayam
86 26,421 12.65 2,089 Alappuzha
87 25,336 8.43 3,005 Kollam
88 25,297 11.21 2,257 Ernakulam
89 23,466 14.60 1,607 Alappuzha
90 23,245 8.73 2,663 Kottayam
91 22,428 7.14 3,141 Ernakulam
92 22,056 16.06 1,373 Kottayam
93 17,523 23.18 756 Ernakulam

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Population of the urban local bodies in Kerala (2011). Government of Kerala. 4 December 2020.
  2. Web site: 2011 census_PART_B_MALAPPURAM . censusindia.gov.in.
  3. News: 50 years on, Kochi still has a long way to go. M K Sunil Kumar. 26 September 2017. 1 June 2021. The Times of India.
  4. Web site: CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF CENTRAL ACTS (Updated up to 17-10-2014) . Lawmin.nic.in . 2016-08-07.
  5. Book: Lewis McIver . G. Stokes . Imperial Census of 1881 Operations and Results in the Presidency of Madras . 1883 . E.Keys at the Government Press . Madras . 444 . (Vol II) . 5 December 2020.
  6. Book: Presidency . Madras (India . Madras District Gazetteers, Statistical Appendix For Malabar District. . 1915 . The Superintendent, Government Press . Madras . 20 . Vol.2 . 2 December 2020 . en.
  7. Book: HENRY FROWDE, M.A. . Imperial Gazetteer of India . Imperial Gazetteer of India . 1908–1909 . Clarendon Press . Oxford . New . 2 December 2020.
  8. Web site: Thiruvananthapuram . 2010-10-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100918085703/http://www.corporationoftrivandrum.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=158&Itemid=11 . 2010-09-18 . Year of becoming a corporation
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20080209134539/http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/05/stories/2008020561140500.htm Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency redrawn Delimitation impact
  10. Web site: Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India . 28 September 2021 . 8 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220308150801/https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/Kerla.html . dead .
  11. Web site: Kerala (India): Districts, Cities and Towns - Population Statistics, Charts and Map.

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