Thiruvananthapuram City & District Administration
Thiruvananthapuram is the capital of Kerala and hence the state legislative assembly and Secretariat situated here. Thiruvananthapuram city comes under Thiruvananthapuram Legislative assembly and administered by the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation which is headed by the Mayor and is responsible for the overall, supervision and control of the administrative functions of the Municipal Corporation. Several agencies work under or in partnership with the Corporation including the Thiruvananthapuram Development Authority (TRIDA) and Thiruvananthapuram Road Development Company Limited.
The District Administration Headquarters are at Vanchiyur, Thiruvananthapuram, at a distance of just 1.5Kms away from the Government Secretariat and the Central Railway station. The District Collector heads the administration with the help of six other Deputy Collectors who are in charge of different departments that include. General matters, Land acquisition, Revenue recovery, Land reforms and Elections.
The District Collector also serves as the District Magistrate and is assisted by the Additional District Magistrate and the Revenue Divisional Officer. Thiruvananthapuram has only one revenue division.
A Tahsildar heads each of the four taluks namely Thiruvananthapuram, Neyyatinkara, Nedumangad and Chirayinkeezhu. There are 116 villages in the district.
District Panchayat
There are 84 Grama Panchayats, 12 Block Panchayats, one District Panchayat, four Municipalities and One Corporation in Thiruvananthapuram district. The District Panchayat president is also the Chairman of the District Rural Development Agency and the District Planning Committee.
Parliamentary / Assembly Constituencies
There are two Parliamentary and 14 Assembly Constituencies in the district.
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