Kattakada

Kattakada
Kattakada
Town
	Kattakkada Road at Ottasekharamangalam
	Coordinates: 8°30′15″N 77°4′49″E / 8.50417°N 77.08028°E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Thiruvananthapuram district
Government
• Type	Government
• Body	Kattakada Grama Panchayath
Area
• Total	22.54 km2 (8.70 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	40,448
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	695572
Telephone code	0471
Vehicle registration	KL-74

Kattakada is a Taluk and a suburb in Trivandrum, the capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. It is situated 13km west of Neyyattinkara Town, 18km south of Nedumangad town and 22km south-west of Capital City Trivandrum.

Location

Kattakada is in the eastern part of Thiruvanathapram (Trivandrum) District. It is situated about 18 km east of Trivandrum, the capital of Kerala. To its north is situated Nedumangad (18 km) and to its south, Neyyattinkara (14 km). It is a commercial centre and the second biggest market of hill products in the district ^{[citation needed]}, after Nedumangad. Neyyar Dam, a tourist spot and the core of Agasthyavanam Wildlife Sanctuary ^{[citation needed]}, is only 10 km away from Kattakada at kuttichal panchyath, towards the east. Thus, Kattakada is situated at the centre of four places: Trivandrum to the west, Neyyattinkara to the south, Neyyar Dam to the east and Nedumangad to the north.

The nearest railway stations are Trivandrum Central(18 km), Balaramapuram (10 km) and Neyyattinkara (13 km).

The nearest airport is Thiruvananthapuram International Airport.

References

^ "Panchayat Population". Thiruvananthapuram district. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2008.

External links

[1] "Panchayat Population". Thiruvananthapuram district. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2008.

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