Kattakada

Kattakada
Town
Kattakkada Road at Ottasekharamangalam
Coordinates: 8°30′15″N 77°4′49″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 in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala. It is situated 13km west of Neyyattinkara Town, 18km south of Nedumangad town and 22km east of Capital City Thiruvananthapuram.

Location

Kattakada is in the eastern part of Thiruvananthapuram District. It is situated about (22 km) east of Trivandrum, the capital of Kerala. To its north, Nedumangad (18 km) and to south, Neyyattinkara (14 km). It is a commercial centre and the second biggest market of hill products in the district , after Nedumangad. Neyyar Dam, a tourist spot and the core of Agasthyavanam Wildlife Sanctuary , is only 10 km away from Kattakada at kuttichal panchyath, towards the east.

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

The nearest airport is Thiruvananthapuram International Airport.

See also

• Mandapathinkadavu
• Neyyattinkara
• Neyyattinkara Railway Station
• Amaravila
• kuttichal
• Kanjiramkulam
• Peyad
• Parassala
• Neyyattinkara Sree Krishna Swami Temple
• Upper cloth revolt
• Thiruvananthapuram
• Municipalities of Kerala

External links

• Kattakkada Taluk formed
• ASRTECH Website designing and developing
• -Kripabag-Complete Printing of Bags, Covers, Bigshoppers...etc
• About Kattakada - In the Local Self Government, Kerala website
• About Kattakada - In the Official Website of Church of South India (CSI) Parish Kattakada
• Kattakada Details on 1city.in
• Map of Thiruvananthapuram District
• About Kattakada
• map