List of cities and towns in Kerala

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

## History[edit]

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[edit]

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

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Municipal corporations
1 | Thiruvananthapuram | 968,990 | 218.86 | 4,427 | Thiruvananthapuram
2 | Kozhikode | 609,224 | 118.58 | 5,138 | Kozhikode
3 | Kochi | 602,046 | 94.88 | 6,345 | Ernakulam
4 | Kollam | 388,288 | 72.19 | 5,379 | Kollam
5 | Thrissur | 315,957 | 11.42 | 30,115 | Thrissur
6 | Kannur | 232,486 | 78.35 | 2,967 | Kannur
Municipalities
7 | Alappuzha | 174,164 | 46.20 | 3,770 | Alappuzha
8 | Kottayam | 172,812 | 77.8 | 1,758 | Kottayam
9 | Palakkad | 131,019 | 26.60 | 4,926 | Palakkad
10 | Manjeri | 97,102 | 53.06 | 1,830 | Malappuram
11 | Thalassery | 92,558 | 23.96 | 3,863 | Kannur
12 | Thrippunithura | 92,522 | 29.17 | 3,172 | Ernakulam
13 | Ponnani | 90,491 | 24.82 | 3,646 | Malappuram
14 | Vatakara | 75,295 | 21.32 | 3,532 | Kozhikode
15 | Kanhangad | 73,536 | 39.54 | 1,860 | Kasaragod
16 | Payyanur | 72,111 | 54.63 | 1,320 | Kannur
17 | Koyilandy | 71,873 | 29.05 | 2,474 | Kozhikode
18 | Parappanangadi | 71,239 | 22.25 | 3,202 | Malappuram
19 | Kalamassery | 71,038 | 27.00 | 2,631 | Ernakulam
20 | Kodungallur | 70,868 | 29.24 | 2,424 | Thrissur
21 | Neyyattinkara | 70,840 | 28.78 | 2,461 | Thiruvananthapuram
22 | Tanur | 69,534 | 19.49 | 3,568 | Malappuram
23 | Kayamkulam | 68,634 | 21.79 | 3,150 | Alappuzha
24 | Malappuram | 68,127 | 33.61 | 2,027 | Malappuram
25 | Guruvayur | 67,006 | 29.66 | 2,259 | Thrissur
26 | Thrikkakkara | 65,984 | 28.10 | 2,348 | Ernakulam
27 | Wadakkancherry | 61,341 | 51.56 | 1,190 | Thrissur
28 | Nedumangad | 60,161 | 32.53 | 1,849 | Thiruvananthapuram
29 | Kondotty | 59,256 | 30.93 | 1,916 | Malappuram
30 | Tirurangadi | 56,632 | 17.73 | 3,194 | Malappuram
31 | Tirur | 56,058 | 16.55 | 3,387 | Malappuram
32 | Panoor | 55,216 | 28.53 | 1,935 | Kannur
33 | Kasaragod | 54,172 | 16.69 | 3,246 | Kasaragod
34 | Feroke | 54,074 | 15.54 | 3,480 | Kozhikode
35 | Kunnamkulam | 54,071 | 34.18 | 1,582 | Thrissur
36 | Ottappalam | 53,792 | 32.68 | 1,646 | Palakkad
37 | Thiruvalla | 52,883 | 27.15 | 1,948 | Pathanamthitta
38 | Thodupuzha | 52,025 | 35.43 | 1,468 | Idukki
39 | Perinthalmanna | 49,723 | 34.41 | 1,445 | Malappuram
40 | Chalakudy | 49,525 | 25.23 | 1,963 | Thrissur
41 | Payyoli | 49,470 | 22.34 | 2,214 | Kozhikode
42 | Koduvally | 48,687 | 23.85 | 2,041 | Kozhikode
43 | Mananthavady | 47,974 | 80.10 | 599 | Wayanad
44 | Changanassery | 47,685 | 13.50 | 3,532 | Kottayam
45 | Mattanur | 47,078 | 54.32 | 867 | Kannur
46 | Punalur | 46,659 | 34.45 | 1,354 | Kollam
47 | Nilambur | 46,366 | 30.79 | 1,506 | Malappuram
48 | Cherthala | 45,827 | 16.19 | 2,831 | Alappuzha
49 | Sultan Bathery | 45,417 | 102.24 | 444 | Wayanad
50 | Maradu | 44,704 | 12.35 | 3,620 | Ernakulam
51 | Kottakkal | 44,382 | 20.45 | 2,170 | Malappuram
52 | Taliparamba | 44,247 | 18.96 | 2,334 | Kannur
53 | Shornur | 43,528 | 32.34 | 1,346 | Palakkad
54 | Pandalam | 42,793 | 28.42 | 1,506 | Pathanamthitta
55 | Kattappana | 42,646 | 52.77 | 808 | Idukki
56 | Cherpulassery | 41,267 | 32.00 | 1,290 | Palakkad
57 | Mukkam | 40,670 | 31.20 | 1,304 | Kozhikode
58 | Iritty | 40,369 | 45.84 | 881 | Kannur
59 | Valanchery | 40,318 | 21.90 | 1,841 | Malappuram
60 | Varkala | 40,048 | 15.42 | 2,597 | Thiruvananthapuram
61 | Nileshwaram | 39,752 | 26.23 | 1,515 | Kasaragod
62 | Chavakkad | 39,095 | 12.41 | 3,150 | Thrissur
63 | Kothamangalam | 38,837 | 40.04 | 970 | Ernakulam
64 | Pathanamthitta | 37,545 | 23.50 | 1,598 | Pathanamthitta
65 | Attingal | 37,382 | 16.87 | 2,216 | Thiruvananthapuram
66 | Paravur | 37,245 | 16.19 | 2,300 | Kollam
67 | Ramanattukara | 35,937 | 11.70 | 3,072 | Kozhikode
68 | Mannarkkad | 34,839 | 33.01 | 1,055 | Palakkad
69 | Erattupetta | 34,814 | 18.29 | 1,903 | Kottayam
70 | Sreekandapuram | 33,489 | 69 | 485 | Kannur
71 | Angamaly | 33,391 | 28.24 | 1,182 | Ernakulam
72 | Chittur-Thathamangalam | 32,298 | 14.71 | 2,196 | Palakkad
73 | Kalpetta | 31,580 | 40.74 | 775 | Wayanad
74 | North Paravur | 31,493 | 9.02 | 3,492 | Ernakulam
75 | Haripad | 30,977 | 19.24 | 1,610 | Alappuzha
76 | Muvattupuzha | 30,397 | 13.18 | 2,306 | Ernakulam
77 | Kottarakara | 29,788 | 17.39 | 1,713 | Kollam
78 | Kuthuparamba | 29,619 | 16.76 | 1,767 | Kannur
79 | Adoor | 29,165 | 20.42 | 1,428 | Pathanamthitta
80 | Irinjalakuda | 28,741 | 11.24 | 2,557 | Thrissur
81 | Pattambi | 28,632 | 15.84 | 1,808 | Palakkad
82 | Anthoor | 28,218 | 24.12 | 1,170 | Kannur
83 | Perumbavoor | 28,105 | 13.61 | 2,065 | Ernakulam
84 | Piravom | 27,229 | 29.36 | 927 | Ernakulam
85 | Ettumanoor | 26,933 | 16 | 1,683 | Kottayam
86 | Mavelikkara | 26,421 | 12.65 | 2,089 | Alappuzha
87 | Karunagappalli | 25,336 | 8.43 | 3,005 | Kollam
88 | Eloor | 25,297 | 11.21 | 2,257 | Ernakulam
89 | Chengannur | 23,466 | 14.60 | 1,607 | Alappuzha
90 | Vaikom | 23,245 | 8.73 | 2,663 | Kottayam
91 | Aluva | 22,428 | 7.14 | 3,141 | Ernakulam
92 | Pala | 22,056 | 16.06 | 1,373 | Kottayam
93 | Koothattukulam | 17,523 | 23.18 | 756 | Ernakulam

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011". Population of the urban local bodies in Kerala (2011). Government of Kerala. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
2. ^ "2011 census_PART_B_MALAPPURAM" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in.
3. ^ M K Sunil Kumar (26 September 2017). "50 years on, Kochi still has a long way to go". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
4. ^ "CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF CENTRAL ACTS (Updated up to 17-10-2014)". Lawmin.nic.in. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
5. ^ Lewis McIver, G. Stokes (1883). Imperial Census of 1881 Operations and Results in the Presidency of Madras ((Vol II) ed.). Madras: E.Keys at the Government Press. p. 444. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
6. ^ Presidency, Madras (India (1915). Madras District Gazetteers, Statistical Appendix For Malabar District (Vol.2 ed.). Madras: The Superintendent, Government Press. p. 20. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
7. ^ HENRY FROWDE, M.A., Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908–1909). Imperial Gazetteer of India (New ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
8. ^ "Thiruvananthapuram". Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010. Year of becoming a corporation
9. ^ Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency redrawn Delimitation impact, The Hindu 5 February 2008
10. ^ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
11. ^ "Kerala (India): Districts, Cities and Towns - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".

* Chandran, VP (2018). Mathrubhumi Yearbook Plus – 2019 (Malayalam ed.). Kozhikode: P. V. Chandran, Managing Editor, Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Company Limited, Kozhikode.

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