Kerala's 14 revenue districts are subdivided into 62 taluks, 1453 revenue villages and 1007 Gram panchayats. Allaphuza District is further divided into 6 taluks, Ernakulam into 7 taluks, Idukki into four taluks and Kollam into 5 taluks. There are three taluks in Kannur district, 2 in Kasaragod district, 5 in Kottayam district, 3 in Kozhikode district and 6 in Malappuram district. Palakkad, Pathanamthitta and Thrissur have 5 taluks each. Thiruvananthapuram has 4 taluks and Wayanad has 3 taluks.
Kerala District facts
- Kerala district Map will show you that the cities located to the North of the state will together form the Kasaragod District of Kerala. Further, five other development blocks namely Manjeshwar, Kanhagad, Nileshwar, Parappa and Karadukka constitute the district. Seven different languages are spoken in the district.
- Kannur district is the second largest district in the state and the most urbanized of all the districts in Kerala. It shares its border with the area belonging to the Karambor district to the North and Wayanad and Kozhikod district to the South.
- Pallakad District covering an area of 4480 sq km is the largest district in the state while Idukki covering an area of 4476 sq km is the second largest district in Kerala and Alappuzha with an area of 1414 sq km is the smallest district in the state. It is also renowned as the 'Venice of the East.'
- Mallapuram, the most populous district in Kerala shares its northern boundary with Wayanad District and Kozhikode District and its Southern boundary with Pallakad District.
- Pathanamthittha sharing its border with the state of Tamil Nadu in the East is surrounded by Kottayam and Idukki districts to the North, Allapuzha to the west and Kollam to the South.
- Kollam District, popular all over India for its cashew industry, is situated to the South of Pathanamthittha and North of Thiruvananthapuram which is the district located to the southern most corner of the state of Kerala.
