ജില്ലകൾ · Districts

Fourteen districts

Ordered as the coast runs, from the southern tip at Thiruvananthapuram to the Tulu borderlands of Kasaragod.

  1. Red laterite cliffs above the curving beach at Varkala
    01

    തിരുവനന്തപുരം

    Thiruvananthapuram

    The city of the sacred serpent, where Kerala begins.

    2,192 km² · 33,01,427 people (2011)

  2. A Chinese fishing net rising out of Ashtamudi Lake at sunrise
    02

    കൊല്ലം

    Kollam

    The old port that gave Kerala its calendar.

    2,491 km² · 26,35,375 people (2011)

  3. Mist-covered forest and grassland at Gavi
    03

    പത്തനംതിട്ട

    Pathanamthitta

    Forest shrines, river feasts and the pilgrim's path.

    2,637 km² · 11,97,412 people (2011)

  4. A houseboat on the backwaters of Vembanad Lake
    04

    ആലപ്പുഴ

    Alappuzha

    Where Kerala floats — canals, coir and rice below the sea.

    1,415 km² · 21,27,789 people (2011)

  5. A houseboat on the backwaters at Kumarakom
    05

    കോട്ടയം

    Kottayam

    Land of letters, latex and lakes.

    2,208 km² · 19,74,551 people (2011)

  6. Tea-covered hills and the town of Munnar
    06

    ഇടുക്കി

    Idukki

    Spice hills, seas of tea and the roof of South India.

    4,358 km² · 11,08,974 people (2011)

  7. Chinese fishing nets silhouetted against the sunset at Fort Kochi
    07

    എറണാകുളം

    Ernakulam

    Queen of the Arabian Sea, where every ocean met.

    3,068 km² · 32,82,388 people (2011)

  8. Caparisoned elephants with colourful parasols at Thrissur Pooram
    08

    തൃശ്ശൂർ

    Thrissur

    The cultural capital, where the drums never sleep.

    3,032 km² · 31,21,200 people (2011)

  9. Forested ridges of the Western Ghats seen from Nelliyampathy
    09

    പാലക്കാട്

    Palakkad

    The granary of Kerala, through the gap in the Ghats.

    4,480 km² · 28,09,934 people (2011)

  10. A path through the teak forest of Nilambur
    10

    മലപ്പുറം

    Malappuram

    Land of poets, healers and the Nila.

    3,550 km² · 41,12,920 people (2011)

  11. Waves and rocks on Kappad beach
    11

    കോഴിക്കോട്

    Kozhikode

    City of truth, where Vasco da Gama made landfall.

    2,344 km² · 30,86,293 people (2011)

  12. The green slopes of Chembra Peak in Wayanad
    12

    വയനാട്

    Wayanad

    Misty highlands of paddy, pepper and ancient carvings.

    2,131 km² · 8,17,420 people (2011)

  13. A Theyyam performer in red costume and towering headdress
    13

    കണ്ണൂർ

    Kannur

    Land of looms, lore and Theyyam.

    2,966 km² · 25,23,003 people (2011)

  14. The laterite walls of Bekal Fort curving along the sea
    14

    കാസർഗോഡ്

    Kasaragod

    The land of seven tongues and sentinel forts.

    1,992 km² · 13,07,375 people (2011)