Thiruvananthapuram (ind)

Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram ranks 1,961st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Santa Marta, Njeguši, and Skellefteå. Memorable people born in Thiruvananthapuram include Anna Chandy, Padmini, and K. S. Chithra. Memorable people who died in Thiruvananthapuram include Anna Mani and Vikram Sarabhai. Thiruvananthapuram has been the birth place of many actors and judges and the death place of many physicists. Thiruvananthapuram is located in India.

Thiruvananthapuram, is the capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration population is around 1.68 million. Located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland, Thiruvananthapuram is a major information technology hub in Kerala and contributes 55% of the state's software exports as of 2016. Referred to by Mahatma Gandhi as the "Evergreen city of India", the city is characterised by its undulating terrain of low coastal hills. Read more on Wikipedia