Thiruvananthapuram District at a glance
Distribution of PWD Roads* (in kms)
State Highways	Major Dist	Other Dist	Village
169.360	Roads  704.123	Roads 899.907	Roads 80.067	Total 1853.457
2003*
Communications*
No. of Post offices			No. of Telephone Exchanges
418	Urban - 85	Rural   - 333	94
2003*
Number of Registered working factories* - 901  2002*(Provisional)
Number of SSI units*
SC/ ST 1323	Women 6065	Others21530	Total 28918
2003*
Number of Industrial Co-operative Societies *
SC 43	ST7	Women68	Others99	Total No. of Societies 217
* 2003
Number of Handloom Co-operative Societies
363               *2002 – 2003
Number of job seekers *
Men239260	Women341061	Total580321
2003*

Monthly rainfall (m.m)*
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
Rainfall	2.9	45.1	65.4	141.0	112.5	245.3	181.0	119.3	23.8	457.6
*Upto 31st October 2003

Educational Statistics
A profile of schools in the districts *
	Government	Aided	Unaided	Total
LP Schools	302	181	14	497
UP Schools	98	102	15	215
High Schools	118	94	27	239
Teacher Training Institutions	4	5	—	9
Higher Secondary Schools**	46	45	37	128
Vocational HSS**	30	11	—	41
TOTAL	598	438	93	1129
				*2002-2003 **2003-2004

STUDENT STRENGTH *
Total Boys	Total Girls	SC Boys	SC Girls	ST Boys	ST Girls
220124	220869	32939	32521	1588	1821
					* 2003-2004

	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
Govt.	354	844	1248	3092	374	1055	449	1494	21	60	2092	5701
Aided	324	911	950	2882	272	967	224	957	9	64	1455	4870
Unaided	7	32	164	952	61	116	25	145			250	1213
Total	685	1787	2362	6926	707	2138	698	2596	30	124	3797	13571
											M- Male, F-Female
									*Education Statistics 2002-2003