Alappuzha district
The district Alappuzha (formerly Alleppey ) is a district in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Council is based in the eponymous city of Alappuzha.
Geography
The Alappuzha District is located on the Malabar coast in the southern part of Kerala. Neighboring districts of Alappuzha Ernakulam are in the north, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta Kollam in the east and the south.
With an area of 1,414 square kilometers of Alappuzha District is the smallest area of the district of Kerala. It comprises a narrow coastal strip of the Arabian Sea. The coastline of the district is 82 kilometers. In the hinterland of the coast begin the backwaters, an extensive waterway network of canals, rivers and lagoons. The northern part of the district territory consists of a narrow peninsula between the Arabian Sea and the Venbanad Lake, part of the backwaters.
The Alappuzha District is divided into six taluks Cherthala, Ambalappuzha, Kuttanad, Karthikappally, Mavelikkara and Chengannur.
History
The Alappuzha District was founded in 1957, one year after the founding of the state of Kerala, from parts of the districts of Kottayam and Kollam. 1982 parts of District Alappuzha were transferred to the newly formed Pathanamthitta district again.
Population
According to the Indian census of 2011, the Alappuzha District has 2,121,943 inhabitants. The population density is almost twice as high as in the already high average of the state with 1,500 people per square kilometer. The literacy rate is 96.3 % more than the already high average of Kerala and is one of the highest in India.
The population of the district of Alappuzha provide after Volkszähling 2001 Hindus with 69.1 % majority. Your share of the population is the highest among the districts of the denominational strongly mixed state of Kerala. To profess Christianity in Alappuzha District 20.9%, Islam 9.9% of the population.