Pathanamthitta

                                                        

Pathanamthitta is a combination of two words Pathanam and Thitta which mean an array of houses on the river side. This district was formed on Ist November 1982 in the interest of the hastening process of development. It is presumed that the regions presently under the district were formerly under the Pandalam reign which had connections with the Pandya Kingdom. Pathanamthitta now includes portions of the erstwhile Kollam Alappuzha and Idukki districts. Pathanamthitta, Adoor, Ranni, Konni and Kozhencherry are some of the important places taken from Kollam district, whereas Thiruvalla and Mallappally are the major places taken from Alappuzha district National Movement: The district can be proud of its rich contribution to the struggle for freedom.When Mahatma Gandhi visited the erstwhile Travancore in 1937, he asked his follower Khadar Das T.P. Gopala Pillai to spread the message of Khadi and Charka. Inspired by Gandhiji he founded the 'Mahatma Khadi Ashram' at Elanthoor 1941.He launched a scheme for mobilizing funds for khadi activities known as 'ek paise fund'in order to ensure the participation of the whole people       in the khadi movement. There was strong protest in Travancore against the British in connection with the visit of the Prince of Wales in 1921. In 1922, a student's strike was held which instilled a lot of spirit and enthusiasm among the freedom fighters. During the same period, Congress leaders like Ponnara Sreedhar and K. Kumar, the participants from Kerala in the flag satyagraha at Nagapur were arrested and beatenup by the police. The contribution of lanthoor K.Kumar, Thadiyal Raghavan Pillai, Pandalam KP and N.G. Chacko to the National Movement have much significance in the history of freedom struggle.

                                                       Abstract of statistical reports as per Census Data - 2001

					Pathanamthitta District No. of Households 297134 Total Population 1234016 No. of Males 589398 No. of Females 644618 SC population 162002 ST population 6549 Literate 1049876 Illiterate 184140 1 Adoor Taluk No. of Households 73697 Total Population 304251 No. of Males 145028 No. of Females 159223 SC population 53610 ST population 210 Literate 252437 Illiterate 51814 2 Kozhencherry Taluk No. of Households 85746 Total Population 350416 No. of Males 166207 No. of Females 184209 SC population 48419 ST population 690 Literate 297252 Illiterate 53164 3 Mallappally Taluk No. of Households 32656 Total Population 137064 No. of Males 65704 No. of Females 71360 SC population 15506 ST population 225 Literate 118524 Illiterate 18540 4 Ranni Taluk No. of Households 50132 Total Population 207782 No. of Males 100716 No. of Females 107066 SC population 17353 ST population 4828 Literate 178220 Illiterate 29562 5 Thiruvalla Taluk No. of Households 54903 Total Population 234503 No. of Males 111743 No. of Females 122760 SC population 27114 ST population 296 Literate 203443 Illiterate 31060