There had been 12 taluks in Quilon district, which had been Quilon, Kottarakkara,
Pathanapuram, Chencottah, Kunnathur, Pathanamthitta, Karthikappally,
Karunagappally, Mavelikkara, Thiruvalla, Ambalappuzha and Chertallai. Kollam is a reasonably industrialized city, and as a result, Kollam municipal organisation is the second one biggest revenue-incomes city business enterprise in kerala, 2nd best to Kochi. The soil is varyingly loamy, laterite and woodland on the coastal areas, mainland and the woodland regions respectively. g. Being South West coast of India District lies among North
range nine zero 10` and eighty 45` and East longitude seventy six zero 25` and seventy seven zero 15`. Kollam and Punalur with 3 taluks every beneathneath them. A wide variety of islands of various sizes fantastically spot the full-size expanse of the lake. When the
States had been re-organised at the 1 st November, 1956, Chencottah taluk turned into
transferred to Tamil Nadu State. Mineral sources are immensely wealthy and endowed with big
deposits of seaside sand containing Ilmenite, Monazite, Clay, Bauxite, Graphite and
Laterite. Administratively, the district consists of sales divisions viz.
