19-12-2017, 04:30 PM
KOTTAYAM
*Formation : 1st July 1949
*Headquarters : Kottayam
*Literacy rate : 96.40%
*Sex ratio : 1040/1000
*Assembly constituencies : 9
*Lok Sabha constituencies : 1
*Kottayam is known as ’Akshara Nagaram’
*T. Ramarao was the founder of Kottayam City
*Kottayam is the leading rubber producer in India
*Kottayam is the only district which fully shares its boundary with other districts of Kerala.
*Gandhiji visited Kottayam in 1925.
*Kottayam situates on the banks of river Meenachil. The Meenachil river is mentioned in the ‘God of Small Things’ written by Arundhathi Roy.
*Kottayam has no sea shore.
*Birth place of K.R Narayanan
Ans : Uzhavoor
*K.R.Narayanan National Institute of Visual Science and Arts is situated at
Ans : Thekkumthala
Key Points
*Kottayam is the first fully literated town in India (1989 June 25)
*Kottayam is the first fully literated Municipality in India (1989)
*First Chumar Chithra Nagaram in Kerala
*Kottayam is the first Tobacco free district in India.
*First rubberised road in Kerala is Kottayam-Kumali.
*First fast track court in Kerala was started in Kottayam.
*CMS College is the first college in Kerala.
*CMS Press is the first press in Kerala.
