KOTTAYAM ADMINISTRATION

Kottayam district consists of two Revenue divisions - Kottayam and Pala - each under the control of a Revenue Divisional Officer. There are five taluks - Kottayam, Changanassery, Vaikom, Meenachil and Kanjirappally and 95 revenue villages. The District Panchayat consists of 21 divisions. There are four municipalities - Kottayam, Changanassery, Pala and Vaikom and 11 block panchayats - Madappally, Pallom, Ettumanoor, Kaduthuruthy, Vaikom, Uzhavoor, Lalam, Erattupetta, Kanjirappally, Vazhoor and Pampady in the district. The number of grama panchayats comes to 74.

The district has 10 Assembly constituencies - Kanjirappally, Uzhavoor, Changanassery, Kottayam, Ettumanoor,Puthuppally, Poonjar, Pala, Kaduthuruthy and Vaikom. The only Parliamentary constituency with in the district is Kottayam. Certain parts of Kanjirapplly,Poonjar and Pala Assembly constituenciesare included in Moovattupuzha Parliamentary constituency.