(S.M.S.M. Institute) in Thiruvananthapuram city is a major state government emporium marketing products of Kerala's handicraft industries. The Neyyar Irrigation Project, commissioned in 1959, irrigates an area of . The Neyyar river is the source of water for the Neyyar reservoir. The dam is long and high. The catchment draining into the reservoir, covering an area of of forest, receives an annual average rainfall of about 2260 mm from the two monsoons. The total length of the main canal and its branches is . Administration The headquarters of the district administration is at Kudappanakunnu, Thiruvananthapuram. The district administration is headed by the District collector. He is assisted by five deputy collectors with responsibility for general matters, land acquisition, revenue recovery, land reforms, and elections. Municipal towns There are 4 municipal towns in the district. They are: Legislative representation There are two Lok Sabha constituency in Thiruvananthapuram: Attingal and Thiruvanthapuram. There are 14 Kerala Legislative Assembly seats in Thiruvananthapuram district. Taluks The district is divided into two revenue divisions which together incorporate six Taluks, each of which is headed by a Tehsildar, within them. Taluks in the Thiruvananthapuram Revenue Division are: Taluks in the Nedumangad Revenue Division are: Revenue villages Thiruvananthapuram district is divided into 124 revenue villages for the ease and decentralisation of its revenue administration. They are further incorporated into 6 taluks as eludicated below. Neyyattinkara Taluk Anavoor Athiyannur Balaramapuram Chenkal Kanjiramkulam Karode Karumkulam Kollayil Kottukal Kulathoor Kunnathukal Neyyattinkara Pallichal Parassala Parasuvaikkal Perumkadavila Perumpazhuthoor Poovar Thirupuram Vellarada Vizhinjam Kattakada Taluk Amboori Kallikkad Keezharoor Kulathummal Malayinkeezhu Mannoorkara Maranalloor Ottasekharamangalam Perumkulam Vazhichal Veeranakavu Vilappil Vilavoorkkal Thiruvananthapuram Taluk Andoorkonam Attipra Ayiroopara Cheruvakkal Kadakampally Kadinamkulam Kalliyoor Kazhakoottam Keezhthonnakkal Kowdiar Kudappanakunnu Manacaud Melthonnakkal Menamkulam Muttathara Nemom Pallippuram Pangappara Pattom Peroorkada Pettah Sasthamangalam Thirumala Thiruvallam Thycaud Uliyazhathura Ulloor Vanchiyoor Vattiyoorkavu Veiloor Venganoor Nedumangad Taluk Anad Aruvikkara Aryanadu Kallara Karakulam Karippoor Koliyakode Kurupuzha Manikkal Nedumangad Nellanad Palode Panavoor Pangode Peringamala Pullampara Thekkada Thennoor Tholicode Uzhamalackal Vamanapuram Vattappara Vellanad Vembayam Vithura Chirayinkeezhu Taluk Alamkode Anchuthengu Attingal Avanavanchery Azhoor Chirayinkeezhu Edakode Elamba Kadakkavoor Karavaram Keezhattingal Kilimanoor Kizhivillam Koonthalloor Koduvazhannoor Mudakkal Nagaroor Pazhayakunnummel Pulimath Sarkara Vakkom Vellalloor Varkala Taluk Ayiroor Chemmaruthy Cherunniyoor Edava Kudavoor Madavoor Manamboor Muthana Navaikulam Ottoor Pallickal Varkala Vettoor Transport National Highway 66 (formerly known as National Highway 47) stretches from Kaliyikkavila at its southern end to Navaikulam near Parippally in the north, covering a distance of within the district. The Main Central Road covers a