Kerala Districts And Year of Formation

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Kerala Districts & Year of Formation

Districts of Kerala
The States Reorganisation Act of 1 November 1956 divided ancient kingdoms/states of Kerala to districts. Nowadays Kerala is divided into 3 main regions based on geographical features with 14 districts:
  1. North Kerala – Kasaragod, Kannur, Wayanad, Kozhikode & Malappuram.
  2. Central Kerala – Palakkad, Thrissur, Ernakulam & Idukki.
  3. South Kerala – Kottayam, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Kollam & Thiruvananthapuram.

Kerala Districts & their Year of Formation

Year of FormationDistricts
1949Kollam
Kottayam
Thrissur
Thiruvanthapuram
1957Alappuzha
Kannur
Kozhikode
Palakkad
1958Ernakulam
1969Malappuram
1972Idukki
1980Wayanad
1982Pathanamthitta
1984Kasargode
1 July 1949, 1 January 1957, 1 April 1958, 16 June 1969,
26 January 1972, 1 November 1980, 1 November 1982, 24 May 1984