Thripunithura Municipality
City Profile

                                                  Name of Municipality -Tripunithura

 

District Ernakulam
Taluk Kanayannoor
Assembly constituency Tripunithura, Piravom
Parliament constituency Ernakulam, Kottayam
Revenue Villages Nadama hekkumbagam,Thiruvankulam

 

Tripunithura is a suburb of the Kochi Metropolitan area in the Ernakulam District of State Kerala. In state administration, Tripunithura is in the Tripunithura Assembly Constituency and old Thiruvankulam Gramapanchayath, now a part of Tripunithura is  in the piravom assembly constituency.  Tripunithura was the capital of the erstwhile kingdom of Cochin and also known as the land of temples. Thiruvankulam is the border village of Kochi and  Travancore kingdoms, the Kavaleeswaram stream separated the two kingdoms.   Tripunithura is situated in the Kanayannoor Taluk.  North boundary is Trikkakkara Municipality and on southern boundary Udaymperoor Gramapanchayath.

 

Demographic Details
Area  
No, of wards 49
No. of households 29495
BPL Families 6058
Population  92522
SC 10973
ST 245
Male 45295
Female 47227
0-6 childrens 8456
Density 3172
Male Female Ratio 1020
Literacy Rate 94.34%
Total Buildings 38097
Housing Profile

In order to cater the housing needs of the people, from the year 2000 to till, municipality supported  2143 for new houses, under various schemes such as Janakeyasuthranam, One lakh housing scheme, EMS housing, BSUP housing  scheme, and out of these 1609 have been completed.

Tripunithura Municipality completed the demand survey. 1837 families were covered in the demand survey. Demand for new houses under PMAY, 4th  vertical, Beneficiary led construction has been identified as 761, 721 families were identified under Credit linked subsidy scheme and 67 were identified under Affordable Housing in Partnership.

 

Different  Housing Schemes implemented by ULB (Under different Schemes Wise)

Sl. No

Programme

Sanctioned houses

Completed

Year of Implementation

1

One lakh housing scheme

630

280

1999-2000

2

EMS Housing + MN lakshamveed house rebuilt scheme

301

146

2008-2011

3

Janakeyasuthranam

918

895

2000-2008

4

BSUP

272

270

2008-2016

5

Asraya

22

18

2010-2017