Paravur Municipality town located on the south west boundary of Kollam District has a magnificent landscape and an inspiring history in its evolution as a townscape. Paravur Municipal town is the smallest municipal town in kollam district. On 1st May 1988 Paravur has been declared as Municipal town by the Government of Kerala. Paravur town is situated at 8045" North latitude and 7604" East longitude by the shore of Arabian Sea. The boundaries of this town are Mayyanad and chathannoor Panchayath on the north, Poothakulam Panchayath on the east, Edava Panchayath of Thiruvananthapuram district in the south and Arabian Sea in the west.

Name of Municipality :  Paravur

District : Kollam

Thaluk :Kollam

Area (in KM2) : 16.19 SqKm                     

No. of wards : 32

Population : 37189

No of Households :9074

Male :16858

Female : 20331

Density of population : 2297 /SqKm

SC Population : 4978

ST Population :  0

Literacy Rate  : 89.13

No. of PMAY Slums : Nil

VAMBAY - 51 HOUSES , COMPLETED -51

IHSDP - 192 HOUSES, COMPLETED - 178

EMS HOUSE - 77 COMPLETED - 67

JANAKEEYASUTHRANAM - 332, COMPLETED- 326

SC HOUSING - 124, COMPLETED-97

EMS LAND- 118, COMPLETED 33