Vellanad

G.Karthikeyan Smaraka Government Vocational and Higher Secondary School aka Government Model V HSS Vellanad is located amid of Vellanad, Thiruvananthapuram. The school started as a Lower Primary school in 1891, and from 1957 onwards, it became an Upper Primary school, and in 1962, it became the High School. In 1989, the VHSE Department started, and in 2000, the Higher Secondary Section was also launched. In 1998, the School won the PSSCIVE(Pandit Sunderlal Sharma Central Institute of Vocational Education) Award. The school also won the State Award 2002-03 for establishing the best IT lab for the IT@School project. It also received Central Government's 2nd Computer Literacy Excellence Award for School-2003. In 2004, Principal K. S Vimalakumari was rewarded for the National Teachers Award. The school won the title 'MODEL' in the academic year 2012–2013. The school divided into four wings, such as Upper primary, High school, Higher secondary and Vocational higher secondary. The higher secondary wing offers courses for biology, computer science, commerce, humanities and most exclusively for journalism (under the Humanities group). Medical laboratory technician (MLT) and Livestock management (LSM) are the two courses offered in the vocational higher secondary wing. Later, the school was renamed as G. Karthikeyan memorial. Aneesh VN is the current PTA president.

Vembannur is a village located in the Nedumangad taluk of the Thiruvananthapuram District in Kerala, India. Vembannur comes under the Aruvikkara panchayat of the Nedumangad Taluk. The main attraction of this small village is the Aruvikkara Dam. This dam was built by the rulers of the Travancore princely state to supply drinking water to the city of Thiruvananthapuram. As of 2012, the water from the dam's reservoir is still in use. The dam is small, with only 20 feet in height, but stores a good capacity of water. There is a bridge connecting Vembannur to the outside world in front of the Dam. A single-track bridge, which is the only road link to the outer world from this village.

Aruvikkara Dam (Malayalam : അരുവിക്കര അണക്കെട്ട്) is located in Aruvikkara in Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala. This Gravity and Masonry dam was built across the Karamana River and was completed in 1972 is used for irrigation and supplying drinking water to the city of Thiruvananthapuram. The Aruvikkara dam project came up in the 1930s and has been supported by the Peppara dam built in 1983. The height of the dam is 14.01 meters (45.96 ft) and the length is 83.21 meters (273 ft). The Aruvikkara Dam meets the irrigation needs of Thiruvananthapuram. The reservoir is also one of the water tourism sites in Kerala.

Aruvikkara State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Attingal Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is G. Steephen of Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Kuttichal (formerly known as Mannoorkara) is a village in Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India. The Kuttichal panchayath has borders with Aryanad, Poovachal, Kallikkad, panchayaths and Thiruneveli District of Tamil Nadu India. Kuttichal is part of Kattakada Taluk, Vellanad block panchayath and Aruvikkara Legislative Assembly. Kuttichal also has the kottor Elephant rehabilitation centre which is famous among tourists. Kuttichal is a village town lying under the foothills of the Agastyarkudam of the Sahya Mountains. The town is situated nearly 30 km East from Thiruvananthapuram, 14 km South from Nedumangad and 8 km North from Kattakkada. In beauty and all other aspects this is a typical Kerala model village. This is purely an agricultural oriented Panchayath; Coconut, Rubber, Tapioca, Banana and Vegetables are the main farming items. This Grama Panchayat consists of 14 wards and the people of all groups are living in harmony. Through this the State Highway road Nedumangad-Shorlakkodu SH3 (Tamil Nadu) runs. This road will become a part of new project The Hill Highway or Malayora Highway or newly named State Highway 59 (SH59)

Aruvikkara is a panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India. It is located on the banks of the Karamana River 15 km from Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the state of Kerala in South India and one of the 12 panchayats that shares border with Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation. The reservoir and garden makes it a tourist spot. It is famous for the ancient Bhagavathi temple dedicated to Durga, the divine embodiment of female power, which is built on a rock. The stream in front of the temple contains large fishes, which are fed by the devotees visiting the shrine. The headquarters of the Wellington Water Distribution project is located here. The small Aruvikkara Dam (mini dam) which provides water to the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. G Steephen of CPI(M) is the sitting MLA of Aruvikkara constituency to the Kerala Legislative Assembly.

G. V. Raja Sports School is a State sports school in Aruvikkara, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, focused on developing young athletes in various sports. It is one of the three sports schools in Kerala under the Directorate of Sports & Youth Affairs, alongside the Sports Division in Thrissur and the Sports School in Kannur. Founded in 1974, it is named after Lt. Col. P. R. Godha Varma Raja, known as the "Father of Sports in Kerala," to honor his contributions to sports promotion in the state.

Paruthippally CSI Church, part of the Church of South India (CSI) is one of the oldest congregations in South India having historical importance in Travancore state. The church was constructed during the period of His Highness Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma . The Paruthippally church was built with the leadership of Rev. John Cox London Missionary Society in Kerala. This church is a heritage site in Kuttichal.

Vilappil is a village in Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India.

Veeranakavu is a village in Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India.

Christian College, Kattakada is an Arts and Science College, under the Society for Education of the SIUC community of the Church of South India and registered under the Travancore-Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act XII of 1955. The college is located in a sprawling area in Kattakada under Kattakada taluk, 20 km east of Thiruvananthapuram city, the capital of Kerala. The college offers undergraduate courses in various discipline including physics, chemistry, mathematics, statistics, Zoology and botany. Postgraduate courses are offered for physics, chemistry, and botany.

Kulathummal is a village in Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India.