Kottayam (India)

Kottayam (IPA: [ko:ʈ:ajam]) is a city in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is the headquarters of Kottayam district, located about 66 km (41 mi) south of the commercial city of Kochi and 154 km (95.7 mi) north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 census of India, Kottayam has a population of 136,812 people, and a population density of 2,470/km2 (6,400/sq mi). Kottayam is also referred to as "the City of Letters" as many of the first Malayalam daily newspapers, such as Deepika, Malayala Manorama, and Mangalam, were started and are headquartered in Kottayam, as are a number of publishing houses.