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The State of [[Kerala]] consists of [[List of districts of Kerala|14]] districts, which are further divided into 27 revenue divisions.

A [[revenue division]] is positioned below the [[District#India|district]] and encompasses several [[Tehsil|taluks]] within its administrative purview. Each revenue division is headed by a '''Revenue Divisional Officer''' ('''RDO'''), who may be a Sub-Collector from the [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] cadre or a [[Deputy collector|Deputy Collector]] from the state service.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Admin |date=2025-01-22 |title=Organisation Structure |url=https://clr.kerala.gov.in/eng/index.php/department/organisation-structure |access-date=2025-11-22 |website=Department of Land Revenue |language=en-gb}}</ref> The RDO also functions as the [[Sub-divisional magistrate]] and assisted by Senior Superintendent among others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=96&Itemid=306|title=Kerala State Portal}}</ref>

Revenue divisions are subdivisions of districts under the [[Department of Revenue and Land Survey|Revenue Department]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Admin |date=2025-01-22 |title=Organisation Structure |url=https://clr.kerala.gov.in/eng/index.php/department/organisation-structure |access-date=2026-01-03 |website=Department of Land Revenue |language=en-gb}}</ref>

[[File:Administrative Divisions of Kerala (2020).svg|thumbnail|Administrative map of Kerala]]
The below table details the 27 revenue divisions with respect to their districts.<ref name=":3" />

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! District
! No. of<br />Divisions
! Revenue Divisions (RDO)
! [[List of taluks of Kerala|Taluks]] under RDO
! Revenue Divisions Map
! {{Tooltip|Ref|References}}

|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Kasaragod district|Kasaragod]]
| rowspan="2" | 2
| Kasaragod<br />
| [[Manjeshwaram]] (HQ: [[Uppala]]), [[Kasaragod]]
|
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Revenue Subdivisions {{!}} Website of Kasargod {{!}} India |url=https://kasargod.nic.in/en/subdivision-blocks/ |access-date=2026-01-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|Kanhangad
|[[Vellarikundu]], [[Hosdurg taluk|Hosdurg]] (HQ: [[Kanhangad]])
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Revenue Subdivisions {{!}} Website of Kasargod {{!}} India |url=https://kasargod.nic.in/en/subdivision-blocks/ |access-date=2026-01-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Kannur district|Kannur]]
| rowspan="2" | 2
| Taliparamba
| [[Payyanur]], [[Taliparamba]], [[Kannur]]
|
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Subdivisions(2) {{!}} Kannur District , Government of kerala {{!}} India |url=https://kannur.nic.in/en/subdivision-blocks/ |access-date=2026-01-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|Thalassery
|Thalassery, [[Iritty taluk|Iritty]]
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
| [[Wayanad district|Wayanad]]
| 1
| Mananthavady
| [[Mananthavady]], [[Sulthan Bathery]], [[Vythiri]] (HQ: [[Kalpetta]])
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Revenue Subdivision {{!}} Welcome to Wayanad {{!}} India |url=https://wayanad.gov.in/en/subdivision-blocks/ |access-date=2026-01-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>

|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Kozhikode district|Kozhikode]]
| rowspan="2" | 2
| Vatakara<br />
| [[Vatakara]], [[Koyilandy]]
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Revenue Divisions {{!}} Kozhikode District Website {{!}} India |url=https://kozhikode.nic.in/en/about-district/adminstration/revenue-divisions/ |access-date=2026-01-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|Kozhikode
|Thamarassery, Kozhikode
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Revenue Divisions {{!}} Kozhikode District Website {{!}} India |url=https://kozhikode.nic.in/en/about-district/adminstration/revenue-divisions/ |access-date=2026-01-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Malappuram district|Malappuram]]
| rowspan="2" | 2
| Perinthalmanna
| [[Nilambur taluk|Nilambur]], [[Eranad taluk|Eranad]] (HQ: [[Manjeri]]), [[Perinthalmanna taluk|Perinthalmanna]]
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Admin |date=2025-01-28 |title=Malappuram |url=https://clr.kerala.gov.in/eng/index.php/malappuram |access-date=2026-01-06 |website=Department of Land Revenue |language=en-gb}}</ref>
|-
|Tirur
|[[Kondotty taluk|Kondotty]], [[Tirurangadi taluk|Tirurangadi]], [[Tirur Taluk|Tirur]], [[Ponnani taluk|Ponnani]]
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Admin |date=2025-01-28 |title=Malappuram |url=https://clr.kerala.gov.in/eng/index.php/malappuram |access-date=2026-01-06 |website=Department of Land Revenue |language=en-gb}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Palakkad district|Palakkad]]
| rowspan="2" | 2
| Ottappalam
| [[Pattambi]], [[Ottappalam]], [[Mannarkkad]], [[Attappady]] (HQ: [[Agali, Palakkad|Agali]])
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Revenue Division {{!}} Palakkad {{!}} India |url=https://palakkad.nic.in/en/revenue-division/ |access-date=2026-01-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|Palakkad
|[[Palakkad Taluk|Palakkad]], [[Chittur taluk|Chittur]], Alathur
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Revenue Division {{!}} Palakkad {{!}} India |url=https://palakkad.nic.in/en/revenue-division/ |access-date=2026-01-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Thrissur district|Thrissur]]
| rowspan="2" | 2
| Thrissur<br />
| [[Thalapilly]] (HQ: [[Wadakkancheri]]), [[Kunnamkulam]], [[Chavakkad]], [[Thrissur]]
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Revenue Divisions {{!}} District Thrissur, Government of Kerala {{!}} India |url=https://thrissur.nic.in/en/revenue-divisions/ |access-date=2026-01-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|Irinjalakuda
|Kodungallur, [[Mukundapuram Taluk|Mukundapuram]] (HQ: Irinjalakuda), [[Chalakudy taluk|Chalakudy]]
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Revenue Divisions {{!}} District Thrissur, Government of Kerala {{!}} India |url=https://thrissur.nic.in/en/revenue-divisions/ |access-date=2026-01-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]]
| rowspan="2" | 2
| Ernakulam
| [[Kanayannur]] (HQ: [[Ernakulam]]), [[Kochi]] (HQ: [[Fort Kochi]]), [[North Paravur]], [[Aluva]]
|
|<ref name=":1">https://ernakulam.nic.in/en/subdivision/</ref>
|-
|Muvattupuzha
|Kothamangalam, [[Muvattupuzha taluk|Muvattupuzha]], Kunnathunad (HQ: Perumbavoor)
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Idukki district|Idukki]]
| rowspan="2" | 2
| Devikulam
| [[Peermade]], [[Udumbanchola]] (HQ: [[Nedumkandam]]), [[Devikulam]]
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Revenue {{!}} District Idukki, Government of Kerala {{!}} India |url=https://idukki.nic.in/en/revenue/ |access-date=2026-01-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|Idukki
|[[Idukki taluk|Idukki]] (HQ: Painavu), Thodupuzha
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Revenue {{!}} District Idukki, Government of Kerala {{!}} India |url=https://idukki.nic.in/en/revenue/ |access-date=2026-01-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Kottayam district|Kottayam]]
| rowspan="2" | 2
| Kottayam
| [[Changanasserry]], [[Kottayam]], [[Kanjirappally]]
|
|
|-
|Palai
|Meenachil (HQ: Pala), Vaikom
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Alappuzha district|Alappuzha]]
| rowspan="2" | 2
| Chengannur
| [[Chengannur]], [[Mavelikkara]], [[Karthikappally]] (HQ: [[Haripad]])
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Revenue Divisions (2) {{!}} District Alappuzha, Government of Kerala {{!}} India |url=https://alappuzha.nic.in/en/revenue-divisions/ |access-date=2026-01-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|Alappuzha
|[[Kuttanad]] (HQ: Mankombu), Ambalappuzha (HQ: Alappuzha), Cherthala
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Revenue Divisions (2) {{!}} District Alappuzha, Government of Kerala {{!}} India |url=https://alappuzha.nic.in/en/revenue-divisions/ |access-date=2026-01-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Pathanamthitta district|Pathanamthitta]]
| rowspan="2" | 2
| Adoor
| [[Adoor]], [[Konni, India|Konni]], [[Kozhencherry]] (HQ: [[Pathanamthitta]])
|
|
|-
|Thiruvalla
|Ranni, Mallappally, Thiruvalla
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Kollam district|Kollam]]
| rowspan="2" | 2
| Kollam
| [[Kollam]], [[Kunnathoor]] (HQ: [[Sasthamcotta]]), [[Karunagappally]]
|
|
|-
|Punalur
|Punalur, Pathanapuram, Kottarakkara
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Thiruvananthapuram district|Thiruvananthapuram]]
| rowspan="2" | 2
| Thiruvananthapuram
| [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Chirayinkeezhu]] (HQ: [[Attingal]]), [[Varkala]], [[Neyyattinkara]]
|
|<ref name=":2">https://trivandrum.nic.in/en/revenue-divisions/</ref>
|-
|Nedumangad
|Kattakkada,
Nedumangad
|
|<ref name=":2" />
|}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{Cite book|title=Mathrubhumi Yearbook Plus - 2019|publisher=P. V. Chandran, Managing Editor, Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Company Limited, Kozhikode|year=2018|location=Kozhikode|last=Chandran |first=VP|edition=Malayalam}}
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==External links==
* [http://www.revenue.kerala.gov.in Revenue Department]

[[Category:Kerala geography-related lists|Revenue divisions]]

List of revenue divisions of Kerala - Revision history

Bharatprspecialist at 06:57, 7 January 2026