Thiruvananthapuram city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Thiruvananthapuram Metropolitan Region*. As per census 2011, Thiruvananthapuram urban/metropolitan population is 16,79,754 (16.79 Lakhs) of which 813,065 are males and 866,689 are females. The literacy rate is 94.20 % & the Male-Female Sex ratio is 1062. The child sex ratio is 962
* An urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths (OGs), or two or more physically contiguous towns together with or without outgrowths of such towns.