Vattiyoorkavu is located in the north-eastern side of Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram , formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland...

 (Trivandrum) city, Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. River Killi flows through this area.

The name Vattiyoorkavu is believed to be derived from three words, Vatti - which means winding a hilly tract, Ooru - which means land, and Kavu - which means small temple.

Educational institutions in the area includes Central Polytechnic College, Bharthiya Vidya Bhavan, Saraswathy Vidyalaya, A.R.R Public School and Vattiyoorkavu Govt.Higher secondary school. One of the units of ISRO is also situated here. Unit of Geological Survey of India, C.P.W.D quarters, Head quarters of Kerala State Audio Visual and Reprographic Centre and production centre of State Nirmithi Kerndra is located here.

Aruvikkara Dam is 9 km away from Vattiyoorkavu. Meusium zoo, kowdiar kottaram is near by 3km

The stones for the renovation of Sri Padmanabha swamy temple was mined from Kulashekharam, which is in Vattiyoorkavu. The Chamundi Temple at Thozhuvancode, Sree krishna temple(kanjirampara),vimalahruthaya church, Sastha Temple, Devi temple at Puthoorkonam

Puthoorkonam

Puthoorkonam is 1 km from Vattiyoorkavu in the Vattiyoorkavu-Peroorkada route, in Kerala, India. Puthoorkonam is famous for the Devi Temple...

,saraswaathy temple (arappura) St.Peter's & St.Paul's Orthodox Syrian Church, and Juma Masjid are the old places of worship here. The mosque of Juma Masjid was built by the successors of the Muslim Cavalry soldiers of the Nair Brigade

Nair Brigade

The Nair Brigade was the army of the erstwhile kingdom of Travancore in India. Nairs were a warrior community in the region which was responsible for the security of Travancore and other local kingdoms. King Marthanda Varma's personal bodyguard was called 'Thiruvithamkoor Nair Pattalam'...

 of Travancore, who had settled in Sasthamangalam

Sasthamangalam

Sasthamangalam is a place in the city of Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala, India. It is just 6 km from the Central Railway Station, and is a popular residential area in Thiruvananthapuram city....

and Vattiyoorkavu. The Central Polytechnic College in Vattiyoorkavu ,mechanical association was formed on 26-07-2010.