| Year of Formation : | 1949 July, 1 |
| Main Rivers : | Meenachil, Manimala |
| Kottayam District is known as 'Land of Letters and Latex' |
| Kottayam is the only district that does not share border with a neighbouring state. |
| The first press in Kerala, CMS Press and the first College in Kerala, CMS College, are in Kottayam district. |
| Bharananganam Church is in Kottayam |
| Hindustan Papers at Vellore, Travancore Cements at Nattakam and Kerala Rubber Board are in Kottayam District |
| Uzhavoor is the birth place of former President of India Late KR Narayanan |
| Kumarakam in Kottayam district is a major tourist centre and a bird sanctuary. |
| Shores of Meenachal river is the background for Arundhati Roy's Booker Prize winning novel 'God or Small Things' |
| The oldest newspaper in Kerala still continues publishing is Deepika, started in 1887 from Mannanam in Kottayam District. |
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