Puthenthope is a coastal village situated 19 km north west of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) City in Kerala, India, 16 km from Trivandrum International Airport. The village is mostly covered with coconut palms and cashew trees. Its western side edges with Arabian sea, while the east is separated by Parvathi Puthanar, a man made canal completed during the time of Regent Sethu Lakshmi Bhai of Travancore Kingdom. Access to National Highway (NH-47) and Railway Station is as short as 2 km and the famous VSSC of the Indian Space Research Organisation is close by. There are two man made hills - one on the south and the other on the north, which are believed to have been made during the time of Portuguese occupation of the area.