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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roads"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Roads</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roads-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Railways" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Railways"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Railways</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Railways-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Airports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Airports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Airports</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Airports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Water_transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Water_transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Water transport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Water_transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Gender" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gender"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Gender</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gender-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-LGBT_rights" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#LGBT_rights"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1.1</span> <span>LGBT rights</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-LGBT_rights-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Human_Development_Index" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Human_Development_Index"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Human Development Index</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Human_Development_Index-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Healthcare" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Healthcare"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Healthcare</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Healthcare-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Language" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Language"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Language</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Language-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Religion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.5</span> <span>Religion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Culture</span> </div> </a> <button 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href="#Cinema"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3</span> <span>Cinema</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cinema-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Literature" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Literature"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.4</span> <span>Literature</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Literature-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cuisine" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cuisine"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.5</span> <span>Cuisine</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cuisine-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Media</span> </div> </a> <ul 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</li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" 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Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8A%AC%E1%88%A8%E1%88%88" title="ኬረለ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ኬረለ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-anp mw-list-item"><a href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B2" title="केरल – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="केरल" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7" title="كيرلا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="كيرلا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE_(%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF)" title="কেৰেলা (ৰাজ্য) – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="কেৰেলা (ৰাজ্য)" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B2" title="केरल – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="केरल" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7" title="کرالا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="کرالا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B2" title="কেরল – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কেরল" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Керала – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Керала" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Керала – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Керала" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B2" title="केरल – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="केरल" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Керала – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Керала" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%80%E0%BD%BA%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A3%E0%BD%B1%E0%BC%8D" title="ཀེ་ར་ལཱ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ཀེ་ར་ལཱ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Керала – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Керала" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Kerala" title="State of Kerala – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="State of Kerala" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A9rala" title="Kérala – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kérala" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%86%DE%AC%DE%83%DE%AC%DE%8D%DE%A7" title="ކެރެލާ – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ކެރެލާ" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B2" title="केरल – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="केरल" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>डोटेली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B1" title="Κεράλα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κεράλα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keralo" title="Keralo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Keralo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7" title="کرالا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کرالا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%95%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%B3" title="કેરળ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="કેરળ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B3" title="केरळ – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="केरळ" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BC%80%EB%9E%84%EB%9D%BC%EC%A3%BC" title="케랄라주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="케랄라주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A1" title="Կերալա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կերալա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B2" title="केरल – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="केरल" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE" title="কেরালা – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="কেরালা" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%C3%A6" title="Кералæ – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Кералæ" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%94" title="קרלה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קרלה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%B3" title="ಕೇರಳ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಕೇರಳ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90" title="კერალა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კერალა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%8E%D9%84%D8%A7" title="کیرَلا – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="کیرَلا" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malabaria" title="Malabaria – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Malabaria" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B2" title="केरल – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="केरल" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Керала – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Керала" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%82" title="കേരളം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="കേരളം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B3" title="केरळ – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="केरळ" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90" title="კერალა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="კერალა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7" title="كيرالا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كيرالا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7" title="کرالا – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="کرالا" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%80%EA%AF%A6%EA%AF%94%EA%AF%82%EA%AF%A5" title="ꯀꯦꯔꯂꯥ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯀꯦꯔꯂꯥ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Керала – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Керала" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%80%E1%80%B1%E1%80%9B%E1%80%9C%E1%80%95%E1%80%BC%E1%80%8A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%94%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA" title="ကေရလပြည်နယ် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ကေရလပြည်နယ်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B2" title="केरल – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="केरल" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B2" title="केरल – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="केरल" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A9%E5%B7%9E" title="ケララ州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ケララ州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Керала – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Керала" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%95%E0%AD%87%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%B3" title="କେରଳ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="କେରଳ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B2" title="ਕੇਰਲ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਕੇਰਲ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7" title="کیرلا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="کیرلا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7" title="کيرالا – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="کيرالا" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Querala" title="Querala – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Querala" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Керала – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Керала" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szy mw-list-item"><a href="https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ke-la-la-pang" title="Ke-la-la-pang – Sakizaya" lang="szy" hreflang="szy" data-title="Ke-la-la-pang" data-language-autonym="Sakizaya" data-language-local-name="Sakizaya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sakizaya</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B3%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D" title="केरळराज्यम् – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="केरळराज्यम्" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%9F" title="ᱠᱮᱨᱟᱞᱟ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱠᱮᱨᱟᱞᱟ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%9A%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%85%E0%B6%BA" title="කේරළය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="කේරළය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7" title="ڪيرالا – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="ڪيرالا" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A9rala" title="Kérala – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Kérala" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8E%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7" title="کێرالا – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="کێرالا" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Керала – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Керала" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="கேரளம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="கேரளம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Керала – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Керала" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B3" title="కేరళ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="కేరళ" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%90%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B0" title="รัฐเกรละ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="รัฐเกรละ" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Керала – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Керала" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tcy mw-list-item"><a href="https://tcy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%B3" title="ಕೇರಳ – Tulu" lang="tcy" hreflang="tcy" data-title="ಕೇರಳ" data-language-autonym="ತುಳು" data-language-local-name="Tulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ತುಳು</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Керала – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Керала" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7" title="کیرلا – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="کیرلا" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Kerala" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" 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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Kerala</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">State</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style 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.tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tnone center"><div class="multiimageinner" style="width:272px;max-width:272px;border:none"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:270px;max-width:270px"><div style=";height:178px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Athirapally_Waterfalls_after_the_Monsoons.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Athirapally_Waterfalls_after_the_Monsoons.jpg/330px-Athirapally_Waterfalls_after_the_Monsoons.jpg" decoding="async" width="268" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Athirapally_Waterfalls_after_the_Monsoons.jpg/500px-Athirapally_Waterfalls_after_the_Monsoons.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Athirapally_Waterfalls_after_the_Monsoons.jpg/960px-Athirapally_Waterfalls_after_the_Monsoons.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Athirappilly_Falls" title="Athirappilly Falls">Athirappilly Falls</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:134px;max-width:134px"><div style=";height:82px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alappuzha_loves_Wikimedia_IMG_7698.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Alappuzha_loves_Wikimedia_IMG_7698.JPG/250px-Alappuzha_loves_Wikimedia_IMG_7698.JPG" decoding="async" width="132" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Alappuzha_loves_Wikimedia_IMG_7698.JPG/330px-Alappuzha_loves_Wikimedia_IMG_7698.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2498" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Kerala_backwaters" title="Kerala backwaters">Kerala backwaters</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:134px;max-width:134px"><div style=";height:82px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Munnar_hillstation_kerala.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Munnar_hillstation_kerala.jpg/132px-Munnar_hillstation_kerala.jpg" decoding="async" width="132" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Munnar_hillstation_kerala.jpg/198px-Munnar_hillstation_kerala.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Munnar_hillstation_kerala.jpg/264px-Munnar_hillstation_kerala.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1243" data-file-height="771" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Munnar" title="Munnar">Munnar</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:153px;max-width:153px"><div style=";height:84px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jatayu_adventure_centre.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Jatayu_adventure_centre.jpg/151px-Jatayu_adventure_centre.jpg" decoding="async" width="151" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Jatayu_adventure_centre.jpg/227px-Jatayu_adventure_centre.jpg 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Sree_Padmanabhaswamy_temple_Thiruvananthapuram%2C_kerala.jpg/170px-Sree_Padmanabhaswamy_temple_Thiruvananthapuram%2C_kerala.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Sree_Padmanabhaswamy_temple_Thiruvananthapuram%2C_kerala.jpg/226px-Sree_Padmanabhaswamy_temple_Thiruvananthapuram%2C_kerala.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Padmanabhaswamy_Temple" title="Padmanabhaswamy Temple">Padmanabhaswamy Temple</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:134px;max-width:134px"><div style=";height:99px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kerala_Government_Secretariat,_Thiruvananthapuram,_Kerala,_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" 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style=";height:99px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FORT_KOCHI_BEACH_SUNSET,KERALA_-_panoramio_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/FORT_KOCHI_BEACH_SUNSET%2CKERALA_-_panoramio_%282%29.jpg/132px-FORT_KOCHI_BEACH_SUNSET%2CKERALA_-_panoramio_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="132" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/FORT_KOCHI_BEACH_SUNSET%2CKERALA_-_panoramio_%282%29.jpg/198px-FORT_KOCHI_BEACH_SUNSET%2CKERALA_-_panoramio_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/FORT_KOCHI_BEACH_SUNSET%2CKERALA_-_panoramio_%282%29.jpg/264px-FORT_KOCHI_BEACH_SUNSET%2CKERALA_-_panoramio_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center"><a href="/wiki/Fort_Kochi_Beach" title="Fort Kochi Beach">Fort Kochi Beach</a></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Government_of_Kerala_Logo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Kerala"><img alt="Official emblem of Kerala" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Government_of_Kerala_Logo.svg/125px-Government_of_Kerala_Logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="82" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Female" title="Female">♀</a>/1000 <a href="/wiki/Male" title="Male">♂</a><sup id="cite_ref-pc-census2011_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pc-census2011-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_sex_ratio" title="List of states and union territories of India by sex ratio">17th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kerala.gov.in">kerala<wbr />.gov<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1141396924">.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-full-data">State highway of Kerala <br /> <a href="/wiki/List_of_state_highways_in_Kerala" title="List of state highways in Kerala">SH KL1 – SH KL79</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_symbols" title="List of Indian state symbols">List of Indian state symbols</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>Kerala</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">English: </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="&#39;k&#39; in &#39;kind&#39;">k</span><span title="/ɛr/: &#39;err&#39; in &#39;merry&#39;">ɛr</span><span title="/ə/: &#39;a&#39; in &#39;about&#39;">ə</span><span title="&#39;l&#39; in &#39;lie&#39;">l</span><span title="/ə/: &#39;a&#39; in &#39;about&#39;">ə</span></span>/</a></span>&#32;<span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" 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oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Kerala_(English_Pronunciation).ogg" title="File:Kerala (English Pronunciation).ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">KERR</span>-ə-lə</i></a>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991" /><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Malayalam:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ml-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Malayalam" title="Help:IPA/Malayalam">&#91;ˈkeːɾɐɭɐm&#93;</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-2" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel 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oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Ml-Keralam.ogg" title="File:Ml-Keralam.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">state</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Malabar_Coast" title="Malabar Coast">Malabar Coast</a> of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the <a href="/wiki/States_Reorganisation_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="States Reorganisation Act">States Reorganisation Act</a>, by combining <a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a>-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Cochin" title="Kingdom of Cochin">Cochin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malabar_District" title="Malabar District">Malabar</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Canara" title="South Canara">South Canara</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Travancore" title="Travancore">Travancore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Malabar_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malabar-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kerala_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kerala-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Spread over 38,863&#160;km<sup>2</sup> (15,005&#160;sq&#160;mi), Kerala is the 14th <a href="/wiki/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_area" title="List of states and union territories of India by area">smallest Indian state by area</a>. It is bordered by <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> to the north and northeast, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> to the east and south, and the <a href="/wiki/Laccadive_Sea" title="Laccadive Sea">Lakshadweep Sea</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> to the west. With 33 million inhabitants as per the <a href="/wiki/2011_Census_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Census of India">2011 census</a>, Kerala is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_states_of_India_by_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of states of India by population">13th-largest Indian state by population</a>. It is divided into 14 <a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Kerala" title="List of districts of Kerala">districts</a> with the capital being <a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram" title="Thiruvananthapuram">Thiruvananthapuram</a>. <a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a> is the most widely spoken language and is also the official language of the state.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Chera_dynasty" title="Chera dynasty">Chera dynasty</a> was the first prominent kingdom based in Kerala. The <a href="/wiki/Ay_kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Ay kingdom">Ay kingdom</a> in the deep south and the <a href="/wiki/Mushika_dynasty" title="Mushika dynasty">Ezhimala kingdom</a> in the north formed the other kingdoms in the early years of the <a href="/wiki/Common_Era" title="Common Era">Common Era</a> (CE). The region had been a prominent spice exporter since 3000&#160;<a href="/wiki/Common_Era" title="Common Era">BCE</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-spiceHindu_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spiceHindu-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The region's prominence in trade was noted in the works of <a href="/wiki/Pliny_the_elder" class="mw-redirect" title="Pliny the elder">Pliny</a> as well as the <a href="/wiki/Periplus_of_the_Erythraean_Sea" title="Periplus of the Erythraean Sea">Periplus</a> around 100&#160;<a href="/wiki/Common_Era" title="Common Era">CE</a>. In the 15th century, the <a href="/wiki/Spice_trade" title="Spice trade">spice trade</a> attracted <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_people" title="Portuguese people">Portuguese</a> traders to Kerala, and paved the way for <a href="/wiki/Colonial_India" title="Colonial India">European colonisation</a> of India. At the time of <a href="/wiki/Indian_independence_movement" title="Indian independence movement">Indian independence movement</a> in the early 20th century, there were two major <a href="/wiki/Princely_states" class="mw-redirect" title="Princely states">princely states</a> in Kerala: <a href="/wiki/Travancore_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Travancore State">Travancore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Cochin" title="Kingdom of Cochin">Cochin</a>. They united to form the state of <a href="/wiki/Thiru-Kochi" class="mw-redirect" title="Thiru-Kochi">Thiru-Kochi</a> in 1949. The <a href="/wiki/Malabar_District" title="Malabar District">Malabar region</a>, in the northern part of Kerala, had been a part of the <a href="/wiki/Madras_province" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras province">Madras province</a> of <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a>, which later became a part of the <a href="/wiki/Madras_State" title="Madras State">Madras State</a> post-independence. After the <a href="/wiki/States_Reorganisation_Act,_1956" title="States Reorganisation Act, 1956">States Reorganisation Act, 1956</a>, the modern-day state of Kerala was formed by merging the <a href="/wiki/Malabar_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Malabar district">Malabar district</a> of <a href="/wiki/Madras_State" title="Madras State">Madras State</a> (excluding <a href="/wiki/Gudalur_taluk" title="Gudalur taluk">Gudalur taluk</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Nilgiris_District" class="mw-redirect" title="The Nilgiris District">Nilgiris district</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lakshadweep" title="Lakshadweep">Lakshadweep</a> Islands, <a href="/wiki/Topslip" class="mw-redirect" title="Topslip">Topslip</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Attappadi" class="mw-redirect" title="Attappadi">Attappadi</a> Forest east of Anakatti), the taluk of <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Kasaragod District">Kasaragod District</a>) in <a href="/wiki/South_Canara" title="South Canara">South Canara</a>, and the erstwhile state of Thiru-Kochi (excluding four southern taluks of <a href="/wiki/Kanyakumari_district" title="Kanyakumari district">Kanyakumari district</a>, and Shenkottai taluks).<sup id="cite_ref-Kerala_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kerala-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kerala has the lowest positive population growth rate in India, 3.44%; the highest <a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">Human Development Index</a> (HDI), 0.784 in 2018 (0.712 in 2015); the highest <a href="/wiki/Literacy" title="Literacy">literacy</a> rate, 96.2% in the 2018 literacy survey conducted by the National Statistical Office, India;<sup id="cite_ref-Literacy_survey_2018_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Literacy_survey_2018-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the highest life expectancy, 77.3 years; and the highest <a href="/wiki/Sex_ratio" title="Sex ratio">sex ratio</a>, 1,084 women per 1,000 men. Kerala is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_and_union_territories_by_poverty_rate" title="List of Indian states and union territories by poverty rate">least impoverished state</a> in India according to <a href="/wiki/NITI_Aayog" title="NITI Aayog">NITI Aayog</a>'s Sustainable Development Goals dashboard and <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Bank_of_India" title="Reserve Bank of India">Reserve Bank of India</a>'s <i>Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala is the <a href="/wiki/Urbanisation_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Urbanisation in India">second-most urbanised major state</a> in the country with <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Kerala_by_urban_area_growth" title="List of cities in Kerala by urban area growth">47.7% urban population</a> according to the <a href="/wiki/2011_Census_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Census of India">2011 Census of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ubn_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ubn-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The state topped in the country to achieve the <a href="/wiki/Sustainable_Development_Goals" title="Sustainable Development Goals">Sustainable Development Goals</a> according to the annual report of <a href="/wiki/NITI_Aayog" title="NITI Aayog">NITI Aayog</a> published in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The state has the <a href="/wiki/Indian_states_ranking_by_media_exposure" title="Indian states ranking by media exposure">highest media exposure in India</a> with newspapers publishing in nine languages, mainly <a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a> and sometimes <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>. <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_Kerala" title="Hinduism in Kerala">Hinduism</a> is practised by more than half of the population, followed by <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Kerala" title="Islam in Kerala">Islam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Kerala" title="Christianity in Kerala">Christianity</a>. </p><p>In 2019–20, the <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Kerala" title="Economy of Kerala">economy of Kerala</a> was the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_and_union_territories_by_GDP" title="List of Indian states and union territories by GDP">8th-largest</a> in India with <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>8.55 trillion</span> (US$100&#160;billion) in gross state domestic product (GSDP) and a per capita net state domestic product of <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>222,000</span> (US$2,600).<sup id="cite_ref-MOSPI_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOSPI-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2019–20, the <a href="/wiki/Tertiary_sector_of_the_economy" title="Tertiary sector of the economy">tertiary sector</a> contributed around 65% to state's <a href="/wiki/Gross_value_added" title="Gross value added">GSVA</a>, while the <a href="/wiki/Primary_sector_of_the_economy" title="Primary sector of the economy">primary sector</a> contributed only 8%.<sup id="cite_ref-eco_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eco-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The state has witnessed significant emigration, especially to the <a href="/wiki/Arab_states_of_the_Persian_Gulf" title="Arab states of the Persian Gulf">Arab states of the Persian Gulf</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Gulf_diaspora#The_Gulf_Boom" title="Kerala Gulf diaspora">Gulf Boom</a> of the 1970s and early 1980s, and its economy depends significantly on <a href="/wiki/Remittances" class="mw-redirect" title="Remittances">remittances</a> from a large <a href="/wiki/Malayali" class="mw-redirect" title="Malayali">Malayali</a> expatriate community. The production of <a href="/wiki/Black_pepper" title="Black pepper">pepper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Natural_rubber" title="Natural rubber">natural rubber</a> contributes significantly to the total national output. In the agricultural sector, <a href="/wiki/Coconut" title="Coconut">coconut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tea" title="Tea">tea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coffee" title="Coffee">coffee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cashew" title="Cashew">cashew</a> and spices are important. The state is situated between <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a> to the west and <a href="/wiki/Western_Ghats" title="Western Ghats">Western Ghats</a> mountain ranges to the east. The state's coastline extends for 595 kilometres (370&#160;mi), and around 1.1&#160;million people in the state are dependent on the fishery industry, which contributes 3% to the state's income. Named as one of the ten paradises of the world by <a href="/wiki/National_Geographic_Traveler" title="National Geographic Traveler">National Geographic Traveler</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala is one of the prominent <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Kerala" title="Tourism in Kerala">tourist destinations</a> of India, with <a href="/wiki/Beaches_in_Kerala" title="Beaches in Kerala">coconut-lined sandy beaches</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Backwaters" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerala Backwaters">backwaters</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hill_station" title="Hill station">hill stations</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda">Ayurvedic tourism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tropical" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical">tropical</a> greenery as its major attractions. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2></div> <p>The word <i>Kerala</i> is first recorded as <i>Keralaputo</i> ('son of <a href="/wiki/Chera_dynasty" title="Chera dynasty">Chera</a> [s]') in a 3rd-century-BCE rock inscription left by the <a href="/wiki/Maurya_empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Maurya empire">Maurya emperor</a> <a href="/wiki/Ashoka" title="Ashoka">Ashoka</a> (274–237&#160;BCE), one of <a href="/wiki/Edicts_of_Ashoka" title="Edicts of Ashoka">his edicts</a> pertaining to welfare.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At that time, one of three states in the region was called <a href="/wiki/Chera_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Chera Dynasty"><span title="ISO 15919 Indic (Tamil language) transliteration"><i lang="ta-Latn">Cheralam</i></span></a> in Classical Tamil: <span title="ISO 15919 Indic (Tamil language) transliteration"><i lang="ta-Latn">Chera</i></span> and <span title="ISO 15919 Indic (Tamil language) transliteration"><i lang="ta-Latn">Kera</i></span> are variants of the same word.<sup id="cite_ref-Sainz1972_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sainz1972-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The word <span title="ISO 15919 Indic (Tamil language) transliteration"><i lang="ta-Latn">Cheral</i></span> refers to the oldest known dynasty of Kerala kings and is derived from the <a href="/wiki/Old_Tamil" title="Old Tamil">Old Tamil</a> word for 'lake'.<sup id="cite_ref-Marr1985_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marr1985-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <span title="ISO 15919 Indic (Tamil language) transliteration"><i lang="ta-Latn">Keralam</i></span> may stem from the Classical <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> <span title="ISO 15919 Indic (Tamil language) transliteration"><i lang="ta-Latn">cherive-alam</i></span> 'declivity of a hill or a mountain slope'<sup id="cite_ref-AlexDeborah2014_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AlexDeborah2014-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> or <span title="ISO 15919 Indic (Tamil language) transliteration"><i lang="ta-Latn">chera alam</i></span> 'land of the Cheras'. One <a href="/wiki/Folk_etymology" title="Folk etymology">folk etymology</a> derives <i>Kerala</i> from the <a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a> word <span title="ISO 15919 Indic (Malayalam language) transliteration"><i lang="ml-Latn">kera</i></span> 'coconut tree' and <span title="ISO 15919 Indic (Malayalam language) transliteration"><i lang="ml-Latn">alam</i></span> 'land'; thus, 'land of coconuts',<sup id="cite_ref-Sadasivan2000_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sadasivan2000-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> which is a nickname for the state used by locals due to the abundance of coconut trees.<sup id="cite_ref-PreedyWatson2011_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PreedyWatson2011-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala was alternatively called <i><a href="/wiki/Malabar_Coast" title="Malabar Coast">Malabar</a></i> in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean_trade" title="Indian Ocean trade">foreign trade circles</a>. From the time of <a href="/wiki/Cosmas_Indicopleustes" title="Cosmas Indicopleustes">Cosmas Indicopleustes</a> (6th century CE) itself, the <a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arab</a> sailors used to call Kerala <i>Male</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Kerala" title="History of Kerala">History of Kerala</a></div><p>Kerala was first epigraphically recorded as <i>Cheras</i> (<a href="/wiki/Chera_dynasty" title="Chera dynasty">Keralaputra</a>) in a 3rd-century BCE rock inscription by the <a href="/wiki/Mauryan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mauryan">Mauryan</a> emperor <a href="/wiki/Ashoka" title="Ashoka">Ashoka</a> of <a href="/wiki/Magadha_(Mahajanapada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Magadha (Mahajanapada)">Magadha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kerala_2011_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kerala_2011-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was mentioned as one of four independent kingdoms in southern India during Ashoka's time, the others being the <a href="/wiki/Chola_Empire" title="Chola Empire">Cholas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pandya_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandya Empire">Pandyas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Athiyam%C4%81n" title="Athiyamān">Satyaputras</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SmithJackson2008_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SmithJackson2008-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Cheras transformed Kerala into an international trade centre by establishing trade relations across the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a> with all major <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a> and <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a> ports as well those of <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Africa">Eastern Africa</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Far_East" title="Far East">Far East</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The dominion of Cheras was located in one of the key routes of the ancient <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean_trade" title="Indian Ocean trade">Indian Ocean trade</a>. The early Cheras collapsed after repeated attacks from the neighboring <a href="/wiki/Chola_Empire" title="Chola Empire">Cholas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rashtrakuta_Empire" title="Rashtrakuta Empire">Rashtrakutas</a>. </p><p>In the 8th century, <a href="/wiki/Adi_Shankara" title="Adi Shankara">Adi Shankara</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Kalady" title="Kalady">Kalady</a> in central Kerala. He travelled extensively across the <a href="/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a> founding institutions of the widely influential philosophy of <a href="/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta" title="Advaita Vedanta">Advaita Vedanta</a>. The Cheras regained control over Kerala in the 9th century until the kingdom was dissolved in the 12th century, after which small autonomous chiefdoms, most notably <a href="/wiki/Zamorin_of_Calicut" class="mw-redirect" title="Zamorin of Calicut">the Kingdom of Kozhikode</a>, arose. The ports of <a href="/wiki/Kozhikode" title="Kozhikode">Kozhikode</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Kochi</a> acted as major gateways to the western coast of medieval <a href="/wiki/South_India" title="South India">South India</a> for several foreign entities. These entities included the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_people" title="Chinese people">Chinese</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Arab" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab">Arabs</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Persians" title="Persians">Persians</a>, various groups from Eastern Africa, various kingdoms from <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a> including the <a href="/wiki/Malacca_Sultanate" title="Malacca Sultanate">Malacca Sultanate</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and later on, the <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europeans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Malabar2_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malabar2-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 14th century, the <a href="/wiki/Kerala_school_of_astronomy_and_mathematics" title="Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics">Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics</a> was founded by <a href="/wiki/Madhava_of_Sangamagrama" title="Madhava of Sangamagrama">Madhava of Sangamagrama</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Tanur" title="Kingdom of Tanur">Thrissur</a>. Some of the contributions of the school included the discovery of the <a href="/wiki/Infinite_series" class="mw-redirect" title="Infinite series">infinite series</a> and taylor series of some trigonometry functions.<sup id="cite_ref-katz_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-katz-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1498, with the help of <a href="/wiki/Gujarati_people" title="Gujarati people">Gujarati</a> merchants, <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portuguese</a> traveler <a href="/wiki/Vasco_Da_Gama" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasco Da Gama">Vasco Da Gama</a> established a sea route to <a href="/wiki/Kozhikode" title="Kozhikode">Kozhikode</a> by sailing around the <a href="/wiki/Cape_of_Good_Hope" title="Cape of Good Hope">Cape of Good Hope</a>, located in the southernmost region of Africa. His navy raised Portuguese forts and even minor settlements, which marked the beginning of European influences in India. European trading interests of the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company" title="Dutch East India Company">Dutch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louis_XIV%27s_East_India_Company" title="Louis XIV&#39;s East India Company">French</a> and the <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">British</a> took center stage in Kerala. </p><p>In 1741, the Dutch were <a href="/wiki/Travancore%E2%80%93Dutch_War" title="Travancore–Dutch War">defeated</a> by <a href="/wiki/Travancore" title="Travancore">Travancore</a> king <a href="/wiki/Marthanda_Varma" title="Marthanda Varma">Marthanda Varma</a>. After this humiliating defeat, Dutch military commanders were taken hostage by Marthanda Varma, and they were forced to train the Travancore military with modern European weaponry. This resulted in Travancore being able to defend itself from further European aggression. By the late 18th century, most of the influence in Kerala came from the British. The British crown gained control over Northern Kerala through the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Malabar_District" title="Malabar District">Malabar District</a>. The British also allied with the <a href="/wiki/Princely_states" class="mw-redirect" title="Princely states">princely states</a> of Travancore and <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Cochin" title="Kingdom of Cochin">Cochin</a> in the southern part of the state. </p><p>When India declared <a href="/wiki/Indian_independence_movement" title="Indian independence movement">independence</a> in 1947, Travancore originally sought to establish itself as a fully sovereign nation. However, an agreement was made by the then King of Travancore <a href="/wiki/Chithira_Thirunal_Balarama_Varma" title="Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma">Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma</a> to have Travancore join India, albeit after many rounds of negotiation. The <a href="/wiki/Malabar_District" title="Malabar District">Malabar District</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Cochin" title="Kingdom of Cochin">Kingdom of Cochin</a> were peacefully annexed into India without much hassle. The state of Kerala was created in 1956 from the former state of <a href="/wiki/Travancore-Cochin" class="mw-redirect" title="Travancore-Cochin">Travancore-Cochin</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Malabar_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Malabar district">Malabar district</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod_taluk" title="Kasaragod taluk">Kasaragod taluk</a> of <a href="/wiki/South_Canara" title="South Canara">South Canara</a> District of <a href="/wiki/Madras_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras state">Madras state</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Kerala" title="Geography of Kerala">Geography of Kerala</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti" /><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:224px;max-width:224px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AnaimudiPeak_DSC_4834.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/AnaimudiPeak_DSC_4834.jpg/220px-AnaimudiPeak_DSC_4834.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/AnaimudiPeak_DSC_4834.jpg/330px-AnaimudiPeak_DSC_4834.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/AnaimudiPeak_DSC_4834.jpg/440px-AnaimudiPeak_DSC_4834.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1367" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Anamudi" title="Anamudi">Anamudi</a>, the highest peak in <a href="/wiki/South_India" title="South India">South India</a>.</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DR0071DSC_9245.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/DR0071DSC_9245.jpg/220px-DR0071DSC_9245.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/DR0071DSC_9245.jpg/330px-DR0071DSC_9245.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/DR0071DSC_9245.jpg/440px-DR0071DSC_9245.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1356" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Tea" title="Tea">Tea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coffee" title="Coffee">Coffee</a> are produced in the hilly terrains of <a href="/wiki/Wayanad" class="mw-redirect" title="Wayanad">Wayanad</a>.</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kumarkom.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Kumarkom.jpg/250px-Kumarkom.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Kumarkom.jpg/330px-Kumarkom.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Kumarkom.jpg/500px-Kumarkom.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Vembanad" title="Vembanad">Vembanad</a>, a portion of <a href="/wiki/Kerala_backwaters" title="Kerala backwaters">Kerala backwaters</a>, is the longest lake in India.</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Light_house_in_Ponnani.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Light_house_in_Ponnani.jpg/250px-Light_house_in_Ponnani.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Light_house_in_Ponnani.jpg/330px-Light_house_in_Ponnani.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Light_house_in_Ponnani.jpg/500px-Light_house_in_Ponnani.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2695" data-file-height="1348" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Ponnani_Lighthouse" title="Ponnani Lighthouse">Ponnani Lighthouse</a> beach</div></div></div></div></div> <p>The state is wedged between the <a href="/wiki/Lakshadweep_Sea" class="mw-redirect" title="Lakshadweep Sea">Lakshadweep Sea</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Western_Ghats" title="Western Ghats">Western Ghats</a>. Lying between northern latitudes 8°18' and 12°48' and eastern longitudes 74°52' and 77°22',<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala experiences humid <a href="/wiki/Tropical_rainforest_climate" title="Tropical rainforest climate">tropical rainforest climate</a> with some cyclones. The state has a coast of 590&#160;km (370&#160;mi)<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the width of the state varies between 11 and 121 kilometres (7 and 75&#160;mi).<sup id="cite_ref-Nair1994_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nair1994-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Geographically, Kerala can be divided into three climatically distinct regions: the eastern highlands; rugged and cool mountainous terrain, the central mid-lands; rolling hills, and the western lowlands; coastal plains.<sup id="cite_ref-ChattopadhyayFranke2006_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChattopadhyayFranke2006-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 110">&#58;&#8202;110&#8202;</span></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pre-Cambrian" class="mw-redirect" title="Pre-Cambrian">Pre-Cambrian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pleistocene" title="Pleistocene">Pleistocene</a> geological formations compose the bulk of Kerala's terrain.<sup id="cite_ref-Geological_Survey_Water-supply_Paper_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Geological_Survey_Water-supply_Paper-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SharmaKumari2008_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SharmaKumari2008-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A catastrophic flood in Kerala in 1341 CE drastically modified its terrain and consequently affected its history; it also created a natural harbour for spice transport.<sup id="cite_ref-LimitedKitchen2010_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LimitedKitchen2010-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The eastern region of Kerala consists of high mountains, gorges and deep-cut valleys immediately west of the Western Ghats' <a href="/wiki/Rain_shadow" title="Rain shadow">rain shadow</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ChattopadhyayFranke2006_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChattopadhyayFranke2006-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 110">&#58;&#8202;110&#8202;</span></sup> 41 of Kerala's west-flowing rivers,<sup id="cite_ref-Sadasivan2003_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sadasivan2003-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and 3 of its east-flowing ones originate in this region.<sup id="cite_ref-Darpan2006_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Darpan2006-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-India2008_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-India2008-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Western Ghats form a wall of mountains interrupted only near <a href="/wiki/Palakkad" title="Palakkad">Palakkad</a>; hence also known Pal<i>ghat</i>, where the <a href="/wiki/Palakkad_Gap" title="Palakkad Gap">Palakkad Gap</a> breaks.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Western Ghats rise on average to 1,500 metres (4,900 <a href="/wiki/Foot_(unit)" title="Foot (unit)">feet</a>) <a href="/wiki/Above_sea_level" class="mw-redirect" title="Above sea level">above sea level</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Biju2006_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biju2006-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> while the highest peaks reach around 2,500 metres (8,200 feet).<sup id="cite_ref-Hussain_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hussain-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Anamudi" title="Anamudi">Anamudi</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Idukki" class="mw-redirect" title="Idukki">Idukki</a> district is the highest peak in south India, is at an elevation of 2,695&#160;m (8,842&#160;ft).<sup id="cite_ref-gazetteer_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazetteer-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Western Ghats mountain chain is recognised as one of the world's eight "hottest hotspots" of biological diversity and is listed among <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Sites</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNESCO_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNESCO-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The chain's forests are considered to be older than the Himalaya mountains.<sup id="cite_ref-UNESCO_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNESCO-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Athirappilly_Falls" title="Athirappilly Falls">Athirappilly Falls</a>, which is situated on the background of Western Ghat mountain ranges, is also known as <i>The <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls" title="Niagara Falls">Niagara</a> of India</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Athirappilly_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Athirappilly-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It is located in the <a href="/wiki/Chalakudy_River" title="Chalakudy River">Chalakudy River</a> and is the largest waterfall in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-Athirappilly_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Athirappilly-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Wayanad" class="mw-redirect" title="Wayanad">Wayanad</a> is the sole <a href="/wiki/Plateau" title="Plateau">Plateau</a> in Kerala.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The eastern regions in the districts of <a href="/wiki/Wayanad_district" title="Wayanad district">Wayanad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malappuram_district" title="Malappuram district">Malappuram</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chaliyar" title="Chaliyar">Chaliyar</a> valley at <a href="/wiki/Nilambur" title="Nilambur">Nilambur</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Palakkad_district" title="Palakkad district">Palakkad</a> (<a href="/wiki/Attappadi" class="mw-redirect" title="Attappadi">Attappadi</a> Valley), which together form parts of the <a href="/wiki/Nilgiri_Biosphere_Reserve" title="Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve">Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve</a> and a continuation of the <a href="/wiki/Mysore_Plateau" class="mw-redirect" title="Mysore Plateau">Mysore Plateau</a>, are known for natural <a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold">Gold</a> fields, along with the adjoining districts of <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Minerals including <a href="/wiki/Ilmenite" title="Ilmenite">Ilmenite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monazite" title="Monazite">Monazite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thorium" title="Thorium">Thorium</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Titanium" title="Titanium">Titanium</a>, are found in the coastal belt of Kerala.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChandran2018343_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChandran2018343-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala's coastal belt of <a href="/wiki/Karunagappally" class="mw-redirect" title="Karunagappally">Karunagappally</a> is known for high background radiation from <a href="/wiki/Thorium" title="Thorium">thorium</a>-containing <a href="/wiki/Monazite" title="Monazite">monazite</a> sand. In some coastal panchayats, median outdoor radiation levels are more than 4 <a href="/wiki/Gray_(unit)#Effect_on_the_body" title="Gray (unit)">mGy/yr</a> and, in certain locations on the coast, it is as high as 70&#160;mGy/yr.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kerala's western coastal belt is relatively flat compared to the eastern region,<sup id="cite_ref-ChattopadhyayFranke2006_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChattopadhyayFranke2006-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 33">&#58;&#8202;33&#8202;</span></sup> and is criss-crossed by a network of interconnected <a href="/wiki/Brackish" class="mw-redirect" title="Brackish">brackish</a> canals, lakes, <a href="/wiki/Estuaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Estuaries">estuaries</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Moss2010_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moss2010-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and rivers known as the <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Backwaters" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerala Backwaters">Kerala Backwaters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Thorpe2012_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thorpe2012-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kuttanad" title="Kuttanad">Kuttanad</a>, also known as <i>The Rice Bowl of Kerala</i>, has the <a href="/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_India#Altitudes" title="List of extreme points of India">lowest altitude in India</a>, and is also one of the few places in world where cultivation takes place below sea level.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The country's longest lake <a href="/wiki/Vembanad_Lake" class="mw-redirect" title="Vembanad Lake">Vembanad</a>, dominates the backwaters; it lies between <a href="/wiki/Alappuzha" title="Alappuzha">Alappuzha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Kochi</a> and is about 200&#160;km<sup>2</sup> (77&#160;sq&#160;mi) in area.<sup id="cite_ref-Husain_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Husain-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Around eight percent of India's waterways are found in Kerala.<sup id="cite_ref-IWAI_2005_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IWAI_2005-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala's <a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_in_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="List of rivers in Kerala">44 rivers</a> include the <a href="/wiki/Periyar_River" title="Periyar River">Periyar</a>; 244 kilometres (152&#160;mi), <a href="/wiki/Bharathapuzha" class="mw-redirect" title="Bharathapuzha">Bharathapuzha</a>; 209 kilometres (130&#160;mi), <a href="/wiki/Pamba_River" title="Pamba River">Pamba</a>; 176 kilometres (109&#160;mi), <a href="/wiki/Chaliyar_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaliyar River">Chaliyar</a>; 169 kilometres (105&#160;mi), <a href="/wiki/Kadalundipuzha_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Kadalundipuzha River">Kadalundipuzha</a>; 130 kilometres (81&#160;mi), <a href="/wiki/Chalakudy_River" title="Chalakudy River">Chalakudipuzha</a>; 130 kilometres (81&#160;mi), <a href="/wiki/Valapattanam_River" title="Valapattanam River">Valapattanam</a>; 129 kilometres (80&#160;mi) and the <a href="/wiki/Achankovil_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Achankovil River">Achankovil River</a>; 128 kilometres (80&#160;mi). The average length of the rivers is 64 kilometres (40&#160;mi). Many of the rivers are small and entirely fed by monsoon rain.<sup id="cite_ref-riverreport_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-riverreport-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As Kerala's rivers are small and lacking in <a href="/wiki/River_delta" title="River delta">delta</a>, they are more prone to environmental effects. The rivers face problems such as sand mining and pollution.<sup id="cite_ref-Padmalal_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Padmalal-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The state experiences several natural hazards like landslides, floods and droughts. The state was also affected by the <a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_tsunami" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Indian Ocean tsunami">2004 Indian Ocean tsunami</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Jha2010_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jha2010-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and in 2018 received <a href="/wiki/2018_Kerala_floods" title="2018 Kerala floods">the worst flooding</a> in nearly a century.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2024, Kerala experienced its worst <a href="/wiki/2024_Wayanad_landslides" title="2024 Wayanad landslides">landslides</a> in history.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3></div> <p>With around 120–140 rainy days per year,<sup id="cite_ref-Chacko_2002_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chacko_2002-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 80">&#58;&#8202;80&#8202;</span></sup> Kerala has a wet and maritime tropical climate influenced by the seasonal heavy rains of the <a href="/wiki/Southwest_monsoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Southwest monsoon">southwest summer monsoon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northeast_monsoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast monsoon">northeast winter monsoon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Devrep_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Devrep-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Around 65% of the rainfall occurs from June to August corresponding to the Southwest monsoon, and the rest from September to December corresponding to Northeast monsoon.<sup id="cite_ref-Devrep_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Devrep-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The moisture-laden winds of the Southwest monsoon, on reaching the southernmost point of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Peninsula">Indian Peninsula</a>, because of its topography, divides into two branches; the "Arabian Sea Branch" and the "Bay of Bengal Branch".<sup id="cite_ref-Jain_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jain-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The "Arabian Sea Branch" of the Southwest monsoon first hits the Western Ghats,<sup id="cite_ref-Together_with_Social_Science_Term_II_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Together_with_Social_Science_Term_II-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> making Kerala the first state in India to receive rain from the Southwest monsoon.<sup id="cite_ref-google6_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google6-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Aggarwal_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aggarwal-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The distribution of pressure patterns is reversed in the Northeast monsoon, during this season the cold winds from North India pick up moisture from the Bay of Bengal and precipitate it on the east coast of peninsular India.<sup id="cite_ref-google7_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google7-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Reddy_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reddy-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In Kerala, the influence of the Northeast monsoon is seen in southern districts only.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala's rainfall averages 2,923&#160;mm (115&#160;in) annually.<sup id="cite_ref-IMD_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMD-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Some of Kerala's drier lowland regions average only 1,250&#160;mm (49&#160;in); the mountains of the eastern <a href="/wiki/Idukki_district" title="Idukki district">Idukki district</a> receive more than 5,000&#160;mm (197&#160;in) of <a href="/wiki/Precipitation_(meteorology)#Orographic_precipitation" class="mw-redirect" title="Precipitation (meteorology)">orographic precipitation</a>: the highest in the state. In eastern Kerala, a drier tropical wet and dry climate prevails. During the summer, the state is prone to gale-force winds, storm surges, cyclone-related torrential downpours, occasional droughts, and rises in sea level.<sup id="cite_ref-Brenkert_Malone_2003_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brenkert_Malone_2003-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 26, 46, 52">&#58;&#8202;26,&#8202;46,&#8202;52&#8202;</span></sup> The mean daily temperature ranges from 19.8&#160;°C to 36.7&#160;°C.<sup id="cite_ref-moef_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moef-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Mean annual temperatures range from 25.0 to 27.5&#160;°C in the coastal lowlands to 20.0–22.5&#160;°C in the eastern highlands.<sup id="cite_ref-Brenkert_Malone_2003_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brenkert_Malone_2003-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 65">&#58;&#8202;65&#8202;</span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flora_and_fauna">Flora and fauna</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Flora_and_fauna_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Flora and fauna of Kerala">Flora and fauna of Kerala</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti" /><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:224px;max-width:224px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ichthyaetus_ichthyaetus_Kadalundi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Ichthyaetus_ichthyaetus_Kadalundi.jpg/220px-Ichthyaetus_ichthyaetus_Kadalundi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Ichthyaetus_ichthyaetus_Kadalundi.jpg/330px-Ichthyaetus_ichthyaetus_Kadalundi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Ichthyaetus_ichthyaetus_Kadalundi.jpg/440px-Ichthyaetus_ichthyaetus_Kadalundi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="551" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">A migratory <i><a href="/wiki/Ichthyaetus" title="Ichthyaetus">Ichthyaetus</a></i> in <a href="/wiki/Kadalundi_Bird_Sanctuary" title="Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary">Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Highland_Grassland_Shola_of_Silent_Valley_National_Park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Highland_Grassland_Shola_of_Silent_Valley_National_Park.jpg/250px-Highland_Grassland_Shola_of_Silent_Valley_National_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Highland_Grassland_Shola_of_Silent_Valley_National_Park.jpg/330px-Highland_Grassland_Shola_of_Silent_Valley_National_Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Highland_Grassland_Shola_of_Silent_Valley_National_Park.jpg/500px-Highland_Grassland_Shola_of_Silent_Valley_National_Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4301" data-file-height="1415" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Silent_Valley_National_Park" title="Silent Valley National Park">Silent Valley National Park</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Munnarhills.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Munnarhills.jpg/220px-Munnarhills.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Munnarhills.jpg/330px-Munnarhills.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Munnarhills.jpg/440px-Munnarhills.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2860" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">The <a href="/wiki/Cardamom_Hills" title="Cardamom Hills">Cardamom Hills</a> are notable for <a href="/wiki/Biodiversity" title="Biodiversity">biodiversity</a></div></div></div></div></div> <p>Most of the <a href="/wiki/Biodiversity" title="Biodiversity">biodiversity</a> is concentrated and protected in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Ghats" title="Western Ghats">Western Ghats</a>. Three-quarters of the land area of Kerala was under thick forest up to the 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-History_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of 2004<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kerala&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, over 25% of India's 15,000 plant species are in Kerala. Out of the 4,000 <a href="/wiki/Flowering_plant" title="Flowering plant">flowering plant</a> species; 1,272 of which are <a href="/wiki/Endemic_(ecology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Endemic (ecology)">endemic</a> to Kerala, 900 are <a href="/wiki/Herbalism" class="mw-redirect" title="Herbalism">medicinal</a>, and 159 are <a href="/wiki/Threatened_species" title="Threatened species">threatened</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sreedharan_2004_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sreedharan_2004-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 11">&#58;&#8202;11&#8202;</span></sup> Its 9,400&#160;km<sup>2</sup> of forests include tropical wet evergreen and semi-evergreen forests (lower and middle elevations—3,470&#160;km<sup>2</sup>), tropical moist and dry deciduous forests (mid-elevations—4,100&#160;km<sup>2</sup> and 100&#160;km<sup>2</sup>, respectively), and montane subtropical and <a href="/wiki/Temperate" class="mw-redirect" title="Temperate">temperate</a> (<i>shola</i>) forests (highest elevations—100&#160;km<sup>2</sup>). Altogether, 24% of Kerala is forested.<sup id="cite_ref-Sreedharan_2004_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sreedharan_2004-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 12">&#58;&#8202;12&#8202;</span></sup> Four of the world's <a href="/wiki/Ramsar_Convention" title="Ramsar Convention">Ramsar Convention</a> listed <a href="/wiki/Wetland" title="Wetland">wetlands</a>—<a href="/wiki/Sasthamkotta_Lake" class="mw-redirect" title="Sasthamkotta Lake">Lake Sasthamkotta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ashtamudi_Lake" title="Ashtamudi Lake">Ashtamudi Lake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thrissur-Ponnani_Kole_Wetlands" title="Thrissur-Ponnani Kole Wetlands">Thrissur-Ponnani Kole Wetlands</a>, and the Vembanad-Kol wetlands—are in Kerala,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChandran2018342_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChandran2018342-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> as well as 1455.4&#160;km<sup>2</sup> of the vast <a href="/wiki/Nilgiri_Biosphere_Reserve" title="Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve">Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve</a> and 1828&#160;km<sup>2</sup> of the <a href="/wiki/Agasthyamala_Biosphere_Reserve" title="Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve">Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChandran2018347_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChandran2018347-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Subjected to extensive clearing for cultivation in the 20th century,<sup id="cite_ref-Jayarajan_2004_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jayarajan_2004-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 6–7">&#58;&#8202;6–7&#8202;</span></sup> much of the remaining forest cover is now protected from <a href="/wiki/Clearfelling" class="mw-redirect" title="Clearfelling">clearfelling</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Evans2008_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Evans2008-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Eastern Kerala's windward mountains shelter <a href="/wiki/Tropical_and_subtropical_moist_broadleaf_forests" title="Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests">tropical moist forests</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tropical_and_subtropical_dry_broadleaf_forests" title="Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests">tropical dry forests</a>, which are common in the Western Ghats.<sup id="cite_ref-google8_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google8-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Geer2008_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Geer2008-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The world's oldest teak plantation 'Conolly's Plot' is in <a href="/wiki/Nilambur" title="Nilambur">Nilambur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kerala's fauna are notable for their diversity and high rates of endemism: it includes 118 species of <a href="/wiki/Mammal" title="Mammal">mammals</a> (1 endemic), <a href="/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Kerala" title="List of birds of Kerala">500 species of birds</a>, 189 species of freshwater fish, 173 species of reptiles (10 of them endemic), and 151 species of <a href="/wiki/Amphibian" title="Amphibian">amphibians</a> (36 endemic).<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These are threatened by extensive habitat destruction, including soil erosion, landslides, <a href="/wiki/Soil_salinity" title="Soil salinity">salinisation</a>, and resource extraction. In the forests, <i>sonokeling</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dalbergia" title="Dalbergia">Dalbergia</a> latifolia</i>, <i>anjili</i>, <i>mullumurikku</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Erythrina" title="Erythrina">Erythrina</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Cinnamomum_cassia" title="Cinnamomum cassia">Cassia</a></i> number among the more than 1,000 species of trees in Kerala. Other plants include <a href="/wiki/Bamboo" title="Bamboo">bamboo</a>, wild black pepper, wild <a href="/wiki/Cardamom" title="Cardamom">cardamom</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Calamus_(palm)" title="Calamus (palm)">calamus</a> <a href="/wiki/Rattan" title="Rattan">rattan</a> palm, and aromatic vetiver grass, <i>Vetiveria zizanioides</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sreedharan_2004_85-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sreedharan_2004-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 12">&#58;&#8202;12&#8202;</span></sup> <a href="/wiki/Indian_elephant" title="Indian elephant">Indian elephant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengal_tiger" title="Bengal tiger">Bengal tiger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_leopard" title="Indian leopard">Indian leopard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nilgiri_tahr" title="Nilgiri tahr">Nilgiri tahr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Common_palm_civet" class="mw-redirect" title="Common palm civet">common palm civet</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Grizzled_giant_squirrel" title="Grizzled giant squirrel">grizzled giant squirrels</a> are also found in the forests.<sup id="cite_ref-Sreedharan_2004_85-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sreedharan_2004-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 12, 174–75">&#58;&#8202;12,&#8202;174–75&#8202;</span></sup> Reptiles include the <a href="/wiki/King_cobra" title="King cobra">king cobra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Viperidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Viperidae">viper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pythonidae" title="Pythonidae">python</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mugger_crocodile" title="Mugger crocodile">mugger crocodile</a>. Kerala's birds include the <a href="/wiki/Malabar_trogon" title="Malabar trogon">Malabar trogon</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Great_hornbill" title="Great hornbill">great hornbill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerala_laughingthrush" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerala laughingthrush">Kerala laughingthrush</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darter" title="Darter">darter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southern_hill_myna" title="Southern hill myna">southern hill myna</a>. In the lakes, wetlands, and waterways, fish such as <a href="/wiki/Heteropneustes_fossilis" title="Heteropneustes fossilis">Kadu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Red_Line_Torpedo_Barb" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Line Torpedo Barb">Red Line Torpedo Barb</a> and <i>choottachi</i>; <a href="/wiki/Orange_chromide" title="Orange chromide">orange chromide</a>—<i>Etroplus maculatus</i> are found.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sreedharan_2004_85-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sreedharan_2004-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 163–65">&#58;&#8202;163–65&#8202;</span></sup> Recently, a newly described tardigrade (water bears) species collected from Vadakara coast of Kerala named after Kerala State; <i><a href="/wiki/Stygarctus_keralensis" title="Stygarctus keralensis">Stygarctus keralensis</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Divisions,_districts_and_cities"><span id="Divisions.2C_districts_and_cities"></span>Divisions, districts and cities</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Kerala">Districts of Kerala</a>; <a href="/wiki/Corporations,_municipalities_and_taluks_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Corporations, municipalities and taluks of Kerala">Corporations, municipalities and taluks of Kerala</a>; and <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Kerala" title="List of cities and towns in Kerala">List of cities and towns in Kerala</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Local_governance_in_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Local governance in Kerala">Local governance in Kerala</a></div><p>The state's <a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Kerala" title="List of districts of Kerala">14 districts</a> are distributed among six regions: <a href="/wiki/North_Malabar" title="North Malabar">North Malabar</a> (far-north Kerala), <a href="/wiki/South_Malabar" title="South Malabar">South Malabar</a> (north-central Kerala), <a href="/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Kochi</a> (central Kerala), <a href="/wiki/Northern_Travancore" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Travancore">Northern Travancore</a> (south-central Kerala), <a href="/wiki/Central_Travancore" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Travancore">Central Travancore</a> (southern Kerala) and <a href="/wiki/Southern_Travancore" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Travancore">Southern Travancore</a> (far-south Kerala). The districts that serve as administrative regions for taxation purposes are further subdivided into <a href="/wiki/Revenue_Divisions_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Revenue Divisions of Kerala">27 revenue subdivisions</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_talukas_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="List of talukas of Kerala">77 taluks</a>, which have fiscal and administrative powers over settlements within their borders, including maintenance of local land records. Kerala's taluks are further subdivided into 1,674 revenue villages.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the <a href="/wiki/List_of_amendments_of_the_Constitution_of_India" title="List of amendments of the Constitution of India">73rd and 74th amendments to the Constitution of India</a>, the local government institutions function as the third tier of government, which constitutes 14 <a href="/wiki/District_Panchayat" class="mw-redirect" title="District Panchayat">District Panchayats</a>, 152 <a href="/wiki/Block_panchayat" class="mw-redirect" title="Block panchayat">Block panchayats</a>, 941 <a href="/wiki/Gram_panchayat" title="Gram panchayat">Grama Panchayats</a>, <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipalities of Kerala">87 Municipalities</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipal_corporations_in_Kerala" title="List of municipal corporations in Kerala">six Municipal Corporations</a> and one <a href="/wiki/Township" title="Township">Township</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mah%C3%A9,_India" title="Mahé, India">Mahé</a>, a part of the Indian <a href="/wiki/Union_territory" title="Union territory">union territory</a> of <a href="/wiki/Puducherry_(union_territory)" title="Puducherry (union territory)">Puducherry</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> though 647 kilometres (402&#160;mi) away from it,<sup id="cite_ref-ShiraAssociates.2012_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ShiraAssociates.2012-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> is a coastal exclave surrounded by Kerala on all of its landward approaches. The Kannur District surrounds Mahé on three sides with the Kozhikode District on the fourth.<sup id="cite_ref-Menon2002_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Menon2002-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1664, the municipality of <a href="/wiki/Fort_Kochi" title="Fort Kochi">Fort Kochi</a> was established by <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Malabar" title="Dutch Malabar">Dutch Malabar</a>, making it the first municipality in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a>, which was dissolved when the Dutch authority got weaker in the 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-d_1664_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-d_1664-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The municipalities of <a href="/wiki/Kozhikode" title="Kozhikode">Kozhikode</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palakkad" title="Palakkad">Palakkad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Kochi" title="Fort Kochi">Fort Kochi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kannur" title="Kannur">Kannur</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Thalassery" title="Thalassery">Thalassery</a>, were founded on 1 November 1866<sup id="cite_ref-Ref1_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref1-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-c1881_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-c1881-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-google.co.in_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google.co.in-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gazetteer_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazetteer-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="British Indian Empire">British Indian Empire</a>, making them the first modern municipalities in the state of Kerala. The Municipality of <a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram" title="Thiruvananthapuram">Thiruvananthapuram</a> came into existence in 1920. After two decades, during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Sree_Chithira_Thirunal" class="mw-redirect" title="Sree Chithira Thirunal">Sree Chithira Thirunal</a>, Thiruvananthapuram Municipality was converted into Corporation on 30 October 1940, making it the oldest Municipal Corporation of Kerala.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The first Municipal Corporation founded after the independence of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> as well as the second-oldest Municipal Corporation of the state is at <a href="/wiki/Kozhikode_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kozhikode Municipal Corporation">Kozhikode</a> in the year 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> There are six <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Corporations_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipal Corporations in India">Municipal corporations</a> in Kerala that govern <a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram_Municipal_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation">Thiruvananthapuram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kozhikode_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kozhikode Municipal Corporation">Kozhikode</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kochi_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kochi Municipal Corporation">Kochi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kollam_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kollam Municipal Corporation">Kollam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thrissur_Municipal_Corporation" title="Thrissur Municipal Corporation">Thrissur</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kannur_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kannur Municipal Corporation">Kannur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram_Municipal_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation">Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation</a> is the largest corporation in Kerala while Kochi metropolitan area named <a href="/wiki/Kochi_UA" class="mw-redirect" title="Kochi UA">Kochi UA</a> is the largest urban agglomeration.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to a survey by economics research firm Indicus Analytics in 2007, <a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram" title="Thiruvananthapuram">Thiruvananthapuram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kozhikode" title="Kozhikode">Kozhikode</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Kochi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Kollam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thrissur" title="Thrissur">Thrissur</a> are among the "best cities in India to live"; the survey used parameters such as health, education, environment, safety, public facilities and entertainment to rank the cities.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_administration">Government and administration</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Kerala" title="Government of Kerala">Government of Kerala</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Legislature" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerala Legislature">Kerala Legislature</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Kerala" title="Politics of Kerala">Politics of Kerala</a> and <a href="/wiki/Political_parties_in_Kerala" title="Political parties in Kerala">Political parties in Kerala</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti" /><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:224px;max-width:224px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:High_Court_of_Kerala_Building.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/High_Court_of_Kerala_Building.jpg/220px-High_Court_of_Kerala_Building.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/High_Court_of_Kerala_Building.jpg/330px-High_Court_of_Kerala_Building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/High_Court_of_Kerala_Building.jpg/440px-High_Court_of_Kerala_Building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3040" data-file-height="1643" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">The Kerala High Court complex in <a href="/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Kochi</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kerala_Government_Secretariat.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Kerala_Government_Secretariat.jpg/250px-Kerala_Government_Secretariat.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Kerala_Government_Secretariat.jpg/330px-Kerala_Government_Secretariat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Kerala_Government_Secretariat.jpg/500px-Kerala_Government_Secretariat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4160" data-file-height="2340" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">The Kerala Secretariat in <a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram" title="Thiruvananthapuram">Thiruvananthapuram</a> – the seat of executive administration of Kerala, and formerly of the legislative assembly</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Niyamasabha_Mandiram.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Niyamasabha_Mandiram.JPG/250px-Niyamasabha_Mandiram.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Niyamasabha_Mandiram.JPG/330px-Niyamasabha_Mandiram.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Niyamasabha_Mandiram.JPG/500px-Niyamasabha_Mandiram.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">The <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Legislative_Assembly" title="Kerala Legislative Assembly">Kerala Legislative Assembly</a> Building in <a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram" title="Thiruvananthapuram">Thiruvananthapuram</a></div></div></div></div></div> <p>The state is governed by a <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_system" title="Parliamentary system">parliamentary system</a> of <a href="/wiki/Representative_democracy" title="Representative democracy">representative democracy</a>. Kerala has a <a href="/wiki/Unicameralism" title="Unicameralism">unicameral</a> legislature. The <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Legislative_Assembly" title="Kerala Legislative Assembly">Kerala Legislative Assembly</a> also known as Niyamasabha, consists of 140 members who are elected for five-year terms.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The state elects 20 members to the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>, the lower house of the Indian Parliament, and 9 members to the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a>, the upper house.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Kerala" title="Government of Kerala">Government of Kerala</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Democracy" title="Democracy">democratically</a> elected body in India with the <a href="/wiki/Governors_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Governors of Kerala">governor</a> as its constitutional head and is appointed by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">president of India</a> for a five-year term.<sup id="cite_ref-govern_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-govern-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The leader of the party or coalition with a majority in the Legislative Assembly is appointed as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Kerala" title="List of chief ministers of Kerala">chief minister</a> by the governor, and the council of ministers is appointed by the governor on the advice of the chief minister.<sup id="cite_ref-govern_113-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-govern-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The governor remains a ceremonial head of the state, while the chief minister and his council are responsible for day-to-day government functions. The council of ministers consists of Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State (MoS). The Secretariat headed by the <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Government_Secretariat" title="Kerala Government Secretariat">Chief Secretary</a> assists the council of ministers. The Chief Secretary is also the administrative head of the government. Each government department is headed by a minister, who is assisted by an <a href="/wiki/Chief_secretary_(India)" title="Chief secretary (India)">Additional Chief Secretary</a> or a <a href="/wiki/Principal_secretary_(India)" title="Principal secretary (India)">Principal Secretary</a>, who is usually an officer of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">Indian Administrative Service</a> (IAS). The Additional Chief Secretaries/Principal Secretaries serve as the administrative heads of the department to which they are assigned. Each department also has officers of the rank of Secretary, Special Secretary, Joint Secretary, etc. assisting the Minister and the <a href="/wiki/Chief_secretary_(India)" title="Chief secretary (India)">Additional Chief Secretary</a>/<a href="/wiki/Principal_secretary_(India)" title="Principal secretary (India)">Principal Secretary</a>. </p><p>Each district has a district administrator appointed by the government called a <a href="/wiki/District_magistrate" title="District magistrate">district collector</a> for executive administration. Auxiliary authorities known as <i><a href="/wiki/Panchayati_raj" title="Panchayati raj">panchayats</a></i>, for which <a href="/wiki/Local_Body_Election_in_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Local Body Election in Kerala">local body elections</a> are regularly held, govern local affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-Chaudhary2009_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaudhary2009-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Judiciary" title="Judiciary">judiciary</a> consists of the <a href="/wiki/Kerala_High_Court" title="Kerala High Court">Kerala High Court</a> and a system of lower courts.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The High Court, located in Kochi,<sup id="cite_ref-Congress_(US)2010_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Congress_(US)2010-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> has a Chief Justice along with 35 permanent and twelve additional <i><a href="/wiki/Pro_tempore" title="Pro tempore">pro tempore</a></i> justices as of 2021<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kerala&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The high court also hears cases from the Union Territory of <a href="/wiki/Lakshadweep" title="Lakshadweep">Lakshadweep</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Banerjea2002_118-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Banerjea2002-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SharmaB.k.2007_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SharmaB.k.2007-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Kerala, local government bodies such as Panchayats, Municipalities, and Corporations have existed since 1959. However, a significant decentralization initiative began in 1993, aligning with constitutional amendments by the central government.<sup id="cite_ref-Capdeck_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Capdeck-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Kerala Panchayati Raj Act and Kerala Municipality Act were enacted in 1994, establishing a 3-tier system for local governance.<sup id="cite_ref-KILA_121-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KILA-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 12">&#58;&#8202;12&#8202;</span></sup> This system includes Gram Panchayat, Block Panchayat, and District Panchayat.<sup id="cite_ref-TandonMohanty2006_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TandonMohanty2006-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Acts define clear powers for these institutions.<sup id="cite_ref-Capdeck_120-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Capdeck-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For urban areas, the Kerala Municipality Act follows a single-tier system, equivalent to Gram Panchayat. These bodies receive substantial administrative, legal, and financial powers to ensure effective decentralization.<sup id="cite_ref-KILA_121-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KILA-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 13">&#58;&#8202;13&#8202;</span></sup> Currently, the state government allocates around 40% of the state plan outlay to local governments.<sup id="cite_ref-IsaacFranke2002_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IsaacFranke2002-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala was declared the first digital state of India in 2016 and, according to the India Corruption Survey 2019 by <a href="/wiki/Transparency_International" title="Transparency International">Transparency International</a>, is considered the least corrupt state in India.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Public Affairs Index-2020 designated Kerala as the best-governed state in India.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kerala hosts two major political alliances: the <a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Front_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="United Democratic Front (India)">United Democratic Front</a> (UDF), led by the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a>; and the <a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Democratic Front (Kerala)">Left Democratic Front</a> (LDF), led by the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> (CPI(M)). As of<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kerala&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/2021_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election</a>, the LDF is the ruling coalition; <a href="/wiki/Pinarayi_Vijayan" title="Pinarayi Vijayan">Pinarayi Vijayan</a> of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is the Chief Minister, while <a href="/wiki/V._D._Satheesan" title="V. D. Satheesan">V. D. Satheesan</a> of the Indian National Congress is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_leaders_of_the_opposition_in_the_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly" title="List of leaders of the opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly">Leader of the Opposition</a>. According to the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, Kerala has a <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_system" title="Parliamentary system">parliamentary system</a> of <a href="/wiki/Representative_democracy" title="Representative democracy">representative democracy</a>; <a href="/wiki/Universal_suffrage" title="Universal suffrage">universal suffrage</a> is granted to residents.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Kerala" title="Economy of Kerala">Economy of Kerala</a></div><p>After independence, the state was managed as a <a href="/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">social democratic</a> <a href="/wiki/Welfare_economy" class="mw-redirect" title="Welfare economy">welfare economy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The "Kerala phenomenon" or "<a href="/wiki/Kerala_model" title="Kerala model">Kerala model</a> of development" of very high human development and in comparison low economic development has resulted from a strong service sector.<sup id="cite_ref-Brenkert_Malone_2003_82-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brenkert_Malone_2003-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 48">&#58;&#8202;48&#8202;</span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tharamangalam_2005_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tharamangalam_2005-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 1">&#58;&#8202;1&#8202;</span></sup> In 2019–20, the <a href="/wiki/Tertiary_sector_of_the_economy" title="Tertiary sector of the economy">tertiary sector</a> contributed around 63% of the state's <a href="/wiki/Gross_value_added" title="Gross value added">GSVA</a>, compared to 28% by <a href="/wiki/Secondary_sector_of_the_economy" title="Secondary sector of the economy">secondary sector</a>, and 8% by <a href="/wiki/Primary_sector_of_the_economy" title="Primary sector of the economy">primary sector</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-eco_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eco-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the period between 1960 and 2020, Kerala's economy was gradually shifting from an agrarian economy into a service-based one.<sup id="cite_ref-eco_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eco-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti" /></p><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:224px;max-width:224px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Technopark_Trivandum_Ganga_and_Yamuna_Buildings.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Technopark_Trivandum_Ganga_and_Yamuna_Buildings.jpg/250px-Technopark_Trivandum_Ganga_and_Yamuna_Buildings.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Technopark_Trivandum_Ganga_and_Yamuna_Buildings.jpg/330px-Technopark_Trivandum_Ganga_and_Yamuna_Buildings.jpg 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Container_terminal.JPG/330px-Container_terminal.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Container_terminal.JPG/440px-Container_terminal.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="498" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/International_Container_Transshipment_Terminal,_Kochi" title="International Container Transshipment Terminal, Kochi">Vallarpadam Terminal</a> at <a href="/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Kochi</a>, the first <a href="/wiki/Container_terminal" class="mw-redirect" title="Container terminal">transshipment terminal</a> in India</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mappila_bay.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Mappila_bay.JPG/220px-Mappila_bay.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Mappila_bay.JPG/330px-Mappila_bay.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Mappila_bay.JPG/440px-Mappila_bay.JPG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Mappila_Bay" title="Mappila Bay">Mappila Bay</a> harbour at <a href="/wiki/Kannur" title="Kannur">Kannur</a></div></div></div></div></div> <p>The state's <a href="/wiki/Tertiary_sector_of_the_economy" title="Tertiary sector of the economy">service sector</a> which accounts for around 63% of its revenue is mainly based upon <a href="/wiki/Hospitality_industry" title="Hospitality industry">hospitality industry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Kerala" title="Tourism in Kerala">tourism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda">Ayurveda</a> and medical services, pilgrimage, <a href="/wiki/Information_technology" title="Information technology">information technology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roads_in_Kerala" title="Roads in Kerala">transportation</a>, financial sector, and <a href="/wiki/Education_in_Kerala" title="Education in Kerala">education</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:15_130-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:15-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Major initiatives under the industrial sector include <a href="/wiki/Cochin_Shipyard" title="Cochin Shipyard">Cochin Shipyard</a>, shipbuilding, oil refinery, software industry, coastal mineral industries,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChandran2018343_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChandran2018343-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> food processing, marine products processing, and Rubber based products. The primary sector of the state is mainly based upon <a href="/wiki/Cash_crop" title="Cash crop">cash crops</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChandran2018409_131-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChandran2018409-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala produces a significant amount of the national output of cash crops such as <a href="/wiki/Coconut" title="Coconut">coconut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tea" title="Tea">tea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coffee" title="Coffee">coffee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malabar_pepper" title="Malabar pepper">pepper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natural_rubber" title="Natural rubber">natural rubber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cardamom" title="Cardamom">cardamom</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cashew" title="Cashew">cashew</a> in India.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChandran2018409_131-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChandran2018409-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The cultivation of food crops began to reduce since the 1950s.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChandran2018409_131-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChandran2018409-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kerala's economy depends significantly on <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Gulf_diaspora" title="Kerala Gulf diaspora">emigrants working in foreign countries</a>, mainly in the <a href="/wiki/Arab_states_of_the_Persian_Gulf" title="Arab states of the Persian Gulf">Arab states of the Persian Gulf</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Remittance" title="Remittance">remittances</a> annually contribute more than a fifth of GSDP.<sup id="cite_ref-rem1_132-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rem1-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The state witnessed significant emigration during the <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Gulf_diaspora#The_Gulf_Boom" title="Kerala Gulf diaspora">Gulf Boom</a> of the 1970s and early 1980s. In 2012, Kerala still received the highest remittances of all states: US$11.3&#160;billion, which was nearly 16% of the US$71&#160;billion remittances to the country.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2015, NRI deposits in Kerala have soared to over <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>1 lakh crore</span> (US$12&#160;billion), amounting to one-sixth of all the money deposited in NRI accounts, which comes to about <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>7 lakh crore</span> (US$82&#160;billion).<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Malappuram_district" title="Malappuram district">Malappuram district</a> has the highest proportion of emigrant households in state.<sup id="cite_ref-eco_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eco-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A study commissioned by the <a href="/wiki/Kerala_State_Planning_Board" title="Kerala State Planning Board">Kerala State Planning Board</a>, suggested that the state look for other reliable sources of income, instead of relying on remittances to finance its expenditure.<sup id="cite_ref-Commission2008b_135-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Commission2008b-135"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of March 2002, Kerala's banking sector comprised 3341 local branches: each branch served 10,000 people, lower than the national average of 16,000; the state has the third-highest bank penetration among Indian states.<sup id="cite_ref-RBI_2002_136-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RBI_2002-136"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 1 October 2011, Kerala became the first state in the country to have at least one banking facility in every village.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Unemployment_in_Kerala" title="Unemployment in Kerala">Unemployment in 2007</a> was estimated at 9.4%;<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> chronic issues are <a href="/wiki/Underemployment" title="Underemployment">underemployment</a>, low employability of youth, and a low female <a href="/wiki/Labour_force" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour force">labour participation rate</a> of only 13.5%,<sup id="cite_ref-Nair_2004_139-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nair_2004-139"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 5, 13">&#58;&#8202;5,&#8202;13&#8202;</span></sup> as was the practice of <i><a href="/wiki/Nokku_kooli" title="Nokku kooli">Nokku kooli</a></i>, "wages for looking on".<sup id="cite_ref-Outlook-2008_140-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Outlook-2008-140"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By 1999–2000, the rural and urban poverty rates dropped to 10.0% and 9.6%, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-princeton6_141-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-princeton6-141"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The state's budget of 2020–2021 was <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>1.15 lakh crore</span> (US$13&#160;billion).<sup id="cite_ref-Budget_142-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Budget-142"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The state government's tax revenues (excluding the shares from Union tax pool) amounted to <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>674 billion</span> (US$7.9&#160;billion) in 2020–21; up from <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>557 billion</span> (US$6.5&#160;billion) in 2019–20. Its <a href="/wiki/Non-tax_revenue" title="Non-tax revenue">non-tax revenues</a> (excluding the shares from Union tax pool) of the Government of Kerala reached <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>146 billion</span> (US$1.7&#160;billion) in 2020–2021.<sup id="cite_ref-Budget_142-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Budget-142"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, Kerala's high ratio of taxation to GSDP has not alleviated chronic budget deficits and unsustainable levels of government debt, which have impacted social services.<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A record total of 223 <a href="/wiki/Hartal" title="Hartal">hartals</a> were observed in 2006, resulting in a revenue loss of over <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>20 billion</span> (US$230&#160;million).<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala's 10% rise in GDP is 3% more than the national GDP. In 2013, capital expenditure rose 30% compared to the national average of 5%, owners of two-wheelers rose by 35% compared to the national rate of 15%, and the teacher-pupil ratio rose 50% from 2:100 to 4:100.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Infrastructure_Investment_Fund_Board" title="Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board">Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board</a> is a government-owned <a href="/wiki/Financial_institution" title="Financial institution">financial institution</a> in the state to mobilise funds for infrastructure development from outside the state revenue, aiming at overall infrastructure development of the state.<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In November 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Housing_and_Urban_Affairs" title="Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs">Ministry of Urban Development</a> selected seven cities of Kerala for a <a href="/wiki/List_of_government_schemes_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of government schemes in India">comprehensive development program</a> known as the <a href="/wiki/Atal_Mission_for_Rejuvenation_and_Urban_Transformation" title="Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation">Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation</a> (AMRUT).<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A package of <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>2.5 million</span> (US$29,000) was declared for each of the cities to develop service level improvement plan (SLIP), a plan for better functioning of the local urban bodies in the cities of Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Kochi, Thrissur, Kozhikode, and Palakkad.<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Grand_Kerala_Shopping_Festival" title="Grand Kerala Shopping Festival">Grand Kerala Shopping Festival</a> (GKSF) was started in 2007, covering more than 3000 outlets across the nine cities of Kerala with huge tax discounts, VAT refunds and huge array of prizes.<sup id="cite_ref-GKSF_begins_150-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GKSF_begins-150"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Lulu_Mall,_Thiruvananthapuram" class="mw-redirect" title="Lulu Mall, Thiruvananthapuram">Lulu International Mall</a> at <a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram" title="Thiruvananthapuram">Thiruvananthapuram</a> is the largest <a href="/wiki/Shopping_Mall" class="mw-redirect" title="Shopping Mall">shopping mall</a> in India.<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite many achievements, Kerala faces many challenges like high levels of unemployment that disproportionately impact educated women, a high degree of global exposure and a very fragile environment.<sup id="cite_ref-Hindu2021_152-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hindu2021-152"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Industries">Industries</h3></div> <p>Traditional industries manufacturing items; <a href="/wiki/Coir" title="Coir">coir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Handloom" class="mw-redirect" title="Handloom">handlooms</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Handicraft" title="Handicraft">handicrafts</a> employ around one million people.<sup id="cite_ref-KumarKerala2007_153-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KumarKerala2007-153"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala supplies 60% of the total global produce of white coir fibre. India's first coir factory was set up in <a href="/wiki/Alleppey" class="mw-redirect" title="Alleppey">Alleppey</a> in 1859–60.<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Central Coir Research Institute was established there in 1959. As per the 2006–2007 census by <a href="/wiki/SIDBI" class="mw-redirect" title="SIDBI">SIDBI</a>, there are 1,468,104 <a href="/wiki/Small_and_medium_enterprises#India" title="Small and medium enterprises">micro, small and medium enterprises</a> in Kerala employing 3,031,272 people.<sup id="cite_ref-SIDBI_Report_2010_155-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SIDBI_Report_2010-155"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/KSIDC" class="mw-redirect" title="KSIDC">KSIDC</a> has promoted more than 650 medium and large manufacturing firms in Kerala, creating employment for 72,500 people.<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A mining sector of 0.3% of GSDP involves extraction of <a href="/wiki/Ilmenite" title="Ilmenite">ilmenite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kaolin" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaolin">kaolin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bauxite" title="Bauxite">bauxite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Silica" class="mw-redirect" title="Silica">silica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quartz" title="Quartz">quartz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rutile" title="Rutile">rutile</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zircon" title="Zircon">zircon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sillimanite" title="Sillimanite">sillimanite</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GOK_2005c_158-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOK_2005c-158"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Other major sectors are <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Kerala" title="Tourism in Kerala">tourism</a>, medical sector, <a href="/wiki/Education_in_Kerala" title="Education in Kerala">educational sector</a>, banking, <a href="/wiki/Cochin_shipyard" class="mw-redirect" title="Cochin shipyard">ship building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kochi_Refineries" title="Kochi Refineries">oil refinery</a>, infrastructure, manufacturing, <a href="/wiki/Residential_garden" class="mw-redirect" title="Residential garden">home gardens</a>, animal husbandry and <a href="/wiki/Business_process_outsourcing" title="Business process outsourcing">business process outsourcing</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agriculture">Agriculture</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nemmara-paddy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A field" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Nemmara-paddy.jpg/220px-Nemmara-paddy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Nemmara-paddy.jpg/330px-Nemmara-paddy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Nemmara-paddy.jpg/440px-Nemmara-paddy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="536" /></a><figcaption>A paddy field at <a href="/wiki/Palakkad_district" title="Palakkad district">Palakkad</a>, also known as <i>The Granary of Kerala</i></figcaption></figure> <p>The major change in agriculture in Kerala occurred in the 1970s when production of rice fell due to increased availability of rice all over India and decreased availability of labour.<sup id="cite_ref-Sinha2003_159-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sinha2003-159"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Consequently, investment in rice production decreased and a major portion of the land shifted to the cultivation of perennial tree crops and seasonal crops.<sup id="cite_ref-Remesh2010_160-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Remesh2010-160"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Commission2008_161-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Commission2008-161"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Profitability of crops fell due to a shortage of farm labour, the high price of land, and the uneconomic size of operational holdings.<sup id="cite_ref-google9_162-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google9-162"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Only 27.3% of the families in Kerala depend upon agriculture for their livelihood, which is also the least corresponding rate in India.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChandran2018406_163-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChandran2018406-163"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kerala produces 97% of the national output of black pepper<sup id="cite_ref-Limca_Book_of_Records_164-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Limca_Book_of_Records-164"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and accounts for 85% of the <a href="/wiki/Natural_rubber" title="Natural rubber">natural rubber</a> in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-google10_165-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google10-165"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Economic_Affairs_166-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Economic_Affairs-166"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Coconut" title="Coconut">Coconut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tea" title="Tea">tea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coffee" title="Coffee">coffee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cashew" title="Cashew">cashew</a>, and spices—including cardamom, <a href="/wiki/Vanilla" title="Vanilla">vanilla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cinnamon" title="Cinnamon">cinnamon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nutmeg" title="Nutmeg">nutmeg</a> are the main agricultural products.<sup id="cite_ref-ChattopadhyayFranke2006_44-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChattopadhyayFranke2006-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 74">&#58;&#8202;74&#8202;</span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Newton_167-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Newton-167"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-B.L.MarkoseMarkose2007_168-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-B.L.MarkoseMarkose2007-168"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pradhan2009_169-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pradhan2009-169"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PradeepkumarPradeep2008_170-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PradeepkumarPradeep2008-170"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OsellaOsella2000_171-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OsellaOsella2000-171"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Around 80% of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>'s export quality cashew kernels are prepared in <a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Kollam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The key cash crop is <a href="/wiki/Coconut" title="Coconut">coconut</a> and Kerala ranks first in the area of coconut cultivation in India.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChandran2018407_173-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChandran2018407-173"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Around 90% of the total <a href="/wiki/Cardamom" title="Cardamom">Cardamom</a> produced in India is from Kerala.<sup id="cite_ref-eco_26-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eco-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> India is the second-largest producer of Cardamom in world.<sup id="cite_ref-eco_26-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eco-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> About 20% of the total <a href="/wiki/Coffee" title="Coffee">Coffee</a> produced in India are from Kerala.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChandran2018409_131-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChandran2018409-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The key agricultural staple is rice, with varieties grown in extensive paddy fields.<sup id="cite_ref-VarshneyRzóska1976_174-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VarshneyRzóska1976-174"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Home gardens made up a significant portion of the agricultural sector.<sup id="cite_ref-Dobbie2006_175-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dobbie2006-175"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fisheries">Fisheries</h3></div> <p>With 590 kilometres (370 <a href="/wiki/Mile" title="Mile">miles</a>) of coastal belt,<sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> 400,000 hectares of inland water resources<sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and approximately 220,000 active fishermen,<sup id="cite_ref-Commission1961_178-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Commission1961-178"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala is one of the leading producers of fish in India.<sup id="cite_ref-google13_179-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google13-179"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to 2003–04 reports, about 11 lakh(1.1&#160;million) people earn their livelihood from fishing and allied activities such as drying, processing, packaging, exporting and transporting fisheries. The annual yield of the sector was estimated as 6,08,000&#160;tons in 2003–04.<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This contributes to about 3% of the total economy of the state. In 2006, around 22% of the total Indian marine fishery yield was from Kerala.<sup id="cite_ref-Handbook_181-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Handbook-181"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During the southwest monsoon, a suspended mud bank develops along the shore, which in turn leads to calm ocean water, peaking the output of the fishing industry. This phenomenon is locally called <i><a href="/wiki/Chakara" title="Chakara">chakara</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gulati1984_182-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gulati1984-182"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Journal_of_Kerala_Studies_183-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Journal_of_Kerala_Studies-183"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The waters provide a large variety of fish: <a href="/wiki/Pelagic_fish" title="Pelagic fish">pelagic species</a>; 59%, <a href="/wiki/Demersal_fish" title="Demersal fish">demersal species</a>; 23%, <a href="/wiki/Crustacean" title="Crustacean">crustaceans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mollusca" title="Mollusca">molluscs</a> and others for 18%.<sup id="cite_ref-Handbook_181-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Handbook-181"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Around 1050,000(1.050&#160;million) fishermen haul an annual catch of 668,000 tonnes as of a 1999–2000 estimate; 222 fishing villages are strung along the 590-kilometre (370-mile) coast. Another 113 fishing villages dot the hinterland. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roads">Roads</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Roads_in_Kerala" title="Roads in Kerala">Roads in Kerala</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Kerala_State_Road_Transport_Corporation" title="Kerala State Road Transport Corporation">Kerala State Road Transport Corporation</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti" /><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:244px;max-width:244px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:242px;max-width:242px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thrissur_sixlane.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Thrissur_sixlane.jpg/250px-Thrissur_sixlane.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Thrissur_sixlane.jpg/500px-Thrissur_sixlane.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="473" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/National_Highway_544_(India)" title="National Highway 544 (India)">NH 544</a> Six lane <a href="/wiki/Thrissur" title="Thrissur">Thrissur</a> – <a href="/wiki/Vadakkencherry" class="mw-redirect" title="Vadakkencherry">Vadakkencherry</a></div></div></div></div></div> <p>Kerala has 331,904 kilometres (206,236&#160;mi) of roads, which accounts for 5.6% of India's total.<sup id="cite_ref-eco_26-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eco-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-road_184-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-road-184"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This translates to about 9.94 kilometres (6.18&#160;mi) of road per thousand people, compared to an average of 4.87 kilometres (3.03&#160;mi) in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-eco_26-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eco-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-road_184-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-road-184"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Roads in Kerala include 1,812 kilometres (1,126&#160;mi) of national highway; 1.6% of the nation's total, 4,342 kilometres (2,698&#160;mi) of state highway; 2.5% of the nation's total, 27,470 kilometres (17,070&#160;mi) of district roads; 4.7% of the nation's total, 33,201 kilometres (20,630&#160;mi) of urban (municipal) roads; 6.3% of the nation's total, and 158,775 kilometres (98,658&#160;mi) of rural roads; 3.8% of the nation's total.<sup id="cite_ref-:16-17_185-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:16-17-185"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kottayam_district" title="Kottayam district">Kottayam</a> has the maximum length of roads among the <a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Kerala" title="List of districts of Kerala">districts of Kerala</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Wayanad" class="mw-redirect" title="Wayanad">Wayanad</a> accounts for minimum.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChandran2018422_186-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChandran2018422-186"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Most of Kerala's west coast is accessible through the <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_66_(India)" title="National Highway 66 (India)">NH 66</a> (previously NH 17 and 47); and the eastern side is accessible through state highways.<sup id="cite_ref-Kerala_PWD_187-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kerala_PWD-187"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> New projects for hill and coastal highways were recently announced under <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Infrastructure_Investment_Fund_Board" title="Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board">KIIFB</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-188" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-188"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> National Highway 66, with the longest stretch of road (1,622 kilometres (1,008&#160;mi)) connects <a href="/wiki/Kanyakumari" title="Kanyakumari">Kanyakumari</a> to <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a>; it enters Kerala via <a href="/wiki/Talapady" class="mw-redirect" title="Talapady">Talapady</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kasargod" class="mw-redirect" title="Kasargod">Kasargod</a> and passes through <a href="/wiki/Kannur" title="Kannur">Kannur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kozhikode" title="Kozhikode">Kozhikode</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malappuram" title="Malappuram">Malappuram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guruvayur" title="Guruvayur">Guruvayur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Kochi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alappuzha" title="Alappuzha">Alappuzha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Kollam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram" title="Thiruvananthapuram">Thiruvananthapuram</a> before entering <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kerala_PWD_187-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kerala_PWD-187"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Palakkad_district" title="Palakkad district">Palakkad district</a> is generally referred to as the Gateway of Kerala, due to the presence of the Palakkad Gap in the Western Ghats, through which the northern (<a href="/wiki/Malabar_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Malabar region">Malabar</a>) and southern (Travancore) parts of Kerala are connected to the rest of India via road and rail. The state's largest checkpoint, <a href="/wiki/Walayar" title="Walayar">Walayar</a>, is on <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_544_(India)" title="National Highway 544 (India)">NH 544</a>, in the border town between Kerala and <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, through which a large amount of public and commercial transportation reaches the northern and central districts of Kerala.<sup id="cite_ref-189" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-189"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Public_Works_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Public Works (Kerala)">Department of Public Works</a> is responsible for maintaining and expanding the <a href="/wiki/List_of_State_Highways_in_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="List of State Highways in Kerala">state highways system</a> and major district roads.<sup id="cite_ref-190" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-190"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Kerala State Transport Project (KSTP), which includes the <a href="/wiki/GIS" class="mw-redirect" title="GIS">GIS</a>-based Road Information and Management Project (RIMS), is responsible for maintaining and expanding the state highways in Kerala. It also oversees a few major district roads.<sup id="cite_ref-191" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-191"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-192" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-192"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Traffic in Kerala has been growing at a rate of 10–11% every year, resulting in high traffic and pressure on the roads. Traffic density is nearly four times the national average, reflecting the state's high population. Kerala's annual total of road accidents is among the nation's highest. The accidents are mainly the result of the narrow roads and irresponsible driving.<sup id="cite_ref-193" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-193"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> National Highways in Kerala are among the narrowest in the country and will remain so for the foreseeable future, as the state government has received an exemption that allows narrow national highways. In Kerala, highways are 45 metres (148 feet) wide. In other states, national highways are grade separated, 60 metres (200 feet) wide with a minimum of four lanes, as well as 6 or 8-lane access-controlled expressways.<sup id="cite_ref-194" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-194"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-195" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-195"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has threatened the Kerala state government that it will give higher priority to other states in highway development since political commitment to better highways in Kerala has been lacking.<sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-196"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of 2013<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kerala&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, Kerala had the highest road accident rate in the country, with most fatal accidents taking place along the state's national highways.<sup id="cite_ref-197" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-197"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railways">Railways</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Railway_Stations_in_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Railway Stations in Kerala">List of Railway Stations in Kerala</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Kochi_Metro" title="Kochi Metro">Kochi Metro</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Railway (India)">Southern Railway</a> zone of <a href="/wiki/Indian_Railways" title="Indian Railways">Indian Railways</a> operates all railway lines in the state connecting most major towns and cities except those in the highland districts of <a href="/wiki/Idukki_district" title="Idukki district">Idukki</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wayanad_district" title="Wayanad district">Wayanad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-198" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-198"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The railway network in the state is controlled by two out of six divisions of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_zone" title="Southern Railway zone">Southern Railway</a>; <a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram_Railway_division" class="mw-redirect" title="Thiruvananthapuram Railway division">Thiruvananthapuram Railway division</a> headquartered at <a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram" title="Thiruvananthapuram">Thiruvananthapuram</a> and <a href="/wiki/Palakkad_Railway_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Palakkad Railway Division">Palakkad Railway Division</a> headquartered at <a href="/wiki/Palakkad" title="Palakkad">Palakkad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-199" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-199"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="Thiruvananthapuram Central">Thiruvananthapuram Central</a> (TVC) is the busiest railway station in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-200"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala's major railway stations are: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 19em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram_Central" class="mw-redirect" title="Thiruvananthapuram Central">Thiruvananthapuram Central</a> (TVC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernakulam_Junction_railway_station" title="Ernakulam Junction railway station">Ernakulam Junction (South)</a> (ERS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kozhikode" title="Kozhikode">Kozhikode</a> (CLT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Junction_railway_station" title="Kollam Junction railway station">Kollam Junction</a> (QLN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrissur_railway_station" title="Thrissur railway station">Thrissur</a> (TCR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palakkad_Junction" class="mw-redirect" title="Palakkad Junction">Palakkad Junction</a> (PGT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kannur" title="Kannur">Kannur</a> (CAN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shornur_Junction" class="mw-redirect" title="Shornur Junction">Shoranur Junction</a> (SRR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernakulam_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="Ernakulam Town">Ernakulam Town</a> (North) (ERN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottayam" title="Kottayam">Kottayam</a> (KTYM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chengannur_railway_station" title="Chengannur railway station">Chengannur</a> (CNGR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alappuzha_railway_station" title="Alappuzha railway station">Alappuzha</a> (ALLP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kochuveli" class="mw-redirect" title="Kochuveli">Kochuveli</a> (KCVL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kayamkulam" title="Kayamkulam">Kayamkulam</a> Junction (KYJ)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirur_railway_station" title="Tirur railway station">Tirur</a> (TIR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasaragod_railway_station" title="Kasaragod railway station">Kasaragod</a> (KGQ)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aluva_railway_station" title="Aluva railway station">Aluva</a> (AWY)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thalassery" title="Thalassery">Thalassery</a> (TLY)</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airports">Airports</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Kerala_state" class="mw-redirect" title="List of airports in Kerala state">List of airports in Kerala state</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cochin_International_Airport_Limited.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Cochin_International_Airport_Limited.jpg/220px-Cochin_International_Airport_Limited.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Cochin_International_Airport_Limited.jpg/330px-Cochin_International_Airport_Limited.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Cochin_International_Airport_Limited.jpg/440px-Cochin_International_Airport_Limited.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1012" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cochin_International_Airport" title="Cochin International Airport">Cochin International Airport</a>, the busiest airport in the state is also the first airport in the world to be fully powered by solar energy</figcaption></figure><p> Kerala has four international airports: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115" /></p><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;min-width: min(25em, 100%);"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram_International_Airport" title="Thiruvananthapuram International Airport">Thiruvananthapuram International Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cochin_International_Airport" title="Cochin International Airport">Cochin International Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calicut_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Calicut International Airport">Calicut International Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kannur_International_Airport" title="Kannur International Airport">Kannur International Airport</a></li></ul></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Kollam Airport">Kollam Airport</a>, established under the Madras Presidency, but since closed, was the first airport in Kerala.<sup id="cite_ref-201" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-201"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>201<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kannur" title="Kannur">Kannur</a> had an airstrip used for commercial aviation as early as 1935 when <a href="/wiki/Tata_Group" title="Tata Group">Tata</a> airlines operated weekly flights between <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a> and Thiruvananthapuram – stopping at <a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a> and Kannur.<sup id="cite_ref-202" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-202"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Trivandrum International Airport, managed by the <a href="/wiki/Airport_Authority_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Airport Authority of India">Airport Authority of India</a>, is among the oldest existing airports in South India. <a href="/wiki/Calicut_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Calicut International Airport">Calicut International Airport</a>, which was opened in 1988, is the second-oldest existing airport in Kerala and the oldest in the <a href="/wiki/Malabar_District" title="Malabar District">Malabar region</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-203" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-203"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Cochin International Airport is the busiest in the state and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of the busiest airports in India">seventh busiest</a> in the country. It is also the first airport in the world to be fully powered by <a href="/wiki/CIAL_Solar_Power_Project" title="CIAL Solar Power Project">solar energy</a><sup id="cite_ref-BBC_204-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-204"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>204<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and has won the coveted <a href="/wiki/Champions_of_the_Earth" title="Champions of the Earth">Champion of the Earth</a> award, the highest environmental honour instituted by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UN_205-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN-205"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Cochin International Airport is also the first Indian airport to be incorporated as a <a href="/wiki/Public_limited_company" title="Public limited company">public limited company</a>; it was funded by nearly 10,000 <a href="/wiki/Non-resident_Indian_and_person_of_Indian_origin" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin">non-resident Indians</a> from 30 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-206" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-206"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>206<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Other than civilian airports, <a href="/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Kochi</a> has a naval airport named <a href="/wiki/INS_Garuda" title="INS Garuda">INS Garuda</a>. Thiruvananthapuram International Airport shares civilian facilities with the Southern Air Command of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">Indian Air Force</a>. These facilities are used mostly by central government VIPs visiting Kerala. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Water_transport">Water transport</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ports_in_Kerala" title="Ports in Kerala">Ports in Kerala</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Kochi_Water_Metro" title="Kochi Water Metro">Kochi Water Metro</a></div><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cochin_Ship_Yard_Cranes.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Cochin_Ship_Yard_Cranes.JPG/230px-Cochin_Ship_Yard_Cranes.JPG" decoding="async" width="230" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Cochin_Ship_Yard_Cranes.JPG/345px-Cochin_Ship_Yard_Cranes.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Cochin_Ship_Yard_Cranes.JPG/460px-Cochin_Ship_Yard_Cranes.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2484" data-file-height="1812" /></a><figcaption>Cranes at the <a href="/wiki/Cochin_Shipyard" title="Cochin Shipyard">Cochin Shipyard</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Kerala has <a href="/wiki/Ports_in_Kerala" title="Ports in Kerala">two major ports, four intermediate ports, and 13 minor ports</a>, 4 of which have immigration checkpoint facilities.<sup id="cite_ref-207" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-207"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>207<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-208" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-208"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The major port in the state is at <a href="/wiki/Cochin_Port" title="Cochin Port">Kochi</a>, which has an area of 8.27&#160;km<sup>2</sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChandran2018424_209-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChandran2018424-209"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Vizhinjam_International_Seaport_Thiruvananthapuram" title="Vizhinjam International Seaport Thiruvananthapuram">Vizhinjam International Seaport Thiruvananthapuram</a>, which is currently classified as a major port, only completed Phase I as others are under construction.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChandran2018424_209-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChandran2018424-209"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Other intermediate ports include <a href="/wiki/Beypore" title="Beypore">Beypore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Kollam</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Azhikode_and_Azhikkal" title="Azhikode and Azhikkal">Azheekal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChandran2018424_209-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChandran2018424-209"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The remaining ports are classified as minor which include <a href="/wiki/Manjeshwaram" class="mw-redirect" title="Manjeshwaram">Manjeshwaram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nileshwaram" title="Nileshwaram">Nileshwaram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kannur" title="Kannur">Kannur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thalassery" title="Thalassery">Thalassery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vadakara" class="mw-redirect" title="Vadakara">Vadakara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ponnani" title="Ponnani">Ponnani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munambam" title="Munambam">Munambam</a>, Manakodam, <a href="/wiki/Alappuzha" title="Alappuzha">Alappuzha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kayamkulam" title="Kayamkulam">Kayamkulam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neendakara" title="Neendakara">Neendakara</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Valiyathura" class="mw-redirect" title="Valiyathura">Valiyathura</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChandran2018424_209-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChandran2018424-209"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Maritime_Institute" title="Kerala Maritime Institute">Kerala Maritime Institute</a> is headquartered at <a href="/wiki/Neendakara" title="Neendakara">Neendakara</a>, which has an additional subcentre at <a href="/wiki/Kodungallur" title="Kodungallur">Kodungallur</a> too.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChandran2018424_209-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChandran2018424-209"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The state has numerous <a href="/wiki/Kerala_backwaters" title="Kerala backwaters">backwaters</a>, which are used for commercial <a href="/wiki/Inland_navigation" title="Inland navigation">inland navigation</a>. Transport services are mainly provided by country craft and passenger vessels. There are 67 navigable rivers in the state while the total length of inland waterways is 1,687 kilometres (1,048&#160;mi).<sup id="cite_ref-google14_210-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google14-210"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The main constraints to the expansion of inland navigation are; lack of depth in waterways caused by silting, lack of maintenance of navigation systems and bank protection, accelerated growth of the <a href="/wiki/Water_hyacinth" class="mw-redirect" title="Water hyacinth">water hyacinth</a>, lack of modern inland craft terminals, and lack of a cargo handling system. </p><p>Kerala also have India's first water metro , called 'Kochi water metro'.<sup id="cite_ref-211" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-211"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>211<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>The Kochi water metro project identified 15 routes, connecting 10 islands along a network of routes that span 78 km with a fleet of 78 fast, and fully electrically propelled hybrid ferries .<sup id="cite_ref-212" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-212"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>212<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 616 kilometres (383&#160;mi) long West-Coast Canal is the longest waterway in state connecting <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a> to <a href="/wiki/Poovar" title="Poovar">Poovar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChandran2018423_213-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChandran2018423-213"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>213<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It is divided into five sections: 41 kilometres (25&#160;mi) long <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a>-<a href="/wiki/Nileshwaram" title="Nileshwaram">Nileshwaram</a> reach, 188 kilometres (117&#160;mi) long <a href="/wiki/Nileshwaram" title="Nileshwaram">Nileshwaram</a>-<a href="/wiki/Kozhikode" title="Kozhikode">Kozhikode</a> reach, 160 kilometres (99&#160;mi) <a href="/wiki/Kozhikode" title="Kozhikode">Kozhikode</a>-<a href="/wiki/Kottappuram,_Thrissur" title="Kottappuram, Thrissur">Kottapuram</a> reach, 168 kilometres (104&#160;mi) long <a href="/wiki/National_Waterway_3" title="National Waterway 3">National Waterway 3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kottappuram,_Thrissur" title="Kottappuram, Thrissur">Kottapuram</a>-<a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Kollam</a> reach), and 74 kilometres (46&#160;mi) long <a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Kollam</a>-<a href="/wiki/Vizhinjam" title="Vizhinjam">Vizhinjam</a> reach.<sup id="cite_ref-eco_26-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eco-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Conolly_Canal" title="Conolly Canal">Conolly Canal</a>, which is a part of the West-Coast Canal, connects the city of <a href="/wiki/Kozhikode" title="Kozhikode">Kozhikode</a> with <a href="/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Kochi</a> through <a href="/wiki/Ponnani" title="Ponnani">Ponnani</a>, passing through the districts of <a href="/wiki/Malappuram_district" title="Malappuram district">Malappuram</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thrissur_district" title="Thrissur district">Thrissur</a>. It begins at <a href="/wiki/Vadakara" class="mw-redirect" title="Vadakara">Vadakara</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hindu_jan08_214-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hindu_jan08-214"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was constructed in the year 1848 under the orders of then <a href="/wiki/District_collector" class="mw-redirect" title="District collector">District collector</a> of <a href="/wiki/Malabar_District" title="Malabar District">Malabar</a>, H. V. Conolly, initially to facilitate movement of goods to <a href="/wiki/Kallayi" title="Kallayi">Kallayi</a> Port from the hinterlands of Malabar through <a href="/wiki/Kuttiady" title="Kuttiady">Kuttiady</a> and <a href="/wiki/Korapuzha" title="Korapuzha">Korapuzha</a> river systems.<sup id="cite_ref-hindu_jan08_214-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hindu_jan08-214"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was the main waterway for the cargo movement between Kozhikode and Kochi through <a href="/wiki/Ponnani" title="Ponnani">Ponnani</a>, for more than a century.<sup id="cite_ref-hindu_jan08_214-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hindu_jan08-214"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Other important waterways in Kerala include the <a href="/wiki/Alappuzha" title="Alappuzha">Alappuzha</a>-<a href="/wiki/Changanassery" title="Changanassery">Changanassery</a> Canal, <a href="/wiki/Alappuzha" title="Alappuzha">Alappuzha</a>-<a href="/wiki/Kottayam" title="Kottayam">Kottayam</a>-<a href="/wiki/Athirampuzha" title="Athirampuzha">Athirampuzha</a> Canal, and <a href="/wiki/Kottayam" title="Kottayam">Kottayam</a>-<a href="/wiki/Vaikom" title="Vaikom">Vaikom</a> Canal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChandran2018424_209-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChandran2018424-209"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Kerala" title="Demographics of Kerala">Demographics of Kerala</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Kerala" title="Ethnic groups in Kerala">Ethnic groups in Kerala</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Kerala" title="List of people from Kerala">List of people from Kerala</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kerala_Population_Pyramid_in_5-year_age_groups_(2011_census).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Kerala_Population_Pyramid_in_5-year_age_groups_%282011_census%29.png/250px-Kerala_Population_Pyramid_in_5-year_age_groups_%282011_census%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Kerala_Population_Pyramid_in_5-year_age_groups_%282011_census%29.png/330px-Kerala_Population_Pyramid_in_5-year_age_groups_%282011_census%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Kerala_Population_Pyramid_in_5-year_age_groups_%282011_census%29.png/500px-Kerala_Population_Pyramid_in_5-year_age_groups_%282011_census%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1065" data-file-height="601" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Population_pyramid" title="Population pyramid">Population pyramid</a> of Kerala</figcaption></figure> <p>Kerala is home to 2.8% of India's population; with a density of 859 persons per km<sup>2</sup>, its land is nearly three times as densely settled as the national average of 370 persons per km<sup>2</sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2011_215-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2011-215"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of 2011<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kerala&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, Thiruvananthapuram is the most populous city in Kerala.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2011cities_216-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2011cities-216"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the state, the rate of population growth is India's lowest, and the decadal growth of 4.9% in 2011 is less than one-third of the all-India average of 17.6%.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2011_215-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2011-215"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala's population more than doubled between 1951 and 1991 by adding 15.6&#160;million people to reach 29.1&#160;million residents in 1991; the population stood at 33.3&#160;million by 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2011_215-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2011-215"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala's coastal regions are the most densely settled with population of 2022 persons per km<sup>2</sup>, 2.5 times the overall population density of the state, 859 persons per km<sup>2</sup>, leaving the eastern hills and mountains comparatively sparsely populated.<sup id="cite_ref-kerala_fact_sheet_217-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kerala_fact_sheet-217"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>217<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala is the <a href="/wiki/Urbanisation_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Urbanisation in India">second-most urbanised major state</a> in the country with <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Kerala_by_urban_area_growth" title="List of cities in Kerala by urban area growth">47.7% urban population</a> according to the <a href="/wiki/2011_Census_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Census of India">2011 Census of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ubn_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ubn-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Around 31.8&#160;million Keralites are predominantly Malayali.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2011_215-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2011-215"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The state's 321,000 indigenous tribal <i><a href="/wiki/Adivasi" title="Adivasi">Adivasis</a></i>, 1.1% of the population, are concentrated in the east.<sup id="cite_ref-Kalathil_2004_218-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kalathil_2004-218"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>218<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 10–12">&#58;&#8202;10–12&#8202;</span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gender">Gender</h3></div> <p>There is a tradition of matrilineal inheritance in Kerala, where the mother is the head of the household.<sup id="cite_ref-219" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-219"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>219<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As a result, women in Kerala have had a much higher standing and influence in the society. This was common among certain influential castes and is a factor in the value placed on daughters. Christian missionaries also influenced Malayali women in that they started schools for girls from poor families.<sup id="cite_ref-220" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-220"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>220<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Opportunities for women such as education and gainful employment often translate into a lower birth rate,<sup id="cite_ref-221" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-221"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>221<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> which in turn, make education and employment more likely to be accessible and more beneficial for women. This creates an upward spiral for both the women and children of the community that is passed on to future generations. According to the Human Development Report of 1996, Kerala's <a href="/wiki/Gender_Development_Index" title="Gender Development Index">Gender Development Index</a> was 597; higher than any other state of India. Factors, such as high rates of female literacy, education, work participation and life expectancy, along with favourable <a href="/wiki/Human_sex_ratio" title="Human sex ratio">sex ratio</a>, contributed to it.<sup id="cite_ref-Joseph_222-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joseph-222"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>222<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kerala's sex ratio of 1.084 (females to males) is higher than that of the rest of India; it is the only state where women outnumber men.<sup id="cite_ref-Tharamangalam_2005_129-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tharamangalam_2005-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 2">&#58;&#8202;2&#8202;</span></sup> While having the opportunities that education affords them, such as political participation, keeping up to date with current events, reading religious texts, etc., these tools have still not translated into full, <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_rights" title="Women&#39;s rights">equal rights</a> for the women of Kerala. There is a general attitude that women must be restricted for their own benefit. In the state, despite the social progress, gender still influences <a href="/wiki/Social_mobility" title="Social mobility">social mobility</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-223" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-223"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>223<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-224" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-224"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-225" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-225"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>225<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="LGBT_rights">LGBT rights</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Kerala">LGBT rights in Kerala</a></div> <p>Kerala has been at the forefront of LGBT issues in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-226" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-226"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>226<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala is one of the first <a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">states in India</a> to form a welfare policy for the transgender community. In 2016, the Kerala government introduced free <a href="/wiki/Sex_reassignment_surgery" class="mw-redirect" title="Sex reassignment surgery">sex reassignment surgery</a> through government hospitals.<sup id="cite_ref-227" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-227"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-228" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-228"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>228<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-229" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-229"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>229<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Queerala" title="Queerala">Queerala</a> is one of the major LGBT organisations in Kerala. It campaigns for increased awareness of LGBT people and sensitisation concerning healthcare services, workplace policies and educational curriculum.<sup id="cite_ref-230" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-230"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Since 2010, Kerala Queer Pride has been held annually across various cities in Kerala.<sup id="cite_ref-231" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-231"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>231<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2019, the Kerala government passed a new order that members of the transgender community should not be referred to as the "<a href="/wiki/Third_gender" title="Third gender">third gender</a>" or "other gender" in government communications. Instead, the term "transgender" should be used. Previously, the gender preferences provided in government forms and documents included male, female, and other/third gender.<sup id="cite_ref-232" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-232"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-233" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-233"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Human_Development_Index">Human Development Index</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Model" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerala Model">Kerala Model</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2006_Human_Development_Index_for_India_map_by_states,_HDI_data_by_GoI_and_UNDP_India.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/2006_Human_Development_Index_for_India_map_by_states%2C_HDI_data_by_GoI_and_UNDP_India.svg/250px-2006_Human_Development_Index_for_India_map_by_states%2C_HDI_data_by_GoI_and_UNDP_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="242" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/2006_Human_Development_Index_for_India_map_by_states%2C_HDI_data_by_GoI_and_UNDP_India.svg/330px-2006_Human_Development_Index_for_India_map_by_states%2C_HDI_data_by_GoI_and_UNDP_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/2006_Human_Development_Index_for_India_map_by_states%2C_HDI_data_by_GoI_and_UNDP_India.svg/500px-2006_Human_Development_Index_for_India_map_by_states%2C_HDI_data_by_GoI_and_UNDP_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1578" data-file-height="1738" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">Human Development Index</a> map for Indian states in 2006, as calculated by <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Development_Programme" title="United Nations Development Programme">United Nations Development Programme</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-234" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-234"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>234<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Under a democratic communist local government, Kerala has achieved a record of social development much more advanced than the Indian average.<sup id="cite_ref-235" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-235"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>235<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of 2015<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kerala&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, Kerala has a <a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">Human Development Index</a> (HDI) of 0.770, which is in the "high" category, ranking it first in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-snhdi-gdl_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snhdi-gdl-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was 0.790 in 2007–08<sup id="cite_ref-IDHR_2011_236-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IDHR_2011-236"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>236<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and it had a consumption-based HDI of 0.920, which is better than that of many developed countries.<sup id="cite_ref-IDHR_2011_236-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IDHR_2011-236"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>236<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Comparatively higher spending by the government on <a href="/wiki/Primary_education" title="Primary education">primary level education</a>, <a href="/wiki/Health_care" title="Health care">health care</a> and the elimination of <a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_India" title="Poverty in India">poverty</a> from the 19th century onwards has helped the state maintain an exceptionally high HDI;<sup id="cite_ref-UNDP2005_237-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNDP2005-237"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>237<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UNDP20054_238-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNDP20054-238"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>238<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the report was prepared by the central government's <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Applied_Manpower_Research" class="mw-redirect" title="Institute of Applied Manpower Research">Institute of Applied Manpower Research</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hdi_kerala_chart_239-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hdi_kerala_chart-239"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hdi_kerala_240-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hdi_kerala-240"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>240<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, the Human Development Report 2005, prepared by Centre for Development Studies envisages a virtuous phase of inclusive development for the state since the advancement in human development had already started aiding the economic development of the state.<sup id="cite_ref-UNDP2005_237-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNDP2005-237"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>237<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala is also widely regarded as the <a href="/wiki/Public_hygiene" class="mw-redirect" title="Public hygiene">cleanest</a> and healthiest state in India.<sup id="cite_ref-241" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-241"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>241<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the 2011 census, Kerala has the highest <a href="/wiki/Literacy_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="Literacy rate">literacy rate</a> (94%) among Indian states. In 2018, the literacy rate was calculated to be 96%. In the <a href="/wiki/Kottayam_district" title="Kottayam district">Kottayam district</a>, the literacy rate was 97%.<sup id="cite_ref-242" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-242"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>242<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pc-census2011_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pc-census2011-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IBNLiteracy2013_243-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IBNLiteracy2013-243"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>243<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Life_expectancy" title="Life expectancy">life expectancy</a> in Kerala is 74 years, among the highest in India as of 2011<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kerala&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-244" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-244"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>244<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala's rural poverty rate fell from 59% (1973–1974) to 12% (1999–2010); the overall (urban and rural) rate fell 47% between the 1970s and 2000s against the 29% fall in overall poverty rate in India.<sup id="cite_ref-245" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-245"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>245<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> By 1999–2000, the rural and urban poverty rates dropped to 10.0% and 9.6%, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-princeton6_141-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-princeton6-141"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The 2013 Tendulkar Committee Report on poverty estimated that the percentages of the population living below the poverty line in rural and urban Kerala are 9.1% and 5.0%, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-246" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-246"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>246<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These changes stem largely from efforts begun in the late 19th century by the kingdoms of Cochin and Travancore to boost social welfare.<sup id="cite_ref-247" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-247"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>247<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-248" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-248"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>248<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This focus was maintained by Kerala's post-independence government.<sup id="cite_ref-Brenkert_Malone_2003_82-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brenkert_Malone_2003-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Varma_2005_249-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Varma_2005-249"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>249<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 48">&#58;&#8202;48&#8202;</span></sup> </p><p>Kerala has undergone a "<a href="/wiki/Demographic_transition" title="Demographic transition">demographic transition</a>" characteristic of such <a href="/wiki/Developed_nation" class="mw-redirect" title="Developed nation">developed nations</a> as <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Tharamangalam_2005_129-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tharamangalam_2005-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 1">&#58;&#8202;1&#8202;</span></sup> In 2005, 11.2% of people were over the age of 60.<sup id="cite_ref-Varma_2005_249-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Varma_2005-249"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>249<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2023, the BBC reported on the problems and benefits which have arisen from migration away from Kerala, focussing on the village of Kumbanad.<sup id="cite_ref-250" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-250"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>250<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2004, the birthrate was low at 18 per 1,000.<sup id="cite_ref-Kutty_2004_6_251-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kutty_2004_6-251"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>251<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to the 2011 census, Kerala had a total fertility rate (TFR) of 1.6. All districts except Malappuram district had fertility rates below 2. Fertility rate is highest in <a href="/wiki/Malappuram_district" title="Malappuram district">Malappuram district</a> (2.2) and lowest in <a href="/wiki/Pathanamthitta_district" title="Pathanamthitta district">Pathanamthitta district</a> (1.3).<sup id="cite_ref-252" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-252"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>252<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2001, Muslims had the TFR of 2.6 as against 1.5 for Hindus and 1.7 for Christians.<sup id="cite_ref-253" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-253"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>253<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The state also is regarded as the "least corrupt Indian state" according to the surveys conducted by CMS Indian Corruption Study (CMS-ICS)<sup id="cite_ref-254" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-254"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>254<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Transparency International (2005)<sup id="cite_ref-255" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-255"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>255<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <i>India Today</i> (1997).<sup id="cite_ref-256" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-256"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>256<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala has the lowest <a href="/wiki/Homicide" title="Homicide">homicide</a> rate among Indian states, with 1.1 per 100,000 in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-ncrb_257-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ncrb-257"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>257<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In respect of female empowerment, some negative factors such as higher <a href="/wiki/Suicide_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="Suicide rate">suicide rate</a>, lower share of <a href="/wiki/Earned_income" class="mw-redirect" title="Earned income">earned income</a>, <a href="/wiki/Child_marriage" title="Child marriage">child marriage</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-258" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-258"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>258<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> complaints of <a href="/wiki/Sexual_harassment" title="Sexual harassment">sexual harassment</a> and limited freedom are reported.<sup id="cite_ref-Joseph_222-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joseph-222"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>222<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The child marriage is lower in Kerala. The Malappuram district has the highest number of child marriages and the number of such cases is increasing in Malappuram. Child marriages are particularly <a href="/wiki/Child_marriage_among_Muslims_in_Kerala" title="Child marriage among Muslims in Kerala">higher among the Muslim community</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-259" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-259"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>259<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-260" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-260"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>260<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2019, Kerala recorded the highest child sex abuse complaints in India.<sup id="cite_ref-261" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-261"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>261<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, Kerala had the highest conviction rate of any state, over 77%.<sup id="cite_ref-262" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-262"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>262<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala has the lowest proportion of homeless people in rural India, &lt;0.1%,<sup id="cite_ref-263" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-263"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>263<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the state is attempting to reach the goal of becoming the first "Zero Homeless State", in addition to its acclaimed "Zero landless project", with private organisations and the expatriate Malayali community funding projects for building homes for the homeless.<sup id="cite_ref-264" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-264"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>264<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The state was also among the lowest in the <a href="/wiki/India_State_Hunger_Index" class="mw-redirect" title="India State Hunger Index">India State Hunger Index</a> next only to <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a>. In 2015 Kerala became the first "complete digital state" by implementing e-governance initiatives.<sup id="cite_ref-265" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-265"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>265<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti" /><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:224px;max-width:224px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Regional_Cancer_Centre,_Trivandrum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Regional_Cancer_Centre%2C_Trivandrum.jpg/250px-Regional_Cancer_Centre%2C_Trivandrum.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Regional_Cancer_Centre%2C_Trivandrum.jpg/330px-Regional_Cancer_Centre%2C_Trivandrum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Regional_Cancer_Centre%2C_Trivandrum.jpg/500px-Regional_Cancer_Centre%2C_Trivandrum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4368" data-file-height="2912" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Regional_Cancer_Centre,_Trivandrum" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum">Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum</a></div></div></div></div></div> <p>Kerala is a pioneer in implementing the <a href="/wiki/Universal_health_care" title="Universal health care">universal health care</a> program.<sup id="cite_ref-266" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-266"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>266<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Sub-replacement_fertility" title="Sub-replacement fertility">sub-replacement fertility</a> level and <a href="/wiki/Infant_mortality_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="Infant mortality rate">infant mortality rate</a> are lower compared to those of other states, estimated from 12<sup id="cite_ref-Brenkert_Malone_2003_82-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brenkert_Malone_2003-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kutty_2004_6_251-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kutty_2004_6-251"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>251<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 49">&#58;&#8202;49&#8202;</span></sup> to 14<sup id="cite_ref-Krishnaswami_2004_267-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Krishnaswami_2004-267"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>267<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 5">&#58;&#8202;5&#8202;</span></sup> deaths per 1,000 live births; as per the National Family Health Survey 2015–16, it has dropped to 6.<sup id="cite_ref-268" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-268"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>268<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to a study commissioned by <a href="/wiki/Lien_Ying_Chow" title="Lien Ying Chow">Lien</a> Foundation, a <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>-based philanthropic organisation, Kerala is considered to be the best place to die in India based on the state's provision of palliative care for patients with serious illnesses.<sup id="cite_ref-269" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-269"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>269<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, Kerala's <a href="/wiki/Morbidity_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="Morbidity rate">morbidity rate</a> is higher than that of any other Indian state—118 (rural) and 88 (urban) per 1,000 people. The corresponding figures for all India were 55 and 54 per 1,000, respectively as of 2005<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kerala&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-Krishnaswami_2004_267-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Krishnaswami_2004-267"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>267<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 5">&#58;&#8202;5&#8202;</span></sup> Kerala's 13.3% <a href="/wiki/Prevalence" title="Prevalence">prevalence</a> of <a href="/wiki/Low_birth_weight" title="Low birth weight">low birth weight</a> is higher than that of many <a href="/wiki/First_world" class="mw-redirect" title="First world">first world</a> nations.<sup id="cite_ref-Kutty_2004_6_251-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kutty_2004_6-251"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>251<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Outbreaks of <a href="/wiki/Water-borne_disease" class="mw-redirect" title="Water-borne disease">water-borne diseases</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Diarrhoea" class="mw-redirect" title="Diarrhoea">diarrhoea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dysentery" title="Dysentery">dysentery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hepatitis" title="Hepatitis">hepatitis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Typhoid" class="mw-redirect" title="Typhoid">typhoid</a> among the more than 50% of people who rely on 3&#160;million <a href="/wiki/Water_well" class="mw-redirect" title="Water well">water wells</a> is an issue worsened by the lack of <a href="/wiki/Sanitary_sewer" title="Sanitary sewer">sewers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Roy_2004_270-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roy_2004-270"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>270<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 5–7">&#58;&#8202;5–7&#8202;</span></sup> As of 2017, the state has the highest number of diabetes patients and also the highest prevalence rate of the disease in India.<sup id="cite_ref-271" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-271"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>271<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Children%27s_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Children&#39;s Fund">United Nations Children's Fund</a> (UNICEF) and the <a href="/wiki/World_Health_Organization" title="World Health Organization">World Health Organization</a> designated Kerala the world's first "<a href="/wiki/Baby_Friendly_Hospital_Initiative" title="Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative">baby-friendly</a> state" because of its effective promotion of breastfeeding over formulas.<sup id="cite_ref-272" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-272"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>272<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-273" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-273"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>273<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Over 95% of Keralite births are hospital-delivered and the state also has the lowest infant mortality rate in the country. The third National Family Health Survey ranks Kerala first in "Institutional Delivery" with 100% of births being in medical facilities.<sup id="cite_ref-kerala_fact_sheet_217-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kerala_fact_sheet-217"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>217<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda">Ayurveda</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Unnikrishnan_2004_274-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Unnikrishnan_2004-274"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>274<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 13">&#58;&#8202;13&#8202;</span></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Siddha" title="Siddha">siddha</a></i>, and endangered and endemic modes of <a href="/wiki/Traditional_medicine" title="Traditional medicine">traditional medicine</a>, including <i>kalari</i>, <i>marmachikitsa</i> and <i>vishavaidyam</i>, are practised. Some occupational communities such as <a href="/wiki/Kaniyar" title="Kaniyar">Kaniyar</a> were known as native medicine men in relation to the practice of such streams of medical systems, apart from their traditional vocation.<sup id="cite_ref-275" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-275"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>275<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These propagate via <i><a href="/wiki/Gurukula" title="Gurukula">gurukula</a></i> discipleship,<sup id="cite_ref-Unnikrishnan_2004_274-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Unnikrishnan_2004-274"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>274<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 5–6">&#58;&#8202;5–6&#8202;</span></sup> and comprise a fusion of both medicinal and alternative treatments.<sup id="cite_ref-Unnikrishnan_2004_274-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Unnikrishnan_2004-274"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>274<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 15">&#58;&#8202;15&#8202;</span></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Arya_Vaidya_Sala" title="Arya Vaidya Sala">Arya Vaidya Sala</a></i> established by <a href="/wiki/Vaidyaratnam_P._S._Warrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaidyaratnam P. S. Warrier">Vaidyaratnam P. S. Warrier</a> at <a href="/wiki/Kottakkal" title="Kottakkal">Kottakkal</a> (about 10&#160;km from <a href="/wiki/Malappuram" title="Malappuram">Malappuram</a>) in 1902, is the largest Ayurvedic medicinal network and health centre in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-Warrier_276-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Warrier-276"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>276<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Arya_Vaidya_Sala_Kottakkal_–_Part_1_277-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arya_Vaidya_Sala_Kottakkal_–_Part_1-277"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>277<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mal_278-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mal-278"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>278<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It is also one of the largest Ayurvedic medicinal brands in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-Warrier_276-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Warrier-276"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>276<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Arya_Vaidya_Sala_Kottakkal_–_Part_1_277-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arya_Vaidya_Sala_Kottakkal_–_Part_1-277"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>277<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mal_278-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mal-278"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>278<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, Kerala became the first state in India to offer free cancer treatment to the poor, via a program called Sukrutham.<sup id="cite_ref-279" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-279"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>279<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> People in Kerala experience elevated incidence of <a href="/wiki/Cancer" title="Cancer">cancers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liver_disease" title="Liver disease">liver</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kidney_disease" title="Kidney disease">kidney</a> diseases.<sup id="cite_ref-280" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-280"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>280<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In April 2016, the <i>Economic Times</i> reported that 250,000 residents undergo treatment for cancer. It also reported that approximately 150 to 200 liver transplants are conducted in the region's hospitals annually. Approximately 42,000 cancer cases are reported in the region annually. This is believed to be an underestimate as private hospitals may not be reporting their figures. Long waiting lists for kidney donations have stimulated illegal trade in human kidneys, and prompted the establishment of the Kidney Federation of India which aims to support financially disadvantaged patients.<sup id="cite_ref-281" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-281"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>281<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of 2017–18, there are 6,691 modern medicine institutions under the Department of Health Services, of which the total bed strength is 37,843; 15,780 in rural areas and 22,063 in urban.<sup id="cite_ref-dhs_282-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dhs-282"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>282<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Language">Language</h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Language_Map_of_Kerala_(2011_Census).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Language_Map_of_Kerala_%282011_Census%29.svg/250px-Language_Map_of_Kerala_%282011_Census%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="362" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Language_Map_of_Kerala_%282011_Census%29.svg/330px-Language_Map_of_Kerala_%282011_Census%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Language_Map_of_Kerala_%282011_Census%29.svg/500px-Language_Map_of_Kerala_%282011_Census%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="1222" /></a><figcaption>Languages spoken by district:<br /> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <b>Malayalam</b> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#009deb; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;">&#160;</span>&#160;80–90%</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0088cc; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;">&#160;</span>&#160;90–100%</div> &#32; </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a> is the official language of Kerala and one of the <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_India" title="Languages of India">Classical languages of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu20130524_283-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu20130524-283"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>283<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> There is a significant <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> population throughout Kerala mainly in <a href="/wiki/Idukki_district" title="Idukki district">Idukki district</a> and <a href="/wiki/Palakkad_district" title="Palakkad district">Palakkad district</a> in which it accounts for 17.48% and 4.8% respectively of the two districts' populations.<sup id="cite_ref-lg_284-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lg-284"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>284<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tulu_language" title="Tulu language">Tulu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a> are spoken mainly in the northern parts of <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod_district" title="Kasaragod district">Kasaragod district</a>, each of which account for 8.77% and 4.23% of total population in the district, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-lg_284-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lg-284"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>284<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-285" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-285"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>285<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Kerala" title="Religion in Kerala">Religion in Kerala</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti" /><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:192px;max-width:192px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:190px;max-width:190px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:125px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jain_temple,_Wayanad_IMG_3494_by_Joseph_Lazer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Jain_temple%2C_Wayanad_IMG_3494_by_Joseph_Lazer.jpg/250px-Jain_temple%2C_Wayanad_IMG_3494_by_Joseph_Lazer.jpg" decoding="async" width="188" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Jain_temple%2C_Wayanad_IMG_3494_by_Joseph_Lazer.jpg/330px-Jain_temple%2C_Wayanad_IMG_3494_by_Joseph_Lazer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Jain_temple%2C_Wayanad_IMG_3494_by_Joseph_Lazer.jpg/500px-Jain_temple%2C_Wayanad_IMG_3494_by_Joseph_Lazer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-left"><a href="/wiki/Jain_Temple,_Kidanganad" title="Jain Temple, Kidanganad">Jain Temple</a> at <a href="/wiki/Sultan_Bathery" title="Sultan Bathery">Sultan Bathery</a>.</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:190px;max-width:190px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:129px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cheraman_juma_masjid_Old.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Cheraman_juma_masjid_Old.jpg/188px-Cheraman_juma_masjid_Old.jpg" decoding="async" width="188" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Cheraman_juma_masjid_Old.jpg/282px-Cheraman_juma_masjid_Old.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Cheraman_juma_masjid_Old.jpg/376px-Cheraman_juma_masjid_Old.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1082" data-file-height="744" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-left">Model of original <a href="/wiki/Cheraman_Juma_Mosque" title="Cheraman Juma Mosque">Cheraman Juma Mosque</a>.</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:190px;max-width:190px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:125px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Palayoor_St._Thomas_Syro-Malabar_Church.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Palayoor_St._Thomas_Syro-Malabar_Church.jpg/250px-Palayoor_St._Thomas_Syro-Malabar_Church.jpg" decoding="async" width="188" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Palayoor_St._Thomas_Syro-Malabar_Church.jpg/330px-Palayoor_St._Thomas_Syro-Malabar_Church.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Palayoor_St._Thomas_Syro-Malabar_Church.jpg/500px-Palayoor_St._Thomas_Syro-Malabar_Church.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4976" data-file-height="3317" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-left"><a href="/wiki/St._Thomas_Syro-Malabar_Church,_Palayoor" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Church, Palayoor">St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Church, Palayoor</a>.</div></div></div></div></div> <style 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.smooth-pie-container{display:flex;align-items:flex-start;gap:1em;flex-wrap:wrap}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-legend{list-style-type:none!important;margin:0!important;padding:0!important}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-legend>li{display:flex;align-items:baseline;gap:.5em;margin:0;margin-bottom:0.1em}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-legend>li>span{display:block;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-legend>li>.l-color{border:1px solid var(--color-base,black);width:.8em;height:.8em;flex-shrink:0}.mw-parser-output .pie-thumb .smooth-pie-container{padding:.5em;padding-bottom:0;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .pie-thumb .smooth-pie-caption{margin-bottom:1em;font-size:94%}.mw-parser-output .thumbinner>.smooth-pie-container{flex-direction:column-reverse}@media screen and (min-width:641px){.mw-parser-output .thumbinner>.smooth-pie-container{width:min-content}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .smooth-pie-container{break-inside:avoid-page}}body.mw-mf .mw-parser-output .thumbinner .smooth-pie-container{align-items:center}body.mw-mf .mw-parser-output .thumbinner .smooth-pie-legend-container{font-size:0.8125rem;line-height:1.5;color:var(--color-subtle,#54595d)}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .thumbinner .smooth-pie-legend{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fill,minmax(190px,1fr));gap:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .thumbinner .smooth-pie-footer{margin-top:.5em}}</style> <div class="pie-thumb thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="smooth-pie-container" style=""> <div class="smooth-pie-legend-container"><div class="smooth-pie-caption"><b>Religion in Kerala</b> (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-census_2016_religion_286-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census_2016_religion-286"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>286<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></div> <ol class="smooth-pie-legend"> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:darkorange;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_Kerala" title="Hinduism in Kerala">Hinduism</a> (54.73%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:Green;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Kerala" title="Islam in Kerala">Islam</a> (26.56%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:dodgerblue;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Kerala" title="Christianity in Kerala">Christianity</a> (18.38%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:grey;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label">Other or none (0.32%)</span></li> </ol> </div> <div class="smooth-pie" style="width:200px;height:200px;background:#FEFDFD;color:#000;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;" title="Other (0.01%)" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="pie50" style="background:darkorange;color:#000" title="Hinduism (54.73%)"></div> <div class="pie50" style="background:darkorange;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.047turn)" title="Hinduism (54.73%)"></div> <div class="pie25" style="background:Green;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.547turn)" title="Islam (26.56%)"></div> <div class="pie25" style="background:Green;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.563turn)" title="Islam (26.56%)"></div> <div class="pie12-5" style="background:dodgerblue;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.813turn)" title="Christianity (18.38%)"></div> <div class="pie12-5" style="background:dodgerblue;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.872turn)" title="Christianity (18.38%)"></div> <div style="transform: rotate(0.997turn); background:grey;color:#000; clip-path: polygon(0% 0%, 1.88517887% 0%, 0 100%)" title="Other or none (0.32%)"></div> </div> </div></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kerala_religions_2011.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Kerala_religions_2011.png/250px-Kerala_religions_2011.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="396" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Kerala_religions_2011.png/330px-Kerala_religions_2011.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Kerala_religions_2011.png/500px-Kerala_religions_2011.png 2x" data-file-width="2245" data-file-height="4045" /></a><figcaption>Percentage of the most popular religion in each Taluk of Kerala</figcaption></figure> <p>Kerala is very religiously diverse with <a href="/wiki/Hindus" title="Hindus">Hindus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christians</a> having a significant population throughout the state. Kerala is often regarded as one of the most diverse states in all of India.<sup id="cite_ref-287" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-287"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>287<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-288" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-288"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>288<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> is the most widely professed faith in Kerala, with significant <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christian</a> minorities. In comparison with the rest of India, Kerala experiences relatively little <a href="/wiki/Sectarianism" title="Sectarianism">sectarianism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-289" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-289"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>289<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/2011_Census_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Census of India">2011 Census of India</a> figures, 54.7% of Kerala's residents are Hindus, 26.6% are Muslims, 18.4% are Christians, and the remaining 0.3% follow another religion or have no religious affiliation.<sup id="cite_ref-censusindia2011religion_290-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-censusindia2011religion-290"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>290<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindus</a> represent the biggest religious group in all districts except <a href="/wiki/Malappuram_district" title="Malappuram district">Malappuram</a>, where they are outnumbered by Muslims.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu1_291-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu1-291"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>291<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala has the largest population of Christians in India.<sup id="cite_ref-292" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-292"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>292<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of 2016, Hindus, Muslims, Christians and others account for 41.9%, 42.6%, 15.4% and 0.2% of the total childbirths in the state, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-293" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-293"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>293<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Islam arrived in Kerala, a part of the larger <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a> rim, via spice and silk traders from the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>. Historians do not rule out the possibility of Islam being introduced to Kerala as early as the seventh century CE.<sup id="cite_ref-indiatimes3_294-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indiatimes3-294"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>294<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated20002_295-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated20002-295"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>295<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Notable has been the occurrence of <a href="/wiki/Legend_of_Cheraman_Perumals" class="mw-redirect" title="Legend of Cheraman Perumals">Cheraman Perumal Tajuddin</a>, the mythical Hindu king who moved to <a href="/wiki/Arabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabia">Arabia</a> to meet <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a> and converted to Islam.<sup id="cite_ref-296" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-296"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>296<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-297" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-297"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>297<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-298" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-298"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>298<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala Muslims are generally referred to as the <a href="/wiki/Mappila" class="mw-redirect" title="Mappila">Mappilas</a>. Mappilas are but one among the many communities that form the Muslim population of Kerala.<sup id="cite_ref-KunhaliV2_299-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KunhaliV2-299"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>299<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Divakaruni20112_300-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Divakaruni20112-300"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>300<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to the <a href="/wiki/Legend_of_Cheraman_Perumals" class="mw-redirect" title="Legend of Cheraman Perumals">Legend of Cheraman Perumals</a>, the first Indian mosque was built in 624&#160;<span title="Common Era">CE</span> at <a href="/wiki/Kodungallur" title="Kodungallur">Kodungallur</a> with the mandate of the last the ruler (the Cheraman Perumal) of <a href="/wiki/Chera_dynasty" title="Chera dynasty">Chera dynasty</a>, who converted to Islam during the lifetime of <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;">&#8201;570</span>–632).<sup id="cite_ref-301" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-301"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>301<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SimpsonKresse2008_302-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SimpsonKresse2008-302"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>302<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kupferschmidt1987_303-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kupferschmidt1987-303"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>303<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Raṇṭattāṇi2007_304-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raṇṭattāṇi2007-304"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>304<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ancient Christian tradition says that Christianity reached the shores of Kerala in 52 CE with the arrival of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle" title="Thomas the Apostle">Thomas the Apostle</a>, one of the <a href="/wiki/Twelve_Apostles" class="mw-redirect" title="Twelve Apostles">Twelve Apostles</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> Christ.<sup id="cite_ref-Erwin_Fahlbusch_305-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Erwin_Fahlbusch-305"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>305<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-306" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-306"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>306<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopædia_Britannica_307-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopædia_Britannica-307"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>307<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Menachery_308-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Menachery-308"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>308<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Thomas_Christians" title="Saint Thomas Christians">Saint Thomas Christians</a> include <a href="/wiki/Syro-Malabar_Church" title="Syro-Malabar Church">Syro-Malabar Catholic</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Ponnumuthan1996_309-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ponnumuthan1996-309"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>309<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Syro-Malankara_Catholic_Church" title="Syro-Malankara Catholic Church">Syro-Malankara Catholic</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Williams1996_310-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williams1996-310"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>310<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jacobite_Syrian_Christian_Church" title="Jacobite Syrian Christian Church">Jacobite Syrian Christian Church</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-AndersonTang2005_311-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AndersonTang2005-311"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>311<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mar_Thoma_Syrian_Church" title="Mar Thoma Syrian Church">Mar Thoma Syrian Church</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-312" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-312"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>312<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Malankara_Orthodox_Syrian_Church" title="Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church">Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Russell2010_313-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Russell2010-313"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>313<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Thomas_Anglicans" title="Saint Thomas Anglicans">Syrian Anglicans</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_South_India" title="Church of South India">CSI</a><sup id="cite_ref-314" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-314"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>314<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Pentecostal_Saint_Thomas_Christians" title="Pentecostal Saint Thomas Christians">Pentecostal Saint Thomas Christians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-315" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-315"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>315<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The origin of the <a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Catholic</a> Christians in Kerala is the result of the missionary endeavours of the Portuguese <a href="/wiki/Padroado" title="Padroado">Padroado</a> in the 16th century.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_316-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-316"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>316<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RakRaj2008_317-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RakRaj2008-317"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>317<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Subramanian2009_318-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Subramanian2009-318"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>318<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As a consequence of centuries of mixing with colonial immigrants, beginning with the Portuguese, Dutch, French, British and other Europeans, there is a community of <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Indians">Anglo-Indians</a> in Kerala of mixed European and Indian parentage or ancestry. Kerala has the highest population of Christians among all the states of India.<sup id="cite_ref-319" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-319"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>319<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a> reached Kerala in the 10th century BCE during the time of <a href="/wiki/Solomon" title="Solomon">King Solomon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-320" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-320"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>320<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They are called <a href="/wiki/Cochin_Jews" title="Cochin Jews">Cochin Jews</a> or Malabar Jews and are the oldest group of <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_India" title="History of the Jews in India">Jews in India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Orpa_Slapak_321-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Orpa_Slapak-321"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>321<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-322" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-322"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>322<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> There was a significant Jewish community which existed in Kerala until the 20th century, when most of them <a href="/wiki/Aliyah" title="Aliyah">migrated to Israel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Roland1998_323-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roland1998-323"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>323<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Cochin_Synagogue" class="mw-redirect" title="Cochin Synagogue">Paradesi Synagogue</a> at <a href="/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Kochi</a> is the oldest synagogue in the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth Nations">Commonwealth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-324" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-324"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>324<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jainism_in_Kerala" title="Jainism in Kerala">Jainism</a> has a considerable following in the <a href="/wiki/Wayanad_district" title="Wayanad district">Wayanad district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LockieCarpenter2012_325-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LockieCarpenter2012-325"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>325<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MathewBaviskar2009_326-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MathewBaviskar2009-326"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>326<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Education_in_Kerala" title="Education in Kerala">Education in Kerala</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti" /><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:229px;max-width:229px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:227px;max-width:227px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:University_of_Kerala.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/University_of_Kerala.jpg/250px-University_of_Kerala.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/University_of_Kerala.jpg/500px-University_of_Kerala.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Kerala" title="University of Kerala">University of Kerala</a> at Thiruvananthapuram</div></div></div></div></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Kerala_school_of_astronomy_and_mathematics" title="Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics">Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics</a> flourished between the 14th and 16th centuries. In attempting to solve astronomical problems, the Kerala school independently created a number of important mathematics concepts, including <a href="/wiki/Series_expansion" title="Series expansion">series expansion</a> for trigonometric functions.<sup id="cite_ref-roy_327-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roy-327"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>327<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-328" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-328"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>328<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the early decades of the 19th century, the modern educational transformation of Kerala was triggered by the efforts of the <a href="/wiki/Church_Mission_Society" title="Church Mission Society">Church Mission Society</a> missionaries to promote mass education.<sup id="cite_ref-329" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-329"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>329<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-330" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-330"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>330<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-331" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-331"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>331<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-332" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-332"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>332<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-333" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-333"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>333<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following the recommendations of the <a href="/wiki/Wood%27s_despatch" title="Wood&#39;s despatch">Wood's despatch</a> of 1854, the princely states of Travancore and Cochin launched mass education drives mainly based on castes and communities, and introduced a system of <a href="/wiki/Grant-in-aid" title="Grant-in-aid">grant-in-aid</a> to attract more private initiatives.<sup id="cite_ref-Devrep53-58_334-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Devrep53-58-334"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>334<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Catholic institutions such as <a href="/wiki/St._Thomas_College,_Thrissur" title="St. Thomas College, Thrissur">St Thomas College Thrissur</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._Berchmans_College" title="St. Berchmans College">SB College Changanasserry</a> were established under the leadership of the Catholic Church. The efforts by leaders such as <a href="/wiki/Kuriakose_Elias_Chavara" title="Kuriakose Elias Chavara">Fr. Kuriakose Elias Chavara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Lavigne" title="Charles Lavigne">Mar Charles Lavigne SJ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ayya_Vaikundar" title="Ayya Vaikundar">Vaikunda Swami</a>, <a href="/wiki/Narayana_Guru" title="Narayana Guru">Narayana Guru</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ayyankali" title="Ayyankali">Ayyankali</a> in aiding the socially discriminated castes in the state—with the help of community-based organisations like <a href="/wiki/Nair_Service_Society" title="Nair Service Society">Nair Service Society</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sree_Narayana_Trust" class="mw-redirect" title="Sree Narayana Trust">SNDP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muslim_Educational_Society" title="Muslim Educational Society">Muslim Educational Society</a>, Muslim Mahajana Sabha, Yoga Kshema Sabha (of Nambudiris) and congregations of Christian churches—led to the further development of mass education in Kerala.<sup id="cite_ref-Devrep53-58_334-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Devrep53-58-334"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>334<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1991, Kerala became the first state in India to be recognised as completely literate, although the effective literacy rate at that time was only 90%.<sup id="cite_ref-Soundarapandian2000_335-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Soundarapandian2000-335"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>335<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2006–2007, the state topped the Education Development Index (EDI) of the 21 major states in India.<sup id="cite_ref-336" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-336"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>336<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of 2007<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kerala&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, enrolment in elementary education was almost 100%; and, unlike other states in India, educational opportunity was almost equally distributed among sexes, social groups, and regions.<sup id="cite_ref-Devrep255-258_337-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Devrep255-258-337"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>337<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to the 2011 census, Kerala has a 93.9% literacy, compared to the national literacy rate of 74.0%.<sup id="cite_ref-IBNLiteracy2013_243-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IBNLiteracy2013-243"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>243<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In January 2016, Kerala became the first Indian state to achieve 100% primary education through its <i>Athulyam</i> literacy programme.<sup id="cite_ref-338" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-338"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>338<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The educational system prevailing in the state's schools specifies an initial 10-year course of study, which is divided into three stages: lower primary, upper primary, and secondary school—known as <i>4+3+3</i>, which signifies the number of years for each stage.<sup id="cite_ref-Devrep255-258_337-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Devrep255-258-337"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>337<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After the first 10 years of schooling, students typically enroll in <a href="/wiki/Junior_college" title="Junior college">Higher Secondary Schooling</a> in one of the three major streams—<a href="/wiki/Liberal_arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal arts">liberal arts</a>, commerce, or science.<sup id="cite_ref-Edu_Ker_339-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Edu_Ker-339"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>339<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The majority of public schools are affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Board_of_Public_Examination" title="Kerala Board of Public Examination">Kerala Board of Public Examination</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-340" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-340"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>340<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Other educational boards are the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Certificate_of_Secondary_Education" title="Indian Certificate of Secondary Education">Indian Certificate of Secondary Education</a> (ICSE), the <a href="/wiki/Central_Board_for_Secondary_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Board for Secondary Education">Central Board for Secondary Education</a> (CBSE), and the <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Open_Schooling" title="National Institute of Open Schooling">National Institute of Open Schooling</a> (NIOS).<sup id="cite_ref-Edu_Ker_339-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Edu_Ker-339"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>339<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Kerala" title="Culture of Kerala">Culture of Kerala</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti" /><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:224px;max-width:224px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kathakali_BNC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Kathakali Performance" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Kathakali_BNC.jpg/250px-Kathakali_BNC.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="332" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Kathakali_BNC.jpg/330px-Kathakali_BNC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Kathakali_BNC.jpg/500px-Kathakali_BNC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2600" data-file-height="3925" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">A <a href="/wiki/Kathakali" title="Kathakali">Kathakali</a> artist</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:5_image_collage_of_floral_arrangement_during_the_Hindu_festival_of_Onam_Kerala.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Pookkalam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/5_image_collage_of_floral_arrangement_during_the_Hindu_festival_of_Onam_Kerala.jpg/220px-5_image_collage_of_floral_arrangement_during_the_Hindu_festival_of_Onam_Kerala.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/5_image_collage_of_floral_arrangement_during_the_Hindu_festival_of_Onam_Kerala.jpg/330px-5_image_collage_of_floral_arrangement_during_the_Hindu_festival_of_Onam_Kerala.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/5_image_collage_of_floral_arrangement_during_the_Hindu_festival_of_Onam_Kerala.jpg/440px-5_image_collage_of_floral_arrangement_during_the_Hindu_festival_of_Onam_Kerala.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3269" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">During <a href="/wiki/Onam" title="Onam">Onam</a>, Kerala's biggest celebration, Keralites create <i>pookkalam</i> (floral carpet) designs in front of their houses.</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ThrissurPooram-Kuda.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Thrissur Pooram festival" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/ThrissurPooram-Kuda.jpg/250px-ThrissurPooram-Kuda.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/ThrissurPooram-Kuda.jpg/330px-ThrissurPooram-Kuda.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/ThrissurPooram-Kuda.jpg/500px-ThrissurPooram-Kuda.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1619" data-file-height="1384" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Thrissur_Pooram" title="Thrissur Pooram">Thrissur Pooram</a> festival</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mohiniyattam_at_Kerala_School_Kalolsavam_2019_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Mohiniattam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Mohiniyattam_at_Kerala_School_Kalolsavam_2019_02.jpg/250px-Mohiniyattam_at_Kerala_School_Kalolsavam_2019_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Mohiniyattam_at_Kerala_School_Kalolsavam_2019_02.jpg/330px-Mohiniyattam_at_Kerala_School_Kalolsavam_2019_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Mohiniyattam_at_Kerala_School_Kalolsavam_2019_02.jpg/500px-Mohiniyattam_at_Kerala_School_Kalolsavam_2019_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3269" data-file-height="2185" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">A <i><a href="/wiki/Mohiniattam" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohiniattam">mohiniattam</a></i> performance</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sadhya_DSW.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Sadhya_DSW.jpg/250px-Sadhya_DSW.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Sadhya_DSW.jpg/330px-Sadhya_DSW.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Sadhya_DSW.jpg/500px-Sadhya_DSW.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="813" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Onam <a href="/wiki/Sadya" title="Sadya">Sadya</a></div></div></div></div></div> <p>The culture of Kerala is composite and cosmopolitan in nature and it is an integral part of <a href="/wiki/Indian_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian culture">Indian culture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Menon3_341-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Menon3-341"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>341<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It is a synthesis of <a href="/wiki/Indo-Aryan_peoples" title="Indo-Aryan peoples">Aryan</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Indian_culture" title="South Indian culture">Dravidian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arab_culture" title="Arab culture">Arab</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Europe" title="Culture of Europe">European</a> cultures,<sup id="cite_ref-342" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-342"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>342<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> developed over millennia, under influences from other parts of India and abroad.<sup id="cite_ref-Menon1978a_343-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Menon1978a-343"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>343<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It is defined by its antiquity and the organic continuity sustained by the <a href="/wiki/Malayali_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Malayali people">Malayali people</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-344" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-344"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>344<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was elaborated through centuries of contact with neighbouring and overseas cultures.<sup id="cite_ref-Bhagyalekshmy_2004d_29_345-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bhagyalekshmy_2004d_29-345"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>345<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, the geographical insularity of Kerala from the rest of the country has resulted in the development of a distinctive lifestyle, art, architecture, language, literature and social institutions.<sup id="cite_ref-Menon3_341-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Menon3-341"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>341<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Over 10,000 festivals are celebrated in the state every year.<sup id="cite_ref-1000hrs_346-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1000hrs-346"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>346<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Malayalam_calendar" title="Malayalam calendar">Malayalam calendar</a>, a solar sidereal calendar started from 825 CE in Kerala,<sup id="cite_ref-Devika2005_347-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Devika2005-347"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>347<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> finds common usage in planning agricultural and religious activities.<sup id="cite_ref-Singh2004_348-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Singh2004-348"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>348<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a>, one of the classical languages in India, is Kerala's <a href="/wiki/Official_language" title="Official language">official language</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Benedikter2009_349-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Benedikter2009-349"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>349<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Over a dozen other <a href="/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages with official status in India">scheduled and unscheduled languages</a> are also spoken.<sup id="cite_ref-census2011-langreport_350-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2011-langreport-350"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>350<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala has the greatest consumption of alcohol in India.<sup id="cite_ref-351" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-351"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>351<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Festivals">Festivals</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Temple_Festivals_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Temple Festivals of Kerala">Temple Festivals of Kerala</a> and <a href="/wiki/Onam" title="Onam">Onam</a></div> <p>Many of the temples in Kerala hold festivals on specific days of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-352" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-352"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>352<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A common characteristic of these festivals is the hoisting of a holy flag which is brought down on the final day of the festival after immersing the deity.<sup id="cite_ref-353" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-353"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>353<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Some festivals include Poorams, the best known of these being the <a href="/wiki/Thrissur_Pooram" title="Thrissur Pooram">Thrissur Pooram</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-354" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-354"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>354<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> "Elephants, firework displays and huge crowds" are the major attractions of Thrissur Pooram.<sup id="cite_ref-355" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-355"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>355<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Other known festivals are <a href="/wiki/Makaravilakku" title="Makaravilakku">Makaravilakku</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Ltd.2013b_356-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ltd.2013b-356"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>356<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Chinakkathoor_Pooram" title="Chinakkathoor Pooram">Chinakkathoor Pooram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attukal_Pongala" title="Attukal Pongala">Attukal Pongala</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nenmara_Vallangi_Vela" class="mw-redirect" title="Nenmara Vallangi Vela">Nenmara Vallangi Vela</a><sup id="cite_ref-Stott2014_357-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stott2014-357"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>357<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Other than these, festivals locally known as <a href="/wiki/Utsavam" class="mw-redirect" title="Utsavam">utsavams</a> are conducted by many temples mostly on annual basis. Temples that can afford it will usually involve at least one richly caparisoned elephant as part of the festivities. The idol in the temple is taken out on a procession around the countryside atop this elephant. When the procession visits homes around the temple, people will usually present rice, coconuts, and other offerings to it.<sup id="cite_ref-NarayananKurup1976_358-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NarayananKurup1976-358"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>358<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Processions often include traditional music such as <a href="/wiki/Panchari_melam" title="Panchari melam">Panchari melam</a> or <a href="/wiki/Panchavadyam" title="Panchavadyam">Panchavadyam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Killius2006_359-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Killius2006-359"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>359<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Eid_al-Fitr" title="Eid al-Fitr">Eid al-Fitr</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eid_al-Adha" title="Eid al-Adha">Eid al-Adha</a> are celebrated by the Muslim community of the state while the festivals like <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter</a> are observed by the Christians.<sup id="cite_ref-Malabar_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malabar-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Onam is a harvest festival celebrated by the people of Kerala and is reminiscent of the state's agrarian past.<sup id="cite_ref-Choondal1980_360-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Choondal1980-360"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>360<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Menon2007b_361-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Menon2007b-361"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>361<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It is a local festival of Kerala<sup id="cite_ref-Darpan2006b_362-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Darpan2006b-362"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>362<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> consisting of a four-day public holidays; from Onam Eve (Uthradam) to the fourth Onam Day.<sup id="cite_ref-363" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-363"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>363<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Onam falls in the Malayalam month of Chingam (August–September)<sup id="cite_ref-364" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-364"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>364<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and marks the commemoration of the homecoming of King <a href="/wiki/Mahabali" title="Mahabali">Mahabali</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MythOnam_365-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MythOnam-365"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>365<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The total duration of Onam is 10 days and it is celebrated all across Kerala. It is one of the festivals celebrated with cultural elements such as <a href="/wiki/Vallam_Kali" class="mw-redirect" title="Vallam Kali">Vallam Kali</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-366" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-366"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>366<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pulikali" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulikali">Pulikali</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Ltd.2013_367-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ltd.2013-367"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>367<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Pookkalam,<sup id="cite_ref-368" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-368"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>368<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Thumbi Thullal<sup id="cite_ref-Mohapatra2013_369-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mohapatra2013-369"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>369<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Onavillu" title="Onavillu">Onavillu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-(Princess.)1998_370-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-(Princess.)1998-370"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>370<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music_and_dance">Music and dance</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Arts_of_Kerala" title="Arts of Kerala">Arts of Kerala</a> and <a href="/wiki/Music_of_Kerala" title="Music of Kerala">Music of Kerala</a></div> <p>Kerala is home to a number of <a href="/wiki/Performance_art" title="Performance art">performance arts</a>. These include five classical dance forms: <a href="/wiki/Kathakali" title="Kathakali">Kathakali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mohiniyattam" title="Mohiniyattam">Mohiniyattam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Koodiyattom" class="mw-redirect" title="Koodiyattom">Koodiyattom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ottan_thullal" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottan thullal">Thullal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Krishnanattam" title="Krishnanattam">Krishnanattam</a>, which originated and developed in the temple theatres during the classical period under the patronage of royal houses.<sup id="cite_ref-371" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-371"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>371<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kerala_natanam" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerala natanam">Kerala natanam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thirayattam" title="Thirayattam">Thirayattam</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-372" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-372"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>372<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kaliyattam" title="Kaliyattam">Kaliyattam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Theyyam" title="Theyyam">Theyyam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Koothu" title="Koothu">Koothu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Padayani" title="Padayani">Padayani</a> are other dance forms associated with the temple culture of the region.<sup id="cite_ref-Menon2008_373-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Menon2008-373"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>373<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Some traditional dance forms such as <a href="/wiki/Oppana" title="Oppana">Oppana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Duffmuttu" title="Duffmuttu">Duffmuttu</a> were popular among the Muslims of the state,<sup id="cite_ref-google19_374-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google19-374"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>374<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> while <a href="/wiki/Margamkali" title="Margamkali">Margamkali</a> and <a href="/wiki/Parichamuttukali" title="Parichamuttukali">Parichamuttukali</a> are popular among the Syrian Christians and <a href="/wiki/Chavittu_nadakom" class="mw-redirect" title="Chavittu nadakom">Chavittu nadakom</a> is popular among the Latin Christians.<sup id="cite_ref-Nārāyaṇappaṇikkar1991_375-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nārāyaṇappaṇikkar1991-375"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>375<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kasbekar2006_376-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kasbekar2006-376"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>376<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The development of classical music in Kerala is attributed to the contributions it received from the traditional performance arts associated with the temple culture of Kerala.<sup id="cite_ref-Menon2_377-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Menon2-377"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>377<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The development of the indigenous classical music form, <a href="/wiki/Sopana_Sangeetham" title="Sopana Sangeetham">Sopana Sangeetham</a>, illustrates the rich contribution that temple culture has made to the arts of Kerala.<sup id="cite_ref-Menon2_377-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Menon2-377"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>377<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Carnatic_music" title="Carnatic music">Carnatic music</a> dominates Keralite traditional music. This was the result of <a href="/wiki/Swathi_Thirunal_Rama_Varma" title="Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma">Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma</a>'s popularisation of the genre in the 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-Bhagyalekshmy_2004d_29_345-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bhagyalekshmy_2004d_29-345"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>345<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Raga-based renditions known as <i>sopanam</i> accompany <i>kathakali</i> performances.<sup id="cite_ref-SchechnerAppel1990_378-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SchechnerAppel1990-378"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>378<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i>Melam</i>, including the <i>paandi</i> and <i>panchari</i> variants, is a more percussive style of music;<sup id="cite_ref-BroughtonEllingham2000_379-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BroughtonEllingham2000-379"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>379<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> it is performed at <i><a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Kshetram</a></i>-centered festivals using the <i><a href="/wiki/Chenda" title="Chenda">chenda</a></i>. <i>Panchavadyam</i> is a form of percussion ensemble, in which artists use five types of percussion instruments.<sup id="cite_ref-BroughtonEllingham2000_379-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BroughtonEllingham2000-379"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>379<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala's visual arts range from <a href="/wiki/Murals_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Murals of Kerala">traditional murals</a> to the works of <a href="/wiki/Raja_Ravi_Varma" title="Raja Ravi Varma">Raja Ravi Varma</a>, the state's most renowned painter.<sup id="cite_ref-Menon2_377-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Menon2-377"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>377<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Most of the castes and communities in Kerala have rich collections of folk songs and ballads associated with a variety of themes; <i><a href="/wiki/Vadakkan_Pattukal" title="Vadakkan Pattukal">Vadakkan Pattukal</a></i> (Northern Ballads), <i>Thekkan pattukal</i> (Southern Ballads), <i>Vanchi pattukal</i> (Boat Songs), <i><a href="/wiki/Mappila_Pattukal" class="mw-redirect" title="Mappila Pattukal">Mappila Pattukal</a></i> (Muslim songs) and <i>Pallipattukal</i> (Church songs) are a few of them.<sup id="cite_ref-380" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-380"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>380<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cinema">Cinema</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Malayalam_cinema" title="Malayalam cinema">Malayalam cinema</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Malayalam_Cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="Malayalam Cinema">Malayalam films</a> carved a niche for themselves in the Indian film industry with the presentation of social themes.<sup id="cite_ref-Menon_381-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Menon-381"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>381<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-382" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-382"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>382<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Directors from Kerala, like <a href="/wiki/Adoor_Gopalakrishnan" title="Adoor Gopalakrishnan">Adoor Gopalakrishnan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mankada_Ravi_Varma" title="Mankada Ravi Varma">Mankada Ravi Varma</a>, <a href="/wiki/G._Aravindan" title="G. Aravindan">G. Aravindan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bharathan" title="Bharathan">Bharathan</a>, <a href="/wiki/P._Padmarajan" class="mw-redirect" title="P. Padmarajan">P. Padmarajan</a>, <a href="/wiki/M.T.Vasudevan_Nair" class="mw-redirect" title="M.T.Vasudevan Nair">M.T. Vasudevan Nair</a>, <a href="/wiki/K.G._George" class="mw-redirect" title="K.G. George">K.G. George</a>, <a href="/wiki/Priyadarshan" title="Priyadarshan">Priyadarshan</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Abraham_(director)" title="John Abraham (director)">John Abraham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramu_Karyat" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramu Karyat">Ramu Karyat</a>, <a href="/wiki/K_S_Sethumadhavan" class="mw-redirect" title="K S Sethumadhavan">K S Sethumadhavan</a>, <a href="/wiki/A._Vincent" title="A. Vincent">A. Vincent</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shaji_N_Karun" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaji N Karun">Shaji N Karun</a> have made a considerable contribution to the Indian <a href="/wiki/Parallel_cinema" title="Parallel cinema">parallel cinema</a>. Kerala has also given birth to numerous actors, such as <a href="/wiki/Mohanlal" title="Mohanlal">Mohanlal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mammootty" title="Mammootty">Mammootty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Satyan" class="mw-redirect" title="Satyan">Satyan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prem_Nazir" title="Prem Nazir">Prem Nazir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madhu_(actor)" title="Madhu (actor)">Madhu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheela" title="Sheela">Sheela</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sharada_(actress)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharada (actress)">Sharada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miss_Kumari" title="Miss Kumari">Miss Kumari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jayan" title="Jayan">Jayan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adoor_Bhasi" title="Adoor Bhasi">Adoor Bhasi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seema_(actress)" title="Seema (actress)">Seema</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bharath_Gopi" class="mw-redirect" title="Bharath Gopi">Bharath Gopi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thilakan" title="Thilakan">Thilakan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vijaya_Raghavan" class="mw-redirect" title="Vijaya Raghavan">Vijaya Raghavan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kalabhavan_Mani" title="Kalabhavan Mani">Kalabhavan Mani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indrans" title="Indrans">Indrans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shobana" title="Shobana">Shobana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nivin_Pauly" title="Nivin Pauly">Nivin Pauly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sreenivasan" title="Sreenivasan">Sreenivasan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Urvashi_(actress)" title="Urvashi (actress)">Urvashi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manju_Warrier" title="Manju Warrier">Manju Warrier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suresh_Gopi" title="Suresh Gopi">Suresh Gopi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jayaram" title="Jayaram">Jayaram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Murali_(Malayalam_actor)" title="Murali (Malayalam actor)">Murali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shankaradi" class="mw-redirect" title="Shankaradi">Shankaradi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kavya_Madhavan" title="Kavya Madhavan">Kavya Madhavan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhavana_Menon" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhavana Menon">Bhavana Menon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prithviraj_Sukumaran" title="Prithviraj Sukumaran">Prithviraj</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parvathy_Thiruvothu" title="Parvathy Thiruvothu">Parvathy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jayasurya" title="Jayasurya">Jayasurya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dulquer_Salmaan" title="Dulquer Salmaan">Dulquer Salmaan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oduvil_Unnikrishnan" title="Oduvil Unnikrishnan">Oduvil Unnikrishnan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jagathy_Sreekumar" title="Jagathy Sreekumar">Jagathy Sreekumar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nedumudi_Venu" title="Nedumudi Venu">Nedumudi Venu</a>, <a href="/wiki/KPAC_Lalitha" class="mw-redirect" title="KPAC Lalitha">KPAC Lalitha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Innocent_(actor)" title="Innocent (actor)">Innocent</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fahadh_Faasil" title="Fahadh Faasil">Fahadh Faasil</a>. Late Malayalam actor Prem Nazir holds the world record for having acted as the protagonist of over 720 movies.<sup id="cite_ref-383" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-383"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>383<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Since the 1980s, actors <a href="/wiki/Mohanlal" title="Mohanlal">Mohanlal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mammootty" title="Mammootty">Mammootty</a> have dominated the movie industry; Mohanlal has won five National Film Awards (four for acting), while Mammootty has three National Film Awards for acting.<sup id="cite_ref-384" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-384"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>384<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Malayalam Cinema has produced a few more notable personalities such as <a href="/wiki/K._J._Yesudas" title="K. J. Yesudas">K. J. Yesudas</a>, <a href="/wiki/K.S._Chitra" class="mw-redirect" title="K.S. Chitra">K.S. Chitra</a>, <a href="/wiki/M._G._Sreekumar" title="M. G. Sreekumar">M.G. Sreekumar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vayalar_Rama_Varma" class="mw-redirect" title="Vayalar Rama Varma">Vayalar Rama Varma</a>, <a href="/wiki/V._Madhusoodanan_Nair" title="V. Madhusoodanan Nair">V. Madhusoodanan Nair</a>, <a href="/wiki/M.T._Vasudevan_Nair" class="mw-redirect" title="M.T. Vasudevan Nair">M.T. Vasudevan Nair</a> and <a href="/wiki/O.N.V._Kurup" class="mw-redirect" title="O.N.V. Kurup">O.N.V. Kurup</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-indiatimes2_385-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indiatimes2-385"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>385<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the last two mentioned being recipients of <a href="/wiki/Jnanpith_award" class="mw-redirect" title="Jnanpith award">Jnanpith award</a>, the highest literary award in India.<sup id="cite_ref-upscguide_386-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-upscguide-386"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>386<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Resul_Pookutty" title="Resul Pookutty">Resul Pookutty</a>, who is from Kerala, is the only Indian to win an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Sound" title="Academy Award for Best Sound">Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing</a>, for the breakthrough film <i><a href="/wiki/Slumdog_Millionaire" title="Slumdog Millionaire">Slumdog Millionaire</a></i>. As of 2018, <a href="/wiki/Malayalam_cinema" title="Malayalam cinema">Malayalam cinema</a> has got 14 awards for the best actor, 6 for the best actress, 11 for the best film, and 13 for the best film director in the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChandran2018358-361_387-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChandran2018358-361-387"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>387<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literature">Literature</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Malayalam_Literature" class="mw-redirect" title="Malayalam Literature">Malayalam Literature</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Sangam_literature" title="Sangam literature">Sangam literature</a> can be considered as the ancient predecessor of <a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChandran2018450_388-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChandran2018450-388"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>388<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Malayalam_literature" title="Malayalam literature">Malayalam literature</a> starts from the <a href="/wiki/Old_Malayalam" title="Old Malayalam">Old Malayalam</a> period (9th–13th century CE) and includes such notable writers as the 14th-century <a href="/wiki/Niranam_poets" title="Niranam poets">Niranam poets</a> (Madhava Panikkar, Sankara Panikkar and Rama Panikkar),<sup id="cite_ref-Nair1967_389-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nair1967-389"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>389<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Laet1994_390-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Laet1994-390"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>390<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the 16th-century poet <a href="/wiki/Ezhuthachan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ezhuthachan">Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan</a>, whose works mark the dawn of both the modern Malayalam language and its poetry.<sup id="cite_ref-George1998_391-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-George1998-391"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>391<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For the first 600 years of <a href="/wiki/Kollam_Era" class="mw-redirect" title="Kollam Era">Malayalam calendar</a>, the literature mainly consisted of the oral <a href="/wiki/Ballad" title="Ballad">Ballads</a> such as <i><a href="/wiki/Vadakkan_Pattukal" title="Vadakkan Pattukal">Vadakkan Pattukal</a></i> in <a href="/wiki/North_Malabar" title="North Malabar">North Malabar</a> and <i>Thekkan Pattukal</i> in <a href="/wiki/Southern_Division_(Travancore)" title="Southern Division (Travancore)">Southern Travancore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChandran2018453_392-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChandran2018453-392"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>392<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Designated a "<a href="/wiki/Classical_Language_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Classical Language in India">Classical Language in India</a>" in 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu20130524_283-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu20130524-283"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>283<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> it developed into the current form mainly by the influence of the poets <a href="/wiki/Cherusseri_Namboothiri" title="Cherusseri Namboothiri">Cherusseri Namboothiri</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Cherussery_(Krishnagadha)_Malayalam_author_books_393-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cherussery_(Krishnagadha)_Malayalam_author_books-393"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>393<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mlm_394-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mlm-394"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>394<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Thunchaththu_Ezhuthachan" title="Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan">Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-mlm_394-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mlm-394"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>394<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Poonthanam_Nambudiri" title="Poonthanam Nambudiri">Poonthanam Nambudiri</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-mlm_394-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mlm-394"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>394<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-395" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-395"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>395<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> in the 15th and the 16th centuries of <a href="/wiki/Common_Era" title="Common Era">Common Era</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mlm_394-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mlm-394"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>394<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-396" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-396"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>396<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Unnayi_Variyar" title="Unnayi Variyar">Unnayi Variyar</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Attakatha_sahithyam_397-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Attakatha_sahithyam-397"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>397<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> a probable poet of the 17th/18th century CE, and <a href="/wiki/Kunchan_Nambiar" title="Kunchan Nambiar">Kunchan Nambiar</a>, a poet of the 18th century CE, have also influenced a lot in the growth of modern Malayalam literature in its pre-mature form.<sup id="cite_ref-mlm_394-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mlm-394"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>394<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Bharathappuzha" title="Bharathappuzha">Bharathappuzha</a> river, also known as <a href="/wiki/Ponnani" title="Ponnani">River Ponnani</a>, and its tributaries, have played a major role in the development of modern Malayalam Literature.<sup id="cite_ref-398" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-398"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>398<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Paremmakkal_Thoma_Kathanar" class="mw-redirect" title="Paremmakkal Thoma Kathanar">Paremmakkal Thoma Kathanar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Varma_Valiakoi_Thampuran" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerala Varma Valiakoi Thampuran">Kerala Varma Valiakoi Thampuran</a> are noted for their contribution to Malayalam prose.<sup id="cite_ref-google24_399-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google24-399"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>399<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sinhā2009_400-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sinhā2009-400"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>400<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Vilanilam1987_401-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vilanilam1987-401"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>401<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The "<a href="/wiki/Triumvirate_poets_of_modern_malayalam" class="mw-redirect" title="Triumvirate poets of modern malayalam">triumvirate of poets</a>" (<i>Kavithrayam</i>): <a href="/wiki/Kumaran_Asan" title="Kumaran Asan">Kumaran Asan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vallathol_Narayana_Menon" title="Vallathol Narayana Menon">Vallathol Narayana Menon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ulloor_S._Parameswara_Iyer" title="Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer">Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer</a>, are recognised for moving Keralite poetry away from archaic sophistry and metaphysics, and towards a more <a href="/wiki/Lyrics" title="Lyrics">lyrical</a> mode.<sup id="cite_ref-Al̲ikkōṭȧ1979_402-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Al̲ikkōṭȧ1979-402"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>402<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Indian_and_Foreign_Review_403-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indian_and_Foreign_Review-403"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>403<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tarakan1990_404-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tarakan1990-404"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>404<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The poets like <a href="/wiki/Moyinkutty_Vaidyar" title="Moyinkutty Vaidyar">Moyinkutty Vaidyar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pulikkottil_Hyder" title="Pulikkottil Hyder">Pulikkottil Hyder</a> have made notable contributions to the <a href="/wiki/Mappila_songs" title="Mappila songs">Mappila songs</a>, which is a genre of the <a href="/wiki/Arabi_Malayalam" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabi Malayalam">Arabi Malayalam</a> literature.<sup id="cite_ref-405" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-405"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>405<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-406" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-406"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>406<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The first travelogue in any Indian language is the Malayalam <i><a href="/wiki/Varthamanappusthakam" title="Varthamanappusthakam">Varthamanappusthakam</a></i>, written by <a href="/wiki/Paremmakkal_Thoma_Kathanar" class="mw-redirect" title="Paremmakkal Thoma Kathanar">Paremmakkal Thoma Kathanar</a> in 1785.<sup id="cite_ref-legacy_407-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-legacy-407"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>407<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-408" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-408"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>408<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The prose literature, <a href="/wiki/Malayalam_journalism" title="Malayalam journalism">Malayalam journalism</a>, and criticism began after the latter-half of the 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-legacy_407-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-legacy-407"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>407<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Contemporary Malayalam literature deals with social, political, and economic life context. The tendency of the modern literature is often towards <a href="/wiki/Political_radicalism" class="mw-redirect" title="Political radicalism">political radicalism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-409" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-409"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>409<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Malayalam_literature" title="Malayalam literature">Malayalam literature</a> has been presented with 6 <a href="/wiki/Jnanpith_Award" title="Jnanpith Award">Jnanapith awards</a>, the second-most for any Dravidian language and the third-highest for any Indian language.<sup id="cite_ref-410" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-410"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>410<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-411" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-411"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>411<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the second half of the 20th century, <a href="/wiki/Jnanpith" class="mw-redirect" title="Jnanpith">Jnanpith</a> winning poets and writers like <a href="/wiki/G._Sankara_Kurup" title="G. Sankara Kurup">G. Sankara Kurup</a>, <a href="/wiki/S._K._Pottekkatt" title="S. K. Pottekkatt">S. K. Pottekkatt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thakazhi_Sivasankara_Pillai" title="Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai">Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai</a>, <a href="/wiki/M._T._Vasudevan_Nair" title="M. T. Vasudevan Nair">M. T. Vasudevan Nair</a>, <a href="/wiki/O._N._V._Kurup" title="O. N. V. Kurup">O. N. V. Kurup</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Akkitham_Achuthan_Namboothiri" title="Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri">Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri</a>, had made valuable contributions to the modern Malayalam literature.<sup id="cite_ref-google25_412-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google25-412"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>412<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Accessions_List,_South_Asia_413-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Accessions_List,_South_Asia-413"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>413<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Indian_Writing_Today_414-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indian_Writing_Today-414"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>414<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DattaAkademi1987_415-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DattaAkademi1987-415"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>415<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Malayalam_Literary_Survey_416-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malayalam_Literary_Survey-416"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>416<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Later, writers like <a href="/wiki/O._V._Vijayan" title="O. V. Vijayan">O. V. Vijayan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kamaladas" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamaladas">Kamaladas</a>, <a href="/wiki/M._Mukundan" title="M. Mukundan">M. Mukundan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arundhati_Roy" title="Arundhati Roy">Arundhati Roy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vaikom_Muhammed_Basheer" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaikom Muhammed Basheer">Vaikom Muhammed Basheer</a>, have gained international recognition.<sup id="cite_ref-MukundanPillai2004_417-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MukundanPillai2004-417"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>417<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maheshwari2002_418-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maheshwari2002-418"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>418<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chaudhuri2008_419-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaudhuri2008-419"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>419<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-420" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-420"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>420<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cuisine">Cuisine</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuisine of Kerala">Cuisine of Kerala</a></div> <p>Kerala cuisine includes a wide variety of vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes prepared using fish, poultry, and meat. Culinary spices have been cultivated in Kerala for millennia and they are characteristic of its cuisine.<sup id="cite_ref-google26_421-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google26-421"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>421<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Rice is a dominant staple that is eaten at all times of day.<sup id="cite_ref-Majumdar2010_422-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Majumdar2010-422"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>422<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A majority of the breakfast foods in Kerala are made out of rice, in one form or the other (<i><a href="/wiki/Idli" title="Idli">idli</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dosa_(food)" title="Dosa (food)">dosa</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Puttu" title="Puttu">puttu</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Pathiri" title="Pathiri">pathiri</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Appam" title="Appam">appam</a></i>, or <i><a href="/wiki/Idiyappam" title="Idiyappam">idiyappam</a></i>), <a href="/wiki/Tapioca" title="Tapioca">tapioca</a> preparations, or pulse-based <a href="/wiki/Vada_(food)" title="Vada (food)">vada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Muthachen1970_423-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Muthachen1970-423"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>423<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These may be accompanied by <a href="/wiki/Chutney" title="Chutney">chutney</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Chickpea" title="Chickpea">kadala</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Payasam" class="mw-redirect" title="Payasam">payasam</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Mung_bean" title="Mung bean">payar</a> <a href="/wiki/Pappadam" class="mw-redirect" title="Pappadam">pappadam</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Appam" title="Appam">appam</a></i>, chicken curry, beef fry, egg masala and fish curry.<sup id="cite_ref-Newton_167-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Newton-167"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Porotta" class="mw-redirect" title="Porotta">Porotta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Biryani" title="Biryani">Biryani</a> are also often found in restaurants in Kerala. Thalassery biryani is popular as an ethnic brand. Lunch dishes include <a href="/wiki/Rice_and_curry" title="Rice and curry">rice and curry</a> along with <i><a href="/wiki/Rasam_(dish)" title="Rasam (dish)">rasam</a></i>, <i>pulisherry</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Sambar_(dish)" title="Sambar (dish)">sambar</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-google27_424-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google27-424"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>424<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Sadhya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sadhya">Sadhya</a></i> is a vegetarian meal, which is served on a banana leaf and followed with a cup of payasam.<sup id="cite_ref-Kannampilly2003_425-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kannampilly2003-425"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>425<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Popular snacks include <a href="/wiki/Banana_chip" title="Banana chip">banana chips</a>, yam crisps, <a href="/wiki/Tapioca_chip" title="Tapioca chip">tapioca chips</a>, <a href="/wiki/Achappam" title="Achappam">Achappam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Unni_appam" title="Unni appam">Unni appam</a> and <i>kuzhalappam</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kerala_with_Lakshadweep_426-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kerala_with_Lakshadweep-426"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>426<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Koilparampil1982_427-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koilparampil1982-427"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>427<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-(Swami.)2000_428-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-(Swami.)2000-428"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>428<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Seafood specialties include <a href="/wiki/Karimeen" class="mw-redirect" title="Karimeen">karimeen</a>, prawns, shrimp and other crustacean dishes.<sup id="cite_ref-429" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-429"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>429<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Thalassery_Cuisine" class="mw-redirect" title="Thalassery Cuisine">Thalassery Cuisine</a> is varied and is a blend of many influences. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Media_in_Kerala" title="Media in Kerala">Media in Kerala</a></div> <p>The media, telecommunications, broadcasting and cable services are regulated by the <a href="/wiki/Telecom_Regulatory_Authority_of_India" title="Telecom Regulatory Authority of India">Telecom Regulatory Authority of India</a> (TRAI).<sup id="cite_ref-430" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-430"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>430<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The National Family Health Survey – 4, conducted in 2015–16, ranked Kerala as the state with the <a href="/wiki/Indian_states_ranking_by_media_exposure" title="Indian states ranking by media exposure">highest media exposure in India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-431" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-431"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>431<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Dozens of newspapers are published in Kerala, in nine major languages,<sup id="cite_ref-rniindia_432-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rniindia-432"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>432<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but principally Malayalam and English.<sup id="cite_ref-google28_433-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google28-433"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>433<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala has the <a href="/wiki/Indian_states_ranking_by_media_exposure" title="Indian states ranking by media exposure">highest media exposure in India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-434" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-434"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>434<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-435" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-435"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>435<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The most widely circulated <a href="/wiki/List_of_Malayalam_language_newspapers" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Malayalam language newspapers">Malayalam-language newspapers</a> are <i><a href="/wiki/Malayala_Manorama" title="Malayala Manorama">Malayala Manorama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mathrubhumi" title="Mathrubhumi">Mathrubhumi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deshabhimani" title="Deshabhimani">Deshabhimani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madhyamam" title="Madhyamam">Madhyamam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Kaumudi" title="Kerala Kaumudi">Kerala Kaumudi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mangalam_Publications" title="Mangalam Publications">Mangalam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chandrika_(Malayalam_newspaper)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandrika (Malayalam newspaper)">Chandrika</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deepika_(newspaper)" title="Deepika (newspaper)">Deepika</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janayugam" class="mw-redirect" title="Janayugam">Janayugam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janmabhumi" title="Janmabhumi">Janmabhumi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siraj_Daily" title="Siraj Daily">Siraj Daily</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Suprabhaatham_Daily" class="mw-redirect" title="Suprabhaatham Daily">Suprabhaatham</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/List_of_Malayalam_periodicals" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Malayalam periodicals">Major Malayalam periodicals</a> include <i><a href="/wiki/Mathrubhumi_Azhchappathippu" title="Mathrubhumi Azhchappathippu">Mathrubhumi Azhchappathippu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vanitha" title="Vanitha">Vanitha</a>, <a href="/wiki/India_Today" title="India Today">India Today</a> Malayalam, <a href="/wiki/Madhyamam_Weekly" title="Madhyamam Weekly">Madhyamam Weekly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grihalakshmi_(magazine)" title="Grihalakshmi (magazine)">Grihalakshmi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dhanam_(business_magazine)" title="Dhanam (business magazine)">Dhanam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chithrabhumi" title="Chithrabhumi">Chithrabhumi</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Bhashaposhini" title="Bhashaposhini">Bhashaposhini</a></i>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Malayala_Manorama_New_Press_in_Kollam-3,_Apr_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Malayala_Manorama_New_Press_in_Kollam-3%2C_Apr_2016.jpg/250px-Malayala_Manorama_New_Press_in_Kollam-3%2C_Apr_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Malayala_Manorama_New_Press_in_Kollam-3%2C_Apr_2016.jpg/330px-Malayala_Manorama_New_Press_in_Kollam-3%2C_Apr_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Malayala_Manorama_New_Press_in_Kollam-3%2C_Apr_2016.jpg/500px-Malayala_Manorama_New_Press_in_Kollam-3%2C_Apr_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Malayala_Manorama" title="Malayala Manorama">Malayala Manorama</a> office in <a href="/wiki/Kottiyam" title="Kottiyam">Kottiyam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Kollam</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/DD_Malayalam" title="DD Malayalam">DD Malayalam</a> is a state-owned television broadcaster. <a href="/wiki/List_of_multiple-system_operators" title="List of multiple-system operators">Multiple-system operators</a> provide a mix of Malayalam, English, other Indian languages, and international channels. Some of the popular Malayalam television channels are <a href="/wiki/Asianet_(TV_channel)" title="Asianet (TV channel)">Asianet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asianet_News" title="Asianet News">Asianet News</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asianet_Plus" class="mw-redirect" title="Asianet Plus">Asianet Plus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asianet_Movies" class="mw-redirect" title="Asianet Movies">Asianet Movies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surya_TV" title="Surya TV">Surya TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surya_Movies" class="mw-redirect" title="Surya Movies">Surya Movies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mazhavil_Manorama" title="Mazhavil Manorama">Mazhavil Manorama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manorama_News" title="Manorama News">Manorama News</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kairali_TV" title="Kairali TV">Kairali TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kairali_TV" title="Kairali TV">Kairali News</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flowers_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flowers (TV channel)">Flowers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Media_One_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Media One TV">Media One TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mathrubhumi_News" title="Mathrubhumi News">Mathrubhumi News</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kappa_TV" title="Kappa TV">Kappa TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amrita_TV" title="Amrita TV">Amrita TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reporter_TV" title="Reporter TV">Reporter TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jaihind" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaihind">Jaihind</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janam_TV" title="Janam TV">Janam TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeevan_TV" title="Jeevan TV">Jeevan TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kaumudy_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaumudy TV">Kaumudy TV</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shalom_(TV_channel)" title="Shalom (TV channel)">Shalom TV</a>. With the second-highest internet penetration rate in India,<sup id="cite_ref-436" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-436"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>436<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Digital_media" title="Digital media">Digital medias</a> including <a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">Social medias</a> and <a href="/wiki/Over-the-top_media_service_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Over-the-top media service in India">OTT services</a> are a main source of information and entertainment in the state. A sizeable <a href="/wiki/People%27s_science_movement" title="People&#39;s science movement">People's science movement</a> has taken root in the state, and such activities as writer's cooperatives are becoming increasingly common.<sup id="cite_ref-Tharamangalam_2005_129-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tharamangalam_2005-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ranjith_2004_437-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ranjith_2004-437"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>437<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/BSNL" title="BSNL">BSNL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bharti_Airtel" title="Bharti Airtel">Airtel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vodafone_Idea_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="Vodafone Idea Limited">Vodafone Idea Limited</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jio" title="Jio">Jio</a> are the major cell phone service providers.<sup id="cite_ref-438" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-438"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>438<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Broadband Internet services are widely available throughout the state; some of the major <a href="/wiki/ISP" class="mw-redirect" title="ISP">ISPs</a> are <a href="/wiki/BSNL" title="BSNL">BSNL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asianet_Satellite_Communications" title="Asianet Satellite Communications">Asianet Satellite Communications</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reliance_Communications" title="Reliance Communications">Reliance Communications</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bharti_Airtel" title="Bharti Airtel">Airtel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vodafone_Idea_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="Vodafone Idea Limited">Vodafone Idea Limited</a>, <a href="/wiki/MTS_India" title="MTS India">MTS</a>, <a href="/wiki/RailTel_Corporation_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="RailTel Corporation of India">RailWire</a> and <a href="/wiki/VSNL" class="mw-redirect" title="VSNL">VSNL</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Kerala" title="Sports in Kerala">Sports in Kerala</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kerala_boatrace.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Kerala_boatrace.jpg/220px-Kerala_boatrace.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Kerala_boatrace.jpg/330px-Kerala_boatrace.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Kerala_boatrace.jpg/440px-Kerala_boatrace.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="449" /></a><figcaption>The annual <a href="/wiki/Vallam_Kali" class="mw-redirect" title="Vallam Kali">snake boat race</a> is performed during <a href="/wiki/Onam" title="Onam">Onam</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Pamba_River" title="Pamba River">Pamba River</a></figcaption></figure><p>By the 21st century, almost all of the native sports and games from Kerala had either disappeared or become just an art form performed during local festivals; including <a href="/wiki/Poorakkali" title="Poorakkali">Poorakkali</a>, Padayani, Thalappandukali, Onathallu, Parichamuttukali, Velakali, and Kilithattukali.<sup id="cite_ref-PRD-sports_439-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PRD-sports-439"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>439<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, <i><a href="/wiki/Kalaripayattu" title="Kalaripayattu">Kalaripayattu</a></i>, regarded as "the mother of all martial arts in the world", is an exception and is practised as the indigenous martial sport.<sup id="cite_ref-440" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-440"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>440<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Another traditional sport of Kerala is the boat race, especially the race of <a href="/wiki/Snake_boat" class="mw-redirect" title="Snake boat">Snake boats</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PRD-sports_439-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PRD-sports-439"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>439<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">Cricket</a> and <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> became popular in the state; both were introduced in Malabar during the British colonial period in the 19th century. Cricketers, like <a href="/wiki/Tinu_Yohannan" title="Tinu Yohannan">Tinu Yohannan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abey_Kuruvilla" title="Abey Kuruvilla">Abey Kuruvilla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chundangapoyil_Rizwan" title="Chundangapoyil Rizwan">Chundangapoyil Rizwan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sreesanth" class="mw-redirect" title="Sreesanth">Sreesanth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sanju_Samson" title="Sanju Samson">Sanju Samson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Basil_Thampi" title="Basil Thampi">Basil Thampi</a> found places in the national cricket team. A cricket franchise from Kerala, the <a href="/wiki/Kochi_Tuskers_Kerala" title="Kochi Tuskers Kerala">Kochi Tuskers</a>, played in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Premier_League" title="Indian Premier League">Indian Premier League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/2011_Indian_Premier_League" title="2011 Indian Premier League">fourth season</a>. However, this team was disbanded after the season because of conflicts of interest among its franchises.<sup id="cite_ref-India_Wins_World_Twenty20_Thriller_441-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-India_Wins_World_Twenty20_Thriller-441"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>441<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hindu_jul09_442-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hindu_jul09-442"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>442<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala has only performed well recently in the <a href="/wiki/Ranji_Trophy" title="Ranji Trophy">Ranji Trophy</a> cricket competition, in 2017–18 reaching the quarterfinals for the first time in history.<sup id="cite_ref-PRD-sports_439-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PRD-sports-439"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>439<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-443" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-443"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>443<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Football is one of the most widely played and watched sports with huge in this state support for club and district level matches. Kochi hosts <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Blasters_FC" title="Kerala Blasters FC">Kerala Blasters FC</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Super_League" title="Indian Super League">Indian Super League</a>. The Blasters are one of the most widely supported clubs in the country as well as the fifth most-followed football club from <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> in social media.<sup id="cite_ref-444" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-444"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>444<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-445" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-445"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>445<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-446" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-446"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>446<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Also, Kozhikode hosts <a href="/wiki/Gokulam_Kerala_FC" title="Gokulam Kerala FC">Gokulam Kerala FC</a> in the <a href="/wiki/I-League" title="I-League">I-League</a> as well as the <a href="/wiki/Sait_Nagjee_Football_Tournament" title="Sait Nagjee Football Tournament">Sait Nagjee Football Tournament</a>. Kerala is one of the major footballing states in India along with West Bengal and Goa and has produced national players like <a href="/wiki/I._M._Vijayan" title="I. M. Vijayan">I. M. Vijayan</a>, <a href="/wiki/C._V._Pappachan" title="C. V. Pappachan">C. V. Pappachan</a>, <a href="/wiki/V._P._Sathyan" title="V. P. Sathyan">V. P. Sathyan</a>, <a href="/wiki/U._Sharaf_Ali" title="U. Sharaf Ali">U. Sharaf Ali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jo_Paul_Ancheri" title="Jo Paul Ancheri">Jo Paul Ancheri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ashique_Kuruniyan" title="Ashique Kuruniyan">Ashique Kuruniyan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Rafi_(footballer)" title="Mohammed Rafi (footballer)">Muhammad Rafi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jiju_Jacob" title="Jiju Jacob">Jiju Jacob</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mashoor_Shereef" title="Mashoor Shereef">Mashoor Shereef</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pappachen_Pradeep" title="Pappachen Pradeep">Pappachen Pradeep</a>, <a href="/wiki/C.K._Vineeth" class="mw-redirect" title="C.K. Vineeth">C.K. Vineeth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anas_Edathodika" title="Anas Edathodika">Anas Edathodika</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sahal_Abdul_Samad" title="Sahal Abdul Samad">Sahal Abdul Samad</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rino_Anto" title="Rino Anto">Rino Anto</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-447" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-447"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>447<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-448" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-448"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>448<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-india_449-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-india-449"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>449<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-450" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-450"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>450<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-451" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-451"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>451<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Kerala state football team has won the <a href="/wiki/Santhosh_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Santhosh Trophy">Santhosh Trophy</a> seven times; in 1973, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2004, 2018, and 2022. They were also the runners-up eight times.<sup id="cite_ref-452" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-452"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>452<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among the prominent athletes hailing from the state are <a href="/wiki/P._T._Usha" title="P. T. Usha">P. T. Usha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shiny_Wilson" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiny Wilson">Shiny Wilson</a> and <a href="/wiki/M.D._Valsamma" class="mw-redirect" title="M.D. Valsamma">M.D. Valsamma</a>, all three of whom are recipients of the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/Arjuna_Award" title="Arjuna Award">Arjuna Award</a>, while <a href="/wiki/K._M._Beenamol" title="K. M. Beenamol">K. M. Beenamol</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anju_Bobby_George" title="Anju Bobby George">Anju Bobby George</a> are <a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi_Khel_Ratna" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna">Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna</a> and Arjuna Award winners. <a href="/wiki/T._C._Yohannan" title="T. C. Yohannan">T. C. Yohannan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suresh_Babu_(long_jumper)" title="Suresh Babu (long jumper)">Suresh Babu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sinimol_Paulose" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinimol Paulose">Sinimol Paulose</a>, Angel Mary Joseph, <a href="/wiki/Mercy_Kuttan" title="Mercy Kuttan">Mercy Kuttan</a>, K. Saramma, <a href="/wiki/Rosa_Kutty" title="Rosa Kutty">K. C. Rosakutty</a>, Padmini Selvan and Tintu Luka are the other Arjuna Award winners from Kerala.<sup id="cite_ref-PRD-sports_439-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PRD-sports-439"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>439<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-453" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-453"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>453<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Volleyball is another popular sport and is often played on makeshift courts on sandy beaches along the coast.<sup id="cite_ref-454" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-454"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>454<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_George" title="Jimmy George">Jimmy George</a> was a notable Indian volleyball player, rated in his prime as among the world's ten best players.<sup id="cite_ref-455" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-455"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>455<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Other popular sports include <a href="/wiki/Badminton" title="Badminton">badminton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kabaddi" title="Kabaddi">kabaddi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Reddy2005_456-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reddy2005-456"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>456<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Indian Hockey team captain <a href="/wiki/P._R._Shreejesh" class="mw-redirect" title="P. R. Shreejesh">P. R. Shreejesh</a>, ace goalkeeper hails from Kerala. International Walkers from the state include <a href="/wiki/K._T._Irfan" title="K. T. Irfan">K. T. Irfan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-457" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-457"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>457<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the <a href="/wiki/2017_FIFA_U-17_World_Cup" title="2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup">2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup</a> in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru_Stadium_(Kochi)" title="Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)">Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)</a>, was chosen as one of the six venues where the game would be hosted in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-458" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-458"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>458<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Greenfield_International_Stadium" title="Greenfield International Stadium">Greenfield International Stadium</a> at located at Kariavattom in Thiruvananthapuram city, is India's first DBOT (design, build, operate and transfer) model outdoor stadium and it has hosted international cricket matches and international football matches including <a href="/wiki/2015_SAFF_Championship" title="2015 SAFF Championship">2015 SAFF Championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SAFF_Cup_Dates_459-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAFF_Cup_Dates-459"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>459<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Kerala" title="Tourism in Kerala">Tourism in Kerala</a></div> <p>Kerala's culture and traditions, coupled with its varied <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Kerala" title="Demographics of Kerala">demographics</a>, have made the state one of the most popular tourist destinations in India. In 2012, <a href="/wiki/National_Geographic_Society" title="National Geographic Society">National Geographic</a>'s <a href="/wiki/National_Geographic_Traveler" title="National Geographic Traveler">Traveller</a> magazine named Kerala as one of the "ten paradises of the world"<sup id="cite_ref-Kerala_Tourism_460-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kerala_Tourism-460"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>460<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-461" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-461"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>461<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and "50 must see destinations of a lifetime".<sup id="cite_ref-Kerala_India_462-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kerala_India-462"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>462<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Travel_and_Leisure" class="mw-redirect" title="Travel and Leisure">Travel and Leisure</a> also described Kerala as "One of the 100 great trips for the 21st century".<sup id="cite_ref-Kerala_Tourism_460-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kerala_Tourism-460"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>460<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-463" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-463"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>463<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2012, it overtook the <a href="/wiki/Taj_Mahal" title="Taj Mahal">Taj Mahal</a> to be the number one travel destination in Google's search trends for India.<sup id="cite_ref-464" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-464"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>464<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/CNN_Travel" class="mw-redirect" title="CNN Travel">CNN Travel</a> listed Kerala among its '19 best places to visit in 2019'.<sup id="cite_ref-465" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-465"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>465<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala was named by <a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">TIME magazine</a> in 2022 among the 50 extraordinary destinations to explore in its list of the World's Greatest Places.<sup id="cite_ref-466" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-466"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>466<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kerala's beaches, backwaters, lakes, mountain ranges, waterfalls, ancient ports, palaces, religious institutions<sup id="cite_ref-Ltd.2012_467-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ltd.2012-467"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>467<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and wildlife sanctuaries are major attractions for both domestic and international tourists.<sup id="cite_ref-Tripays_468-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tripays-468"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>468<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The city of Kochi ranks first in the total number of international and domestic tourists in Kerala.<sup id="cite_ref-keralatourism_469-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-keralatourism-469"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>469<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tourism_Statistics_470-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tourism_Statistics-470"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>470<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Until the early 1980s, Kerala was a relatively unknown destination compared to other states in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-HinduTourism_471-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HinduTourism-471"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>471<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1986 the government of Kerala declared tourism an important industry and it was the first state in India to do so.<sup id="cite_ref-Kerala_Tourism_460-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kerala_Tourism-460"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>460<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Marketing campaigns launched by the <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Tourism_Development_Corporation" title="Kerala Tourism Development Corporation">Kerala Tourism Development Corporation</a>, the government agency that oversees the tourism prospects of the state, resulted in the growth of the tourism industry.<sup id="cite_ref-Tourism_472-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tourism-472"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>472<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Many advertisements branded Kerala with the tagline <i><a href="/wiki/God%27s_Own_Country" title="God&#39;s Own Country">Kerala, God's Own Country</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Tourism_472-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tourism-472"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>472<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala tourism is a global brand and regarded as one of the destinations with highest recall.<sup id="cite_ref-Tourism_472-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tourism-472"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>472<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2006, Kerala attracted 8.5&#160;million tourists, an increase of 23.7% over the previous year, making the state one of the fastest-growing popular destinations in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-473" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-473"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>473<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2011, tourist inflow to Kerala crossed the 10-million mark.<sup id="cite_ref-bizstd_474-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bizstd-474"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>474<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ayurvedic tourism has become very popular since the 1990s, and private agencies have played a notable role in tandem with the initiatives of the Tourism Department.<sup id="cite_ref-HinduTourism_471-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HinduTourism-471"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>471<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala is known for its <a href="/wiki/Ecotourism" title="Ecotourism">ecotourism</a> initiatives which include mountaineering, trekking and bird-watching programmes in the Western Ghats as the major activities.<sup id="cite_ref-Devrep47_475-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Devrep47-475"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>475<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The state's tourism industry is a major contributor to the <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Kerala" title="Economy of Kerala">state's economy</a>, growing at the rate of 13.3%.<sup id="cite_ref-476" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-476"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>476<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The revenue from tourism increased five-fold between 2001 and 2011 and crossed the <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span> 190&#160;billion mark in 2011. According to the Economic Times<sup id="cite_ref-477" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-477"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>477<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kerala netted a record revenue of INR 365280.1&#160;million from the tourism sector in 2018, clocking an increase of Rs 28743.3&#160;million from the previous year. Over 16.7&#160;million tourists visited Kerala in 2018 as against 15.76&#160;million the previous year, recording an increase of 5.9%. 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Sanctuary">Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karimpuzha_Wildlife_Sanctuary" title="Karimpuzha Wildlife Sanctuary">Karimpuzha Wildlife Sanctuary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muthanga" class="mw-redirect" title="Muthanga">Muthanga</a> Wildlife Sanctuary, <a href="/wiki/Aralam_Wildlife_Sanctuary" title="Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary">Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eravikulam_National_Park" title="Eravikulam National Park">Eravikulam National Park</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Silent_Valley_National_Park" title="Silent Valley National Park">Silent Valley National Park</a> are the most popular among them.<sup id="cite_ref-481" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-481"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>481<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Kerala backwaters are an extensive network of interlocking rivers (41 west-flowing rivers), lakes, and canals that centre around Alleppey, <a href="/wiki/Kumarakom" title="Kumarakom">Kumarakom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ponnani" 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When this was first described in English by Charles Whish, in the 1830s, it was heralded as the Indians' discovery of the calculus. This claim and Mādhava's achievements were ignored by Western historians, presumably at first because they could not admit that an Indian discovered the calculus, but later because no one read anymore the <i>Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society</i>, in which Whish's article was published. The matter resurfaced in the 1950s, and now we have the Sanskrit texts properly edited, and we understand the clever way that Mādhava derived the series <i>without</i> the calculus, but many historians still find it impossible to conceive of the problem and its solution in terms of anything other than the calculus and proclaim that the calculus is what Mādhava found. In this case, the elegance and brilliance of Mādhava's mathematics are being distorted as they are buried under the current mathematical solution to a problem to which he discovered an alternate and powerful solution.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Isis&amp;rft.atitle=Hellenophilia+versus+the+History+of+Science&amp;rft.volume=83&amp;rft.issue=4&amp;rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E554-%3C%2Fspan%3E63&amp;rft.date=1992&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1086%2F356288&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A68570164%23id-name%3DS2CID&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F234257%23id-name%3DJSTOR&amp;rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1992Isis...83..554P&amp;rft.aulast=Pingree&amp;rft.aufirst=David&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKerala" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-329"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-329">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/Missionaries-led-State-to-renaissance-Pinarayi/article16444369.ece">"Missionaries led State to renaissance: Pinarayi"</a>. <i>The Hindu</i>. 13 November 2016. <q>Inaugurating on Saturday the valedictory of the bicentenary celebration of the arrival of Church Mission Society (CMS) missionaries to the shores of Kerala, Mr. Vijayan said it was their pioneering work in the fields of education, literature, printing, publishing, women's education, education of the differently-abled and, in general, a new social approach through the inclusion of marginalised sections into the mainstream which brought the idea of 'equality' into the realm of public consciousness. 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P., ed. (2018). <i>Mathrubhumi Yearbook Plus – 2019</i> (in Malayalam). <a href="/wiki/Kozhikode" title="Kozhikode">Kozhikode</a>: Mathrubhumi Printing &amp; Publishing Company Limited. <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Standard_Identification_Number" title="Amazon Standard Identification Number">ASIN</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.in/dp/8182676444">8182676444 </a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Mathrubhumi+Yearbook+Plus+%E2%80%93+2019&amp;rft.place=Kozhikode&amp;rft.pub=Mathrubhumi+Printing+%26+Publishing+Company+Limited&amp;rft.date=2018&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKerala" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Kerala#Further_reading" title="History of Kerala">History of Kerala §&#160;Further reading</a></div> <ul><li>Bose, Satheese Chandra and Varughese, Shiju Sam (eds.) 2015. <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150102071757/https://www.orientblackswan.com/display.asp?categoryID=0&amp;isbn=978-8125057222">Kerala Modernity: Ideas, Spaces and Practices in Transition</a></i>. Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFChathukulamTharamangalam2021" class="citation journal cs1">Chathukulam, Jos; Tharamangalam, Joseph (2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7510531">"The Kerala model in the time of COVID19: Rethinking state, society and democracy"</a>. <i>World Development</i>. <b>137</b>: 105207. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.worlddev.2020.105207">10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105207</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMC (identifier)">PMC</a>&#160;<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7510531">7510531</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32989341">32989341</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=World+Development&amp;rft.atitle=The+Kerala+model+in+the+time+of+COVID19%3A+Rethinking+state%2C+society+and+democracy&amp;rft.volume=137&amp;rft.pages=105207&amp;rft.date=2021&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC7510531%23id-name%3DPMC&amp;rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F32989341&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1016%2Fj.worlddev.2020.105207&amp;rft.aulast=Chathukulam&amp;rft.aufirst=Jos&amp;rft.au=Tharamangalam%2C+Joseph&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC7510531&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKerala" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFDevika2016" class="citation journal cs1">Devika, J. (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0971521516656077">"The 'Kudumbashree Woman' and the Kerala Model Woman: Women and Politics in Contemporary Kerala"</a>. <i>Indian Journal of Gender Studies</i>. <b>23</b> (3): <span class="nowrap">393–</span>414. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0971521516656077">10.1177/0971521516656077</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:151752480">151752480</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Indian+Journal+of+Gender+Studies&amp;rft.atitle=The+%27Kudumbashree+Woman%27+and+the+Kerala+Model+Woman%3A+Women+and+Politics+in+Contemporary+Kerala&amp;rft.volume=23&amp;rft.issue=3&amp;rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E393-%3C%2Fspan%3E414&amp;rft.date=2016&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1177%2F0971521516656077&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A151752480%23id-name%3DS2CID&amp;rft.aulast=Devika&amp;rft.aufirst=J.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fjournals.sagepub.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1177%2F0971521516656077&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKerala" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFJeffrey2004" class="citation journal cs1">Jeffrey, Robin (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/19062/2/01_Jeffrey_Legacies_of_Matriliny%3A__the_2005.pdf">"Legacies of Matriliny: The Place of Women and the "Kerala Model"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Pacific Affairs</i>. <b>77</b> (4): <span class="nowrap">647–</span>664. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/40023536">40023536</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Pacific+Affairs&amp;rft.atitle=Legacies+of+Matriliny%3A+The+Place+of+Women+and+the+%22Kerala+Model%22&amp;rft.volume=77&amp;rft.issue=4&amp;rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E647-%3C%2Fspan%3E664&amp;rft.date=2004&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F40023536%23id-name%3DJSTOR&amp;rft.aulast=Jeffrey&amp;rft.aufirst=Robin&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fopenresearch-repository.anu.edu.au%2Fbitstream%2F1885%2F19062%2F2%2F01_Jeffrey_Legacies_of_Matriliny%253A&#95;_the_2005.pdf&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKerala" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFJeffrey2009" class="citation journal cs1">Jeffrey, Robin (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://keralamediaacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Robin-Jeffery.pdf">"Testing Concepts about Print, Newspapers, and Politics: Kerala, India, 1800–2009"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Journal of Asian Studies</i>. <b>68</b> (2): 465. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0021911809000679">10.1017/S0021911809000679</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:146795894">146795894</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Journal+of+Asian+Studies&amp;rft.atitle=Testing+Concepts+about+Print%2C+Newspapers%2C+and+Politics%3A+Kerala%2C+India%2C+1800%E2%80%932009&amp;rft.volume=68&amp;rft.issue=2&amp;rft.pages=465&amp;rft.date=2009&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1017%2FS0021911809000679&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A146795894%23id-name%3DS2CID&amp;rft.aulast=Jeffrey&amp;rft.aufirst=Robin&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fkeralamediaacademy.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F02%2FRobin-Jeffery.pdf&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKerala" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFJeffrey2016" class="citation book cs1">Jeffrey, Robin (27 July 2016). <i>Politics, Women and Well-Being: How Kerala became 'a Model'<span></span></i>. 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<li><a href="/wiki/Kalamassery" title="Kalamassery">Kalamassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalpetta" title="Kalpetta">Kalpetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanhangad" title="Kanhangad">Kanhangad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karunagappalli" title="Karunagappalli">Karunagappalli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kattappana" title="Kattappana">Kattappana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kayamkulam" title="Kayamkulam">Kayamkulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodungallur" title="Kodungallur">Kodungallur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kondotty" title="Kondotty">Kondotty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuthuparamba" title="Kuthuparamba">Kuthuparamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kothamangalam,_Kerala" title="Kothamangalam, Kerala">Kothamangalam, Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottakkal" title="Kottakkal">Kottakkal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottarakkara" title="Kottarakkara">Kottarakkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottayam" title="Kottayam">Kottayam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koyilandy" title="Koyilandy">Koyilandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunnamkulam" title="Kunnamkulam">Kunnamkulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malappuram" title="Malappuram">Malappuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manjeri" title="Manjeri">Manjeri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maradu" title="Maradu">Maradu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mattanur" title="Mattanur">Mattanur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mavelikkara" title="Mavelikkara">Mavelikkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muvattupuzha" title="Muvattupuzha">Muvattupuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nedumangad" title="Nedumangad">Nedumangad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neyyattinkara" title="Neyyattinkara">Neyyattinkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nilambur" title="Nilambur">Nilambur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nileshwaram" title="Nileshwaram">Nileshwaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Paravur" title="North Paravur">North Paravur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottapalam" title="Ottapalam">Ottapalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pala,_Kerala" title="Pala, Kerala">Pala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palakkad" title="Palakkad">Palakkad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panoor" title="Panoor">Panoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parappanangadi" title="Parappanangadi">Parappanangadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paravur,_Kollam" title="Paravur, Kollam">Paravur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pathanamthitta" title="Pathanamthitta">Pathanamthitta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Payyanur" title="Payyanur">Payyanur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perinthalmanna" title="Perinthalmanna">Perinthalmanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perumbavoor" title="Perumbavoor">Perumbavoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponnani" title="Ponnani">Ponnani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punalur" title="Punalur">Punalur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoranur" title="Shoranur">Shoranur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sreekandapuram" title="Sreekandapuram">Sreekandapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanur,_Malappuram" title="Tanur, Malappuram">Tanur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thalassery" title="Thalassery">Thalassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taliparamba" title="Taliparamba">Taliparamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiruvalla" title="Thiruvalla">Thiruvalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thodupuzha" title="Thodupuzha">Thodupuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrikkakkara" title="Thrikkakkara">Thrikkakkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrippunithura" title="Thrippunithura">Thrippunithura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirur" title="Tirur">Tirur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirurangadi" title="Tirurangadi">Tirurangadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valanchery" title="Valanchery">Valanchery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatakara" title="Vatakara">Vatakara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaikom" title="Vaikom">Vaikom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varkala" title="Varkala">Varkala</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #cde0d2; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;">Other towns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background: transparent; text-align: left/center;;background: transparent;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #cde0d2; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;">North</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edappal" title="Edappal">Edappal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thavanur" title="Thavanur">Thavanur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthanathani" title="Puthanathani">Puthanathani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottakkal" title="Kottakkal">Kottakkal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angadipuram" title="Angadipuram">Angadipuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mankada" title="Mankada">Mankada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuttippuram" title="Kuttippuram">Kuttippuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karipur" title="Karipur">Karipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Areekode" title="Areekode">Areekode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wandoor,_Kerala" title="Wandoor, Kerala">Wandoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vengara,_Malappuram_district" title="Vengara, Malappuram district">Vengara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vallikkunnu" title="Vallikkunnu">Vallikkunnu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olavanna" title="Olavanna">Olavanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunnamangalam" title="Kunnamangalam">Kunnamangalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thamarassery" title="Thamarassery">Thamarassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiruvambady" title="Thiruvambady">Thiruvambady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodencheri" title="Kodencheri">Kodencheri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balussery" title="Balussery">Balussery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perambra" title="Perambra">Perambra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadapuram" title="Nadapuram">Nadapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuttiady" title="Kuttiady">Kuttiady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakkidi,_Wayanad" title="Lakkidi, Wayanad">Lakkidi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vythiri" title="Vythiri">Vythiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chundale" title="Chundale">Chundale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meppadi" title="Meppadi">Meppadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottappadi_Part,_Meppadi" title="Kottappadi Part, Meppadi">Kottappadi Part</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muttil,_Kalpetta" title="Muttil, Kalpetta">Muttil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padinharethara" title="Padinharethara">Padinharethara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meenangadi" title="Meenangadi">Meenangadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panamaram" title="Panamaram">Panamaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulpally" title="Pulpally">Pulpally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peravoor" title="Peravoor">Peravoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharmadom" title="Dharmadom">Dharmadom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anjarakkandy" title="Anjarakkandy">Anjarakkandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzhappilangad" title="Muzhappilangad">Muzhappilangad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azhikode_and_Azhikkal" title="Azhikode and Azhikkal">Azhikode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherukunnu" title="Cherukunnu">Cherukunnu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pappinisseri" title="Pappinisseri">Pappinisseri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalliasseri" title="Kalliasseri">Kalliasseri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irikkur" title="Irikkur">Irikkur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alakode,_Kannur_district" title="Alakode, Kannur district">Alakode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrikaripur" title="Thrikaripur">Thrikaripur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheruvathur" title="Cheruvathur">Cheruvathur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bekal" title="Bekal">Bekal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udma" title="Udma">Udma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vellarikundu" title="Vellarikundu">Vellarikundu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parappa_(village)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parappa (village)">Parappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karadka" title="Karadka">Karadka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumbla" title="Kumbla">Kumbla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangalpady" title="Mangalpady">Mangalpady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uppala" title="Uppala">Uppala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manjeshwar" title="Manjeshwar">Manjeshwar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #cde0d2; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;">Central</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peermade" title="Peermade">Peermade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandiperiyar" title="Vandiperiyar">Vandiperiyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumily" title="Kumily">Kumily</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajakkad" title="Rajakkad">Rajakkad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munnar" title="Munnar">Munnar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devikulam" title="Devikulam">Devikulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adimali" title="Adimali">Adimali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolenchery" title="Kolenchery">Kolenchery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthencruz" title="Puthencruz">Puthencruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunnathunad" title="Kunnathunad">Kunnathunad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalady" title="Kalady">Kalady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malayattoor" title="Malayattoor">Malayattoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chottanikkara" title="Chottanikkara">Chottanikkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udayamperoor" title="Udayamperoor">Udayamperoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varappuzha" title="Varappuzha">Varappuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sreemoolanagaram" title="Sreemoolanagaram">Sreemoolanagaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nedumbassery" title="Nedumbassery">Nedumbassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mala,_Kerala" title="Mala, Kerala">Mala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodakara" title="Kodakara">Kodakara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthukkad" title="Puthukkad">Puthukkad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manaloor" title="Manaloor">Manaloor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavaratty" title="Pavaratty">Pavaratty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelakkara" title="Chelakkara">Chelakkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vadakkencherry" class="mw-redirect" title="Vadakkencherry">Vadakkencherry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alathur" title="Alathur">Alathur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemmara" title="Nemmara">Nemmara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthunagaram" title="Puthunagaram">Puthunagaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malampuzha" title="Malampuzha">Malampuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sreekrishnapuram,_Palakkad" title="Sreekrishnapuram, Palakkad">Sreekrishnapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakkidi,_Palakkad" title="Lakkidi, Palakkad">Lakkidi-Perur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrithala" title="Thrithala">Thrithala</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #cde0d2; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;">South</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Parassala" title="Parassala">Parassala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balaramapuram" title="Balaramapuram">Balaramapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kattakada" title="Kattakada">Kattakada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chirayinkeezhu" title="Chirayinkeezhu">Chirayinkeezhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilimanoor" title="Kilimanoor">Kilimanoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parippally" title="Parippally">Parippally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chathannoor" title="Chathannoor">Chathannoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottiyam" title="Kottiyam">Kottiyam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kundara" title="Kundara">Kundara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neendakara" title="Neendakara">Neendakara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chavara" title="Chavara">Chavara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oachira" title="Oachira">Oachira</a></li> 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Palmyrah Products Dev. &amp; Workers Welfare Corporation Limited (page does not exist)">Kerala State Palmyrah Products Dev. &amp; Workers Welfare Corporation Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kerala_State_Women%27s_Development_Corporation_Limited&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kerala State Women&#39;s Development Corporation Limited (page does not exist)">Kerala State Women's Development Corporation Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kerala_State_Backward_Classes_Development_Corporation_Limited&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kerala State Backward Classes Development Corporation Limited (page does not exist)">Kerala State Backward Classes Development Corporation Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kerala_State_Ex-servicemen_Development_and_Rehabilitation_Corporation&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kerala State Ex-servicemen Development and Rehabilitation Corporation (page does not 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class="new" title="Keltron Crystals Limited (page does not exist)">Keltron Crystals Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Keltron_Magnetics_Limited&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Keltron Magnetics Limited (page does not exist)">Keltron Magnetics Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Keltron_Resistors_Limited&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Keltron Resistors Limited (page does not exist)">Keltron Resistors Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Keltron_Power_Devices_Limited&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Keltron Power Devices Limited (page does not exist)">Keltron Power Devices Limited</a></li> <li>Kerala Premo Pipe</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Keltron_Rectifiers_Limited&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Keltron Rectifiers Limited (page does not exist)">Keltron Rectifiers Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trivandrum_Spinning_Mills_Limited&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Trivandrum Spinning Mills Limited (page does not exist)">Trivandrum Spinning Mills Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kerala_State_Salicylates_and_Chemicals_Limited&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kerala State Salicylates and Chemicals Limited (page does not exist)">Kerala State Salicylates and Chemicals Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Metropolitan_Engineering_Company_Limited&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="The Metropolitan Engineering Company Limited (page does not exist)">The Metropolitan Engineering Company Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Keltron_Counters_Limited&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Keltron Counters Limited (page does not exist)">Keltron Counters Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kerala_Construction_Components_Limited&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kerala Construction Components Limited (page does not exist)">Kerala Construction Components Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scooters_Kerala_Limited&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Scooters Kerala Limited (page does not exist)">Scooters Kerala Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kerala_State_Rural_Development_Board&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kerala State Rural Development Board (page does not exist)">Kerala State Rural Development Board</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kerala_Garments_Limited&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kerala Garments Limited (page does not exist)">Kerala Garments Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kerala_State_Wood_Industries_Limited&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kerala State Wood Industries Limited (page does not 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