Kerala

The state of Kerala was established in the year 1956, under the States Reorganization Act by merging the Malayalam speaking regions under the princely kingdoms of Travancore and Cochin with the Malabar district and Kasargode, South Karnataka. Kerala is one of the four major southern states of India and shares boundaries with Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.











The total population of Kerala is 3,33,87,677 persons which included 48 percent males and 52 percent females and contains about 3 per cent of the country's population. The population density of the state is about 859 people per square kilometers, three times the national average. The state is also one of the densest States in the country and it recorded a decadal population growth of +4.86 percent. Kerala, with a sex-ratio (females per 1000 males) of 1084.












The state enjoys some of the highest growth rates in terms of state GSDP and per


capita income. One of the key characteristics of the state economy is remittances from NRIs which is


equivalent to 20 percent of the state GDP.




















Capital


Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram)


Area in square kilometre 38,863


Number of districts- 14






Number of revenue divisions


Number of Talukas- 63


Number of towns- 520






Major cities


Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram), Kochi (Cochin),


Kozhikode (Calicut), Kottayam,Kollam, Alappuzha,Idukki






Population in million


31.8 (2001 census)


33.4 (2011 census provisional estimate)






Percentage of urban population of total (%)


47.7% (2011 census provisional estimate)


Literacy Rate (%)


93.9


GDP growth rate


9.7%






Airports


Trivandrum. Kochi, Kozhikode


Gross Domestic Product


Rs. 1,81,289 crore in 2009-10


Net per capita income (current prices)


Rs.52,984


Contribution to economy by sector


primary sector- 16%


secondary sector- 23%


tertiary sector- 61%


Major economic sectors


IT/ITES


Tourism


Commodity and cash crops


Marine products


handlooms and textiles