Facts about Kerala

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Date of Formation  :1 November 1956
Location:South West tip of the India's main land/

                North latitude between 8o 18` and 12o 48`

                East longitude between 74o 52` and 77o 22`
Capital: Thiruvananthapuram
Area: 38,863 sq.km.
Principal Language :Malayalam
National Festival :Onam
State Animal:Elephant
State Bird:Hornbill (Bensyrus bicemis)
State Flower:Kanikonna(Cassia fistula)
State Tree:Coconut Tree(Cocos nucifera)
Staple Food:Rice
Neighbouring States/ Union Territories: Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Lakshadeep
Demography Population (2011) :3,33,87,677
Male (2011) :1,60,21,290
Female(2011):1,73,66,387
Sex Ratio (Females Per 1000 males):1,084
Population density (2011) :859/sq.km
Urban Population (2011) :1,59,32,171
Rural   Population (2011) :1,74,55,506
Decadal Growth rate (2011) :4.86
Child Population (0-6 years): Total (2011): 33,22,247
Rural Child Population(2011) 17,47,512
Urban Child Population(2011) 15,74,735
Scheduled Caste Population (In million): 3.12
Scheduled Tribe Population (In Million): 0.36
Maternal mortality ratio 2001-03 (SRS 2007) 110
Crude Birth Rate (SRS 2008) :14.6%
Crude Death Rate(SRS 2008): 6.6%
Total Fertility Rate (NFHS-111) 1.9
Infant Mortality Rate (SRS 2008):12
Life expectancy:71
Male Life expectancy:71
Female life expectancy:73.62
Percapita income :Rs.27,048
Literacy Rate (2011) :28,234,227
Male Literacy Rate :13,755,888
Female Literacy Rate :14,478,339
Literacy Rate(%) :93.91
Male literacy Rate(%) :96.02
Female Literacy Rate(%) :91.98
Rural :1,45,95,727
Urban :1,36,38,500
No. of Administrative Units (As on 31/12/2009)
Districts :14
(Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Idukki, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanadu, Kannur and Kasaragod.)
Taluks:63
Revenue Divisions:21
Revenue Villages:1453
District Panchayats:14
Block Panchayats: 152
Grama Panchayats :978
Municipalities:60
Assembly Seats :140+ 1 Anglo Indian Nominee
Lok Sabha Seats:20+ 1 Anglo Indian Nominee
Rajya Sabha seats:9
Municipal Corporations:5
Cantonments:1(Kannur)
No. of Urban Agglomerations:19
Township:1(Guruvayoor)
Legislative Constituencies:140
Loksabha Constituencies:20
Rajya Sabha Seats:9
Educational Districts:38
Sub Educational Districts:161
Universities:7+2 Deemed Universities
Forest:10,81,509 ha
Seat of high court:Kochi
Highest Populated District :Malappuram
Lowest populated District:Wayanadu
Largest District:Idukki
Smallest District :Alappuzha
Longest river :Periyar
Highest peak:Anamudi
Largest Lake:Vembanadu Lake
National Highways:8 (1524Km)
Road Length:1,73,592 Km
Railway route:1,148 Km
Airports:3 (Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhicode)
Regional Passport offices:4 (Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kozhicode
and Malappuram)
Annual Rainfall:3,428.4mm(2006)
Forest area(2001 census) 15,560 Sq.Km
Major Religions:Hinduism, Islam and Christanity
Number of Post offices(2007-08):5,070
Number of Telephone Exchanges :,242
Number of Rivers:44
Number of navigable rivers:41
Total length of Inland water ways :1,687

Sl.No.	Name of Minister	Designation	Abbreviation
1	Shri. Oommen Chandy	Chief Minister	CM
2	Shri. P. K. Kunhalikutty	Minister for Industries and Information Technology	M(Ind &IT)
3	Shri. K. M. Mani	Minister for Finance, Law and Housing	M(Fin, Law & Hsg)
4	Shri. K. P. Mohanan	Minister for Agriculture, Animal Husbandry,Printing and Stationery	M (Agri., AH, P&Sy)
5	Shri. Shibu Baby John	Minister for Labour and Rehabilitation	M (L & R)
6	Shri. Anoop Jacob	Minister for Food, Civil supplies, Consumer Protection and Registration	M(F,CS&R)
7	Shri. Ramesh Chennithala	Minister for Home & Vigilance	M(Home&Vig)
8	Shri. Aryadan Mohammed	Minister for Power	M(Power)
9	Shri. K. C. Joseph	Minister for Rural Development, Planning, Culture and NORKA	M(RD, Plg., C&NRK)
10	Shri. P. K. Abdu Rabb	Minister for Education	M(Edn)
11	Shri. Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan	Minister for Forest, Environment, Transport, Sports & Cinema	M(F,E,Tr,S&C)
12	Shri. Adoor Prakash	Minister for Revenue and Coir	M(R&C)
13	Shri. P. J. Joseph	Minister for Water Resources	M(WR)
14	Shri. A. P. Anilkumar	Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Castes & Backward Classes and Tourism	M(SC,BC&T)
15	Shri. K. Babu	Minister for Fisheries, Ports and Excise	M(F, P&Ex)
16	Shri. C. N. Balakrishnan	Minister for Co-operation, Khadi and Village Industries	M(Co-op, K &VI)
17	Shri. V. K. Ebrahim Kunju	Minister for Public Works	M(W)
18	Kumari P. K. Jayalakshmi	Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, Youth Affairs, Museum & Zoos	M(WST, YA, M&Z)
19	Dr. M. K. Muneer	Minister for Panchayats and Social Justice	M(P&SJ)
20	Shri. Manjalamkuzhi Ali	Minister for Urban Affairs and Welfare of Minorities	M (UA & WM)
21	Shri. V. S. Sivakumar	Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Devaswom	M(H&D)

Members of Parliament in Lok Sabha (16th)

S.No. Costituency Name of Member Party 1 Alappuzha Venugopal,Shri K. C. INC 2 Alathur(SC) Biju,Shri Parayamparanbil Kuttappan CPI(M) 3 Attingal Sampath,Dr. Anirudhan CPI(M) 4 Chalakudy Innocent,Shri Ind. 5 Ernakulam Thomas,Prof. Kuruppassery Varkey INC 6 Idukki George,Shri (Adv.) Joice Ind. 7 Kannur Teacher,Smt. P.K.Sreemathi CPI(M) 8 Kasaragod Karunakaran,Shri P. CPI(M) 9 Kollam Premachandran,Shri N.K. RSP 10 Kottayam Mani,Shri Jose K. KC(M) 11 Kozhikode Raghavan,Shri M. K. INC 12 Malappuram Ahamed,Shri E. IUML 13 Mavelikkara(SC) Kodikunnil,Shri Suresh INC 14 Palakkad Rajesh,Shri M. B. CPI(M) 15 Pathanamthitta Antony,Shri Anto INC 16 Ponnani Basheer,Shri E. T. Mohammed IUML 17 Thiruvananthapuram Tharoor,Dr. Shashi INC 18 Thrissur Jayadevan,Shri C. N. CPI 19 Vadakara Mullappally,Shri Ramachandran INC 20 Wayanad Shanavas,Shri M. I. INC