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¨ Capital : Thiruvanahthapuram ¨
Area : 38863 Sq.Km
¨ Population : 3,18,38,619
¨ Population Density: 819 Sq.Km
¨ Sex Ratio : For 1000 Males - 1058 female
¨ No. of Districts : 14
¨ No. of Taluk : 63
¨ No. Gilla Panchayath: 14
¨ No. of Block Panchayath: 152
¨ No. of Revenue Divison : 21
¨ No. of Corporation : 5
¨ No. of Municipality : 53
¨ No. Grama Panchayath: 991
¨ No. of Revenue Village: 1452
¨ No. of Cantonment : 1 (Kanoor, in India there are
62 Cantonments. Among these Kannoor is the small est).
¨ No. of Township : 1 (Guruvayoor)
¨ Legislature : Unicameral
¨ Principal Language : Malayalam
¨ No. of Assembly Seats : 140
¨ No. of nomiated Assembly seats: 1 (Anglo Indian)
¨ No. of SC Reserved Assembly Seats : 13
¨ No. of ST Reserved Assembly Seats : 1 (North Wayanad)
¨ No. of Loksabha Seats : 20
¨ No. of Lk-Sabha Reserved Seats : 2 (Adoor & Ottapalam)
¨ No. of Rajya-Sabha Seats : 9
¨ Judiciary : High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam
¨ Literacy Rate : 90.92%
¨ Female Literacy rate : 87.86%
¨ Male Literacy rate : 94.20%
¨ Highest literacy rate District : Kottayam
¨ Lowest Literacy rate District : Palakkad
¨ Declaration of Complete Literacy : 1991 April18th (Calicut)
¨ India`s first complete literate Municipal Town:
Kottayam (1989 June 24)
¨ India`s first complete literate District : Ernakulam
(1990 Feb 4th)
¨ India`s first saving District : Ernakulam
¨ Major port : Kochi (known as Queen of Arabian Sea)
GENERAL INFORMATION
¨ Under the States Reorganisation Act of 1956
Travancore Cochin and Malabar States were
united to form the states of Kerala on November 1st 1956.
¨ Kerala Produces 92 % of rubber in india, 60% of
tapioca and 100% of Lemon Grass oil
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