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State
Area (Sq. Km.) |
38,863
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State
Capital |
Thiruvanathapuram
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Major
Language(s) |
Malayalam
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Number
of Districts |
14
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Population |
31,838,619
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Males |
15,468,664
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Females |
16,369,955
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Growth
Rate 1991-2001 |
9.42
%
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Density |
819
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Urban Population |
25.97
%
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Sex Ratio (Females per 1000 Males) |
1058
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Literacy Rate |
90.92
%
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Males |
94.20
%
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Females |
87.86
%
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Legislature |
Legislative
Assembly & Council
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Judicature |
High Court,
Eranakulam
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Governor |
Sri R.L.
Bhatia
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Address |
Raj
Bhawan, Thiruvaanantpuram |
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Office No. |
0471-2721100 |
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Residence
No. |
0471
- 2722825 |
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Fax |
0471-
2720266, 2310720 |
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email |
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Chief Minister |
Shri V S Achutanandan
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Address |
Cliff
House, Nanthencode, Thiruvananthapuram - 3 |
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Office No. |
0471-2333812, 2332184 |
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Residence
No. |
0471-2314853,
2318406 |
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Fax |
0471-2333489 |
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email |
cmkerala@vsnl.net |
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Chief Secretary |
Shri Lizzie Jacob |
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Address |
Thiruvananthapuram |
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Office No. |
(0471)
- 2333147, 2327376, 2327176 |
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Residence
No. |
------- |
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Fax |
2362169 |
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email |
chiefsecy@kerala.gov.in |
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General
Information
Location
Located
in South India, Kerala is bounded north by Karnataka, east and southeast
by Tamil Nadu, southwest by the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea in the
west.
History
The
State of Kerala, created under the States Reorganization Act, 1956,
consists of the previous State of Travancore-Cochin, except for four
talks of the Trivandrum district and a part of the Shencottah taluk of
Quilon district. It took
over the Malabar district and the Kasaragod taluk of South Kanara from
Madras State.
References
Manorama
Year Book - 2007
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