Location : Southwestern tip of India.
Area : 38, 863 sq km.
Population : 3,18,41,374
Capital : Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum)
Language : Malayalam; English is widely spoken.
Religion : Hinduism, Christianity, Islam
Time : GMT +5:30
Currency : Indian Rupee
Climate : Tropical
Summer : February - May (24 - 330C)
Monsoon : June - September (22 - 280C)
Winter : October - January (22 - 320C)
Kerala, India's most advanced society : A hundred
percent literate people. World-class health care
systems. India's lowest infant mortality and highest
life expectancy rates.
The highest physical quality of life in India. Peaceful
and pristine, Kerala is also India's cleanest State.
Kerala is a green strip of land, in the South West
corner of Indian peninsula. It has only 1.1 8 per
cent of the total area of the country but houses
3.43% of the the country's population.
In 1956, when the states were reorganized, Kerala
was formed after tying the princely states of Travancore
and Cochin with Malabar, a province under Madras
state. Kerala may be divided into three geographical
regions: (1) High lands, (2) Midlands and (3) Lowlands.
The Highlands slope down from the Western Ghats
which rise to an average height of 900 m, with a
number of peaks well over 1,800 m in height. This
is the area of major plantations like tea, coffee,
rubber, cardamom and other spices.
The Midlands, lying between the mountains and the
lowlands, is made up of undulating hills and valleys.
This is an area of intensive cultivation. Cashew,
coconut, areca nut, cassava (tapioca), banana, rice,
ginger, pepper, sugarcane and vegetables of myriad
varieties are grown in this area. Another piece
de resistance of Kerala is the meandering rivers
which criss-cross the state physique like blood
veins.
Besides, water bodies tucked away in thick forests
also enhance the amazing beauty of the state. They
fertilize the' land, turn waste into the wealth
of the rich, black, alluvial soil on which the agrarian
state thrive. The Lowlands or the coastal area,
made up of river deltas, backwaters and the Arabian
coast, is essentially a land of coconuts and rice.
Fisheries and coif industry constitute the major
industries of this area.
Kerala is a land of rivers and backwaters. Forty-four
rivers (41 west-flowing and 3 east-flowing} criss-cross
the state physique along with countless runlets.
During summer, these monsoon-fed rivers will turn
into rivulets especially in the upper parts of Kerala.
Backwaters are an attractive, economically valuable
feature of Kerala. These include lakes and ocean
in lets which stretch irregularly along the Kerala
coast.
The biggest among these backwaters is the Vembanad
lake, with an area of 200 sq km, which opens out
into the Arabian Sea at Cochin port. The Periyar,
Pamba, Manimala, Achenkovil, Meenachil and Moovattupuzha
rivers drain into this lake.The other important
backwaters are Veli, Kadhinam kulam, Anjengo (Anju
Thengu),Edava, Nadayara, Paravoor. Ashtamudi (Quilon
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