Kerala

Kerala
Kerala; Keralam
	State
	Location o Kerala in Indie
	Map o Kerala
	Coordinates (Thiruvananthapuram): 8°30′27″N 76°58′19″E / 8.5074°N 76.972°E
Kintra	Indie
Region	Sooth Indie
Established	1 November 1956
Caipital	Thiruvananthapuram
Lairgest ceety; Lairgest Urban Agglomeration	Thiruvananthapuram; Kochi
Ither major ceeties	Kozhikode, Kollam, Trissur, Kannur, Malappuram and Kottayam
Destricts	14
Govrenment
• Bodi	Govrenment o Indie, Govrenment o Kerala
• Govrenor	Hansraj Bhardwaj
• Chief Meenister	Pinarayi Vijayan (CPI)
• Legislature	Unicameral (141 seats)
• Pairlamentar constituency	20
• Heich Court	Kerala Heich Court
Area
• Total	38863 km2 (15,005 sq mi)
Area rank	21st
Population (2011)
• Total	33,387,677
• Rank	12t
• Density	860/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL
HDI	0.920 (very high)
HDI rank	1st (2011)
Literacy	93.91% (ranked 1st in India)
Offeecial leids	Malayalam, Inglis
Website	kerala.gov.in
	^* 140 electit, 1 nominatit

Kerala (/ˈkeɪrələ/), kent as Keralam an aw (/ˈkeɪrələm/) is a state locatit in the sooth-wast region o Indie on the Malabar coast. It wis formit on 1 November 1956 per the States Reorganisation Act bi combinin various Malayalam-speakin regions. Thiruvananthapuram is the state caipital amang the 14 destricts; ither major ceeties include Kochi an Kozhikode.