Kerala Basic Facts

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• Formation : 1956 Nov 1.
• Capital : Thiruvananthapuram.
• Area : 38863 sqkm.
• Language : Malayalam.
  
• Districts : 14.
• Taluk : 75.
• Municipalities : 87.
• Corporations : 6.
• Gramapanchayaths : 941.
• Blocks : 152.
• Legislative Constituencies : 140.
• MLA : 140+1.
• Loksabha Constituencies : 20.
• Rajyasabha Constituencies : 9.
• Coastal length : 580 KM.
• Rivers : 44.
• Lakes : 34.
• Major ports : 1(Kochi).
• International Airports : 4.
• KERALA represents 1.18% of total area of India.
• 22nd place in area.
• 13th place in population.
• 14th place in forest area.
• Sex ratio of kerala – 1084:1000
• Number of cantonments – 1 ( Kannur)
• Townships – 1 ( Guruvayur)
• National highways – 9
• Wild life sanctuaries – 18
• National parks – 5
• Scientific name of state flower – Cassia Fistula (kanikkonna)
• Scientific name of official bird- Buceros Bicornis (Great Indian Hornbill)
• Official fruit – Jack fruit(Artocarpus Heterophyllus).
• Official fish – Karimeen
• Longest river – Periyar
• Largest fresh water lake – Sasthamcotta
  
• First national park – Eravikulam
• Largest national park – Eravikulam
• Biggest lake – Vembanad lake
• First wild life sanctuary – Periyar (Thekkady)
• First dam – Mullapperiyar (1895)
• Biggest dam – Malampuzha (Palakkad)
• First hydro electric project – Pallivasal
• Biggest hydro electric project – Idukki
• Eravikulam National Park established - 1978
• Silent valley established in– 1984
• Old name of Silent valley – Sairandhri vanam
• First private sector hydro electric project- Maniyar (Pathanamthitta)
• Biggest Private sector hydro electric project – Kuthumkal (Idukki)
• Southernmost river- Neyyar
• Northernmost river- Manjeswaram puzha
• Northernmost lake- Uppala lake
• Southernmost lake – Veli lake
• Southernmost fresh water lake – Vellayani 
• First forest reserve- Konni
• First underground hydro electric project – Moolamattom (idukki)
• First concrete gravity dam- Mattuppetti
• Biggest bird sanctuary- Thattekkad (Ernakulam)
  
• First bird sanctuary- Thattekkad
• First biological park in india- Agasthyavanam
• First eco-tourism project in india – Thenmala
• Kerala University- 1957
• Calicut university – 1968,Thenjippalam, Malappuram
• CUSAT- 1971- Kalamasseri- ekm
• Agricultural university- 1971 – Mannuthi- Thrissur
• MG university- 1983- Priyadarsini hills, Athirampuzha, kottayam
• Sreesankaracharya Sanskrit university- 1993- Kaladi –Ernakulam
• Kannur University- 1996- mangattuparampu – KNR
• NUALS- 2005- kaloor- kochi
• Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU)- 2010- Pookkodu(Wayanad)
• Kerala Health university- 2010- TSR
• Kerala Fisheries University- 2011- Panangad- Ernakulam.
• Malayalam University – 2012- Tirur- Malappuram
• First coastal police station – Neendakara
• Kudumbasree started first in- Malappuram (17 May 1998)
• First panchayath to get swaraj trophy- Kanjikkuzhi (Alappuzha)
• First tourist police station- Mattancheri
• First open prison- Nettukalthery (Kattakkada)
  
• First woman governor- Jothi Venkatachalam
• First woman chancellor- Jothi Venkatachalam
• First woman high court chief justice- Sujata v. Manohar
• First malayalee woman high court chief justice- KK usha
• First woman high court judge – Anna Chandi
• First malayali woman to be a member of National Human rights commission- Fathima Beevi.
• First woman majistrate- Omana Kunjamma
• First malayali woman MP- Annie Mascarene
• First woman IPS officer- R. Sreelekha
• First woman IAS officer- Anna Malhotra
• First woman Chief secretary- Padma Ramachandran
• First woman vice chancellor- Jancy James
• First woman’s commission chairperson- Sugathakumari
• First woman minister- KR Gowri
• First malayali woman appeared on postal stamp- Sister Alphonsa
• First malayali woman winner of Khel Ratna- KM Beenamol
• First malayali woman Olympian- PT Usha
  
  
• First women prison – Neyyattinkara
• First woman police station – Kozhikodu(1973)
• First electrified town in kerala – Trivandrum-1933
• First soil museum in india is at Parattukonam (tvm)
• First animation park- KINFRA
• Ammathottil was launched at – Thycadu( tvm)-2002 nov 14
• Birth place of Sree Narayana Guru- Chempazhanthy (Trivandrum)
• Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started in 1962
• First rocket launched from TERLS – 1963
• TERLS dedicated to UNO in 1968 feb 2
• Headquarters of Kerala Bhasha Institute - Thiruvananthapuram
• Halcyon palace is situated at Kovalam
• First public library – Trivandrum Public Library

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