kerala basic fact

1. KERALA represents 1.18% of total area of India
2. Total coastal area of Kerala is 580 km
3. Sex ratio of kerala – 1084:1000
4. Total number of Taluks – 75
5. Total Block panchayats – 152
6. Number of cantonments – 1 ( Kannur)
7. Townships – 1 ( Guruvayur)
8. Total MLAs – 141
9. Number of Loksabha seats – 20
10. Number of rajya sabha seats – 9
11. Rivers – 44
12. Lakes -34
13. National highways – 9
14. Wild life sanctuaries – 18
15. National parks – 5
16. Scientific name of state flower – Cassia Fistula (kanikkonna)
17. Scientific name of official bird- Buceros Bicornis (Great Indian Hornbill)
18. Official fruit – Jack fruit
19. Scientific name of jack fruit – Artocarpus Heterophyllus
20. Official fish – Karimeen (Green Chromide)
21. Longest river – Periyar
22. Largest fresh water lake – Sasthamcotta
23. First national park – Eravikulam
24. Largest national park – Eravikulam
25. Biggest lake – Vembanad lake
26. First wild life sanctuary – Periyar (Thekkady)
27. First dam – Mullapperiyar (1895)
28. Biggest dam – Malampuzha (Palakkad)
29. First hydro electric project – Pallivasal
30. Biggest hydro electric project – Idukki
31. Eravikulam National Park established - 1978
32. Silent valley established in– 1984
33. Old name of Silent valley – Sairandhri vanam
34. Northernmost fresh water lake- Pookkodu lake
35. Highest dam – Idukki
36. First private sector hydro electric project- Maniyar (Pathanamthitta)
37. Biggest Private sector hydro electric project – Kuthumkal (Idukki)
38. Southernmost river- Neyyar
39. Northernmost river- Manjeswaram puzha
40. Northernmost lake- Uppala lake
41. Southernmost lake – Veli lake
42. Southernmost fresh water lake – Vellayani 
43. First forest reserve- Konni
44. First underground hydro electric project – Moolamattom (idukki)
45. First concrete gravity dam- Mattuppetti
46. Biggest bird sanctuary- Thattekkad (Ernakulam)
47. First bird sanctuary- Thattekkad
48. First biological park in india- Agasthyavanam
49. First eco-tourism project in india – Thenmala
50. Kerala University- 1957
51. Calicut university – 1988,Thenjippalam, Malappuram
52. CUSAT- 1971- Kalamasseri- ekm
53. Agricultural university- 1971 – Mannuthi- Thrissur
54. MG university- 1983- Priyadarsini hills, Athirampuzha, kottayam
55. Sreesankaracharya Sanskrit university- 1993- Kaladi –Ernakulam
56. Kannur University- 1996- mangattuparampu – KNR
57. NUALS- 2005- kaloor- kochi
58. Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU)- 2010- Pookkodu(Wayanad)
59. Kerala Health university- 2010- TSR
60. Kerala Fisheries University- 2011- Panangad- Ernakulam
61. Malayalam University – 2011- Tirur- Malappuram
62. First coastal police station – Neendakara
63. Kudumbasree started first in- Malappuram (17 May 1998)
64. First panchayath to get swaraj trophy- Kanjikkuzhi (Alappuzha)
65. First tourist police station- Mattancheri
66. First open prison- Nettukalthery (Kattakkada)
67. First woman governor- Jothi Venkatachalam
68. First woman chancellor- Jothi Venkatachalam
69. First woman high court chief justice- Sujata v. Manohar
70. First malayalee woman high court chief justice- KK usha
71. First woman high court judge – Anna Chandi
72. First malayali woman to be a member of National Human rights commission- Fathima Beevi
73. First woman majistrate- Omana Kunjamma
74. First malayali woman MP- Annie Mascarene
75. First woman IPS officer- R. Sreelekha
76. First woman IAS officer- Anna Malhotra
77. First woman Chief secretary- Padma Ramachandran
78. First woman vice chancellor- Jancy James
79. Second woman vice chancellor- Anwar Jahan Zuberi
80. First woman’s commission chairperson- Sugathakumari
81. First woman minister- KR Gowri
82. First malayali woman appeared on postal stamp- Sister Alphonsa
83. First malayali woman winner of Khel Ratna- KM Beenamol
84. First malayali woman Olympian- PT Usha
85. First malayali woman gold medalist in world Athletic Championship- Anju Bobby George
86. First women prison – Neyyattinkara
87. First woman police station – Kozhikodu(1973)
88. First electrified town in kerala – Trivandrum-1933
89. First soil museum in india is at Parattukonam (tvm)
90. First animation park- KINFRA
91. Ammathottil was launched at – Thycadu( tvm)-2002 nov 14
92. Birth place of Sree Narayana Guru- Chempazhanthy (Trivandrum)
93. Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started in 1962
94. First rocket launched from TERLS – 1963
95. TERLS dedicated to UNO in 1968 feb 2
96. Headquarters of Kerala Bhasha Institute - Thiruvananthapuram
97. Halcyon palace is situated at Kovalam
98. First Girls high school in south india – Holy Angels convent -1888
99. Numismatics museum - Nedumangad
100. First public library – Trivandrum Public Library

• Spice garden of India  -  Kerala

• Queen of Arabian sea  - Kochi

• The first Coir village in Kerala  - Vayalar

• Cultural capital of Kerala - Trichur

• City Of Weaves  -     Balaramapuram

• Kashmir of Kerala -  Munnar

• City of Statues  -       Kozhikode

• Venice of the east -    Alappuzha

• Amsterdam of India - Kuttanad

• Oooty of Kerala-      Ranipuram ( Kasargod)

• Financial capital of Kerala - Kochi

• Political laboratory of India - Kerala

• God's Own country - Kerala

• Land Of Lagoons and Backwaters -Kerala

• Switzerland of Kerala -  Wagamon

• District of national Park -  Idukki

• Land of three '3c' -    Thalassery

• Land of three '3L' -   Kottayam

   

   

  
  

  AGRICULTURE RELATED AWARDS BY KERALA GOVERNMENT
  Category	Name Of The Award
  Best Coconut Farmer	kerakesari
  Best Milk Producer	Ksheeradhara
  Best Agricultural Labourer	Srama Sakti
  Best Agriculture Scientist	Krishi Vigyan
  Best Young Farmer	Yuvakarshaka
  Best Vegetable Farmer	Haritha Mithra
  Best SC-ST Farmer	Karshakajyoti
  Best Farmer Who Engages in Soil Protection	Kshonimithra
  Best Farmer	Karshakothama
  Best Farm Journalist	Karshaka Bharati

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1. Tamil -       (since  )     2004 (First Classical Language)
2. Sanskrit  -  (since)     2005
3. Telugu   -   (since) 2008)
4. Kannada-   ( since) 2008)
5. Malayalam (since )2013)
6. Odiya  -   (  since 2014)