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LOCATION : situated on the southwestern coast of India, a country in South Asia. This tropical paradise enjoys a unique topography with Arabian sea, a part of the Indian Ocean on the west and the Western Ghats on the east.
AREA : 38,863 Sq. Kms.
POPULATION : 333,87,677
DENSITY : 859 Persons per sq.km.
CAPITAL : Thiruvananthapuram
LANGUAGE : Malayalam; with literacy over 90 %, lot of people manage English, Hindi & Tamil.
CLIMATE : Tropical
SEASON : Summer- March to May (28°C - 36°C daytime, 24°C - 28°C at night)
Monsoon - June to September
Mild winter - October to February (High Season)
ISD Code : + 91
Accessing Kerala
AIR : Thiruvananthapuram International Airport
Cochin International Airport (CIAL), Nedumbassery
Calicut International Airport, Karipur
RAIL : More than 300 trains connect Kerala to all parts of India. Trains are the most popular method of transport and almost all trains originate or terminate in Thiruvananthapuram or Kochi.
ROAD: Kerala is well connected by National Highways:
NH 66 (Connecting Mumbai to Trivandrum via Western coastal side of Goa, Karnataka and almost all coastal cities of Kerala like Kannur, Kozhikode, Kochi, Alapuzha, Kollam etc)
NH 544 (Connecting Salem with Kochi via Coimbatore, Palakkad, Thrissur
NH 766 (Connecting Kozhikode to Mysore via Wayanad)
NH 85 (Connecting Kochi to Ramaeswaram via Munnar, Madurai)
NH 183 (Connecting Kollam to Dindigul in Tamil Nadu via Kottayam, Kanjirapally, Kumily and enters into Tamil Nadu at Kambam)
NH 744 (Connecting Kollam with Madurai via Punalur, Shenkottai, Tenkasi)
NH 966 (Connecting Palakkad with Kozhikode)
Major Cities
Thiruvananthapuram
Kollam
Kochi
Thrissur
Kozhikode
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