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Kerala

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Kerala
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Kerala

Summary

Kerala is a state of India[1]. Kerala ranks in the top 7% of state_of_india entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57,315 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kerala is located in India[3].
  • Kerala is in the country of India[4].
  • Kerala is on the body of water Arabian Sea[5].
  • Kerala's head of government is recorded as Pinarayi Vijayan[6].
  • Kerala is on the continent of Asia[7].
  • Kerala's instance of is recorded as state of India[8].
  • Kerala's head of state is recorded as Rajendra Arlekar[9].
  • Kerala's head of state is recorded as Sheila Dikshit[10].
  • Kerala's capital is recorded as Thiruvananthapuram[11].
  • Kerala's official language is recorded as Malayalam[12].
  • Kerala's official language is recorded as English[13].
  • Kerala's currency is recorded as Indian rupee[14].
  • Kerala's shares border with is recorded as Tamil Nadu[15].
  • Kerala's shares border with is recorded as Karnataka[16].
  • Kerala's shares border with is recorded as Puducherry[17].
  • Kerala's basic form of government is recorded as unicameralism[18].
  • Kerala's legislative body is recorded as Kerala Legislative Assembly[19].
  • Kerala's executive body is recorded as Council of Ministers of Kerala[20].
  • Kerala is part of India[21].
  • Kerala's Commons category is recorded as Kerala[22].
  • Kerala's licence plate code is recorded as KL[23].
  • Kerala's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30[24].
  • November 1, 1956 marks the founding of Kerala[25].
  • Kerala's highest point is recorded as Anamudi[26].
  • Kerala's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 10, 'lon': 76.3}[27].

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Geography

Kerala is in the country of India[4]. Kerala is located in India[3]. Kerala is on the body of water Arabian Sea[5]. Kerala is on the continent of Asia[7]. Kerala is part of India[21].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+34523726'}[28], {'amount': '+33406061'}[29], {'amount': '+31841374'}[30], {'amount': '+29098518'}[31], {'amount': '+25453680'}[32], and {'amount': '+21347375'}[33].

Designation and Status

Kerala's instance of is recorded as state of India[8].

History and Context

November 1, 1956 marks the founding of Kerala[25].

Why It Matters

Kerala ranks in the top 7% of state_of_india entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57,315 views/month).[2] Kerala has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Kerala is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . keralacm.gov.in. keralacm.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . mapsofindia.com. Retrieved . mapsofindia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . rajbhavan.kerala.gov.in. Retrieved . rajbhavan.kerala.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . rajbhavan.kerala.gov.in. Retrieved . rajbhavan.kerala.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . keralatourism.org. Retrieved . keralatourism.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . archive.india.gov.in. Retrieved . archive.india.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . discoveredindia.com. Retrieved . discoveredindia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . time.is. Retrieved . time.is. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . stateofkerala.in. Retrieved . stateofkerala.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . latlong.net. Retrieved . latlong.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . indiaonlinepages.com. Retrieved . indiaonlinepages.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . 2011 census of India. Retrieved . censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved . censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved . censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved . censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved . censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Kerala
    Official website → https://kerala.gov.in
    History of topic → history of Kerala
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