Important Facts 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