Kerala is a State of India.
Kerala . With 33,387,677 inhabitants as per the 2011 Census , Kerala is the thirteenth-largest Indian state by population and is divided into 14 districts with the capital being Thiruvananthapuram . After independence , Travancore and Cochin joined the Republic of India and Travancore-Cochin was given the status of a state in 1949 . Malayali . The Malayali or Malayalee are an ethno-linguistic group native to the Malabar region in the state of Kerala .