Kerala is a State of India.
Kerala ( [ ˈkɛrələ ] ) historically known as Keralam , is an Indian state in South India on the Malabar Coast . 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 . The state has the highest media exposure in India with newspapers publishing in nine languages , mainly English and Malayalam .