Kerala - A Study on How it Stands Out
This post come in the heels of Markandey Katju's famously calling Keralites the truest Indians. I agree to the praises he heaped on Keralites but calling Keralites, the true Indians is a little too far fetched. Within Indian Federalism all states are equal, I understand he doesn’t really care about being politically correct. Kerala is indeed a very good state, for its discipline, maturity and high sociopolitical awareness among the population. They are highly civilized. Some of the direct impact can be explained in the following stats: · Kerala has the literacy rate of a developed nation Kerala’s literacy rate (93.9%) when compared to a country is as good as South Africa while India’s average is worse than Uganda at 74.4%. · Kerala has the highest house ownership percentage (87.5%) This is 33.5% ahead of the national average and exactly 9% ahead of the second best Haryana · A staggering highest, sex ratio of 1084 females per 1000 males Even with an already high ...