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This article is written in Indian English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, analysed, defence) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

Kerala is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.

Kerala has been listed as one of the Geography and places good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on March 9, 2006.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
January 21, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
January 27, 2006	Featured article candidate	Promoted
July 16, 2009	Featured article review	Demoted
January 30, 2013	Good article nominee	Not listed
May 14, 2015	Good article nominee	Not listed
February 6, 2016	Good article nominee	Listed
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on February 25, 2016. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the Indian state of Kerala* celebrates over 10,000 festivals annually?*
A news item involving this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "In the news" column on August 17, 2018.
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on November 1, 2016, November 1, 2018, and November 1, 2021.
Current status: Former featured article, current good article

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Section sizes

Section size for Kerala (56 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	19,858	19,858
Etymology	3,628	7,113
Malabar	3,485	3,485
History	84	82,189
Traditional sources	4,833	12,199
Cheraman Perumals	7,366	7,366
Pre-history	4,141	4,141
Ancient period	18,447	18,447
Early medieval period	8,641	8,641
The rise of Kozhikode	4,697	4,697
Vijayanagara Conquests	816	816
Early modern period	14,003	14,003
The Kingdoms of Travancore and Cochin, and British influences	14,732	14,732
As a state of the Republic of India	4,429	4,429
Geography	16,185	30,956
Climate	6,462	6,462
Flora and fauna	8,309	8,309
Divisions, districts and cities	9,250	9,250
Government and administration	11,951	11,951
Economy	25,529	46,796
Information technology	4,104	4,104
Industries	2,720	2,720
Agriculture	10,660	10,660
Fisheries	3,783	3,783
Transportation	21	28,877
Roads	8,452	10,414
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation	1,962	1,962
Railways	5,541	8,446
Kochi Metro	2,905	2,905
Airports	3,806	3,806
Water transport	4,440	4,440
Kochi water metro	1,750	1,750
Demographics	3,512	61,885
Gender	3,574	7,757
LGBT rights	4,183	4,183
Human Development Index	14,554	14,554
Healthcare	10,261	10,261
Language	2,104	2,104
Religion	23,697	23,697
Education	15,613	15,613
Culture	4,864	38,607
Festivals	6,510	6,510
Music and dance	5,122	5,122
Cinema	4,264	4,264
Literature	12,037	12,037
Cuisine	3,944	3,944
Elephants	1,866	1,866
Media	7,423	7,423
Sports	11,627	11,627
Tourism	12,819	12,819
See also	98	98
References	17	342
Citations	31	31
Sources	294	294
Further reading	2,038	2,038
External links	759	759
Total	388,201	388,201

On 12 August 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved to Keralam. The result of the discussion was not moved.