Economic Review 2017

State Planning Board, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

The Economic Review 2017 includes recent data, policies and programmes of the Government departments. It provides an insight into the development strategies of various sectors, the performance achieved under the plan schemes and the issues to be addressed in the coming years.

Kerala - A Quick Look

Sl. No. Item Units 1960-61 1970-71 1980-81 1990-91 2000-01 2010-11 2015-16 2016-17
1 Geographical Area Sq.Km. 38856.7 38864 38863 38863 38863 38863 38863 38863
Administrative Setup
2 Revenue Divisions No. 21 21 21
3 Districts -do 9 10 12 14 14 14 14 14
4 Taluks -do 55 56 58 61 63 63 75 75
5 Villages -do 1326 1331 1364 1452 1532 1664 1664
6 Towns -do 92 88 106 197 159 520 520 520
Population as per Census 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 2011
7 Total (in 000s) 13549.1 16903.72 21347.38 25453.68 29098.51 31843.8 33406.06 33406.06
8 Males -do 8361.93 10587.85 12608.74 14288.99 15468.61 16027.41 16027.41
9 Females -do 8541.89 10759.52 12885.08 14809.52 16372.76 17378.65 17378.65
10 Rural -do 14351 17880 20682.4 21618 23574.45 17471 17471
11 Urban -do 2552 3467 4771.3 7018 8266.93 15935 15935
12 Scheduled Castes -do 1422 2002* 2549 2886.52 3123.94 3040 3040
13 Scheduled Tribes -do 208 193* 261 320.97 364.19 485 485
14 Density of Population Per Sq.Km. 435 549 655 749 819 860 860
15 Literacy Rate Percentage 55.08 60.42 70.42 89.81 90.9 94 94
16 Sex Ratio Females per 1000 males 1022 1016 1032 1036 1058 1084 1084
17 Urban Population Percentage 15.1 16.24 18.74 24.11 26 47.7 47.7
GSDP - at constant prices 1960-61 1970-71 1980-81 1990-91 2000-01 2009-10 2015-16 2016-17
18 GSDP Rs.Crore 462 1255 3823 12195 63715 180812 467243.13 480878.13
19 Primary Sector -do 241 652.6 1682.12 4756.05 14017.3 15966 49206.31 47846.2
20 Secondary Sector -do 68 163.15 841.06 3170.7 14017.3 38249 111177.23 108667
21 Tertiary Sector -do 153 439.25 1299.82 4268.25 35680.4 126597 264407.59 268075
22 Percapita Income Rupees 276 594 1508 4207 19951 47360 136811 140107
Agriculture 1960-61 1970-71 1980-81 1990-91 2000-01 2009-10 2015-16 2016-17
23 Net Area Sown '000 Ha. 1923.7 2171 2179.6 2246.8 2206.1 2078.7 2023 2015
24 Gross Cropped Area -do 2349 2933 2884.8 3020 3021.67 2668.7 2627.5 2584
25 Gross Irrigated Area -do- 380.9 384.5 460.3 457.78 483.6 457.57
26 Gross Irrigated Area to Gross Cropped Area Percentage 13.2 12.7 15.2 17.66 18.4 19.24
Gross area under principal cropes 1960-61 1970-71 1980-81 1990-91 2000-01 2012-13 2015-16 2016-17
27 Paddy '000 Ha. 778.9 874.9 801.7 559.45 347.45 197.28 196.8 171.4
28 All Pulses -do 44.1 39.54 33.86 23.38 2.948 3.76 1.73
29 Sugarcane Harvested Area -do- 9.15 7.65 8.04 7.62 3.37 1.74 1.361 1.062
30 Rubber -do 132.84 188 237.8 384 474.36 545 550.8 540.4
31 Tea -do 39.79 37.27 36.13 34.71 36.85 30.21 30.2 30.2
32 Coconut -do 500.76 719.14 651.37 870 925.78 798.16 790.22 781
33 Arecanut 54.26 85.82 61.24 64.82 101.78 99.1 116.8
34 Groundnut -do 16.03 14.69 9.4 12.82 0.699 0.449 0.358
35 Pepper -do 99.75 11.75 108.07 168.51 202.13 84.71 85.94 85.2
36 Cardamom -do 28.6 47.49 56.38 66.89 41.29 41.6 39.73 39.08
37 Ginger -do- 12 12.17 12.66 14.14 11.61 4.51 4.99 5.15
Production of Principal Crops 1960-61 1970-71 1980-81 1990-91 2000-01 2012-13 2015-16 2016-17
38 Rice '000 tonnes 1067.53 1298.01 1271.96 1086.58 751.33 508.99 549.28 436.48
39 All Pulses -do 17.56 13.05 22.45 16.54 3.25 4.26 1.71
40 Sugarcane -do 38.09 37.63 48.18 51.98 27.55 16.52 13.813 11.313
41 Rubber -do 24.103 88 140.333 307.521 579.866 800.05 438.63 540.4
42 Tea -do 39.476 43.012 47.631 63.416 69.132 62.963 57.8 61.5
43 Coconut In million nuts 3220 3981 3008 4232 5536 5799 5873 5379
44 Arecanut ‘000 tonnes 7.74 12.74 10.8 13.07 118.23 132.45 116.83
45 Groundnut -do 13.8 16.09 8.2 9.53 9.76 8.59 0.619 0.505
46 Pepper -do 27.03 25.03 28.52 46.8 60.93 46.29 42.13 34.07
47 Cardamom -do 1.28 1.25 3.1 3.4 10.2 19.5 17.14
48 Ginger -do- 11.27 19.68 32.04 45.68 42.7 22.06 22.04 20.47
Live Stock Census 1977 1982 1987 1996 2003 2007 2012 2017
49 Total Livestock in lakh 53.17 56.45 55.01 55.77 34.81 35.87 27.35 27.35
50 Total Poultry -do 151.86 184.59 308.24 138.64 127.14 242.82 242.82
Forest 1960-61 1970-71 1980-81 1990-91 2000-01 2011-12 2015-16 2015-16
51 Forest Area '000 Ha. 1056.05 1055.73 1081.51 1081.51 1081.51 1081.51 1130.9 1130.9
Factories 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 2012 2016 2016-17
52 Working Factories No. 3024 9106 13255 18554 19676 20473 22834 22998
53 Employees -do 206839 300515 368738 436410 644606 644802 702129 678058
54 Employees per lakh population -do 969 1181 1267 1370 1930 1930 2029 1976
Electricity 1970-71 1980-81 1990-91 2000-01 2009-10 2011-12 2015-16 2016-17
55 Total Generation Mu 2125.99 5242 5490.8 7655.57 6494.5 8350.74 6797.77 4379.63
56 Total Consumption -do 2869 5281.86 10319 12877.65 16181.63 19325.1 20038.3
57 Industrial Consumption -do 2025.3 2696.78 3784 4002.37 4926.43 5209.23 5260.12
58 Agricultural Consumption -do 124.6 287.57 350 225.22 286.18 279.48 321.98
59 Domestic Consumption -do 409.2 1620.93 4688 5931.27 7705.86 9943.5 10280.7
Education 1970-71 1980-81 1990-91 2000-01 2009-10 2012-13 2015-16 2016-17
60 Primary Schools No. 9437 9605 9682 9714 9828 9737 9861 9862
61 Enrolment '000s 4156 4284 4402 3637 3015 2545 2398 2384
62 High Schools No. 1199 1971 2451 2596 2814 2890 3021 3119
63 Enrolment '000s 1310 1498 1611 1443 1426 1365 1297
Health 1970-71 1980-81 1990-91 2000-01 2009-10 2011-12 2015-16 2016-17
64 Hospitals No. 553 746 1199 1319 1254 1255 1463# 1463
65 No. of Beds -do 21777 32447 38726 38242 37021 37388 56943# 56257
Vital statistics (Demographic Status) 1970-71 1980-81 1990-91 2001 2009 2010 2011 2016-17
66 Birth Rate per 1000 population 32.26 25.5 20.3 16 14.6 14.7 14.8 14.8
67 Death Rate -do 9.23 6.4 6.1 6.6 6.6 6.8 7 7
68 Infant Mortality Rate -do 61 37 21 11 12 14 13 13
Transport 1970-71 1980-81 1990-91 2000-01 2010-11 2011-12 2015-16 2016-17
69 Railway Route Length Kms. 892 921.35 988 1148 1257 1257 1257 1257
70 Total Road Length -do 18037 94145 128403 125835 151652 244373 205511** 218942
71 Motor Vehicles '000s 86234 195000 648000 2111885 6072019 8048673 10171813 11030037
Local bodies 1990-91 2000-01 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2010-11 2015-16 2016-17
72 Zilla Parishad/Panchayat No. 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
73 Gram Panchayats -do 983 990 999 999 999 978 941 941
74 Block Panchayats -do 152 152 152 152 152 152 152
75 Municipalities -do 58 53 53 53 53 60 87 87
76 Corporations -do 3 5 5 5 5 5 6 6
#allopathi and ayush included:
*Base year 2011-12
** excludes LSGD non pucca roads

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