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Units Year Kerala India
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Area '000 sq.kms. 39 3,287
Population Millions 1991 29 846
Population growth per annum percent 1981-91 1.3 2.1
Urbanisation percent 1991 26 26
Infant mortality per '000 births 1991 17 80
Literacy rate percent 1991 90 52
Net State Domestic Product (SDP) Rs.crore 1991-92 13,543 489,277
Per cap. State Domestic Product Rupees 1991-92 4,618 5,781
Growth in Real per cap. SDP % p.a. 1980-92 2.04 3.0
Share of agriculture in SDP percent 1988-89 37 34
Share of industry in SDP percent 1988-89 21 26
Share of services in SDP percent 1988-89 42 40
Foodgrain production '000 tns. 1990-93 1,100 173,140
Per capita foodgrain production kilograms 1990-93 37 201
Yield of foodgrains kgs/hectare 1990-93 1,902 1,388
Number of factories numbers 1989-90 3,422 107,992
Value of output from manufacturing Rs.crore 1989-90 5,906 230,659
Value added from manufacturing Rs.crore 1989-90 1,427 43,373
Consumption of commercial energy '000 toe 1992-93 4,879 200,321
Power generation GWH 1992-93 6,185 300,989
Power consumption GWH 1992-93 7,416 279,824
Railway route length / '000 sq.km. kms. 1992-93 26.45 19.01
Road length / '000 sq.km. kms. 1987-88 3,173 544
Number of bank offices numbers Mar 1994 2,948 61,852
Bank offices per lakh population numbers Mar 1994 9.7 6.9
Per capita bank deposits Rupees Mar 1994 4,770 3,562
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Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, Bombay
Last updated: May 1995.