Kerala the
God's Own Country is a popular tourist destination for
its backwaters and Ayurvedic treatments, Yoga,
and tropical greenery in Kerala India. It has the highest
Human Development Index in India. comparable with that of
first world nations but with a much lower per capita income
of $ 1315 as of 2010-11.The state has a literacy rate of
94.59 percent,also the highest in India. A survey conducted
in 2005 by Transparency International ranked Kerala as the
least corrupt state in the country.Kerala has witnessed
significant migration of its people, especially to the Persian
Gulf countries during the Kerala Gulf boom, and is heavily
dependent on remittances from its large Malayali expatriate
community.
