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Kerala or Keralam is a state of India, located south most on its west coast. It was created on 1 November 1956, by the State Recognisation Act combining various Malayalam speaking regions.
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Transport :
Kerala has 145,704 kilometers (90,536 mi) of roads (4.2% of India's total). This translates to about 4.62 kilometers (2.87 mi) of road per thousand population, compared to an all India average of 2.59 kilometers (1.61 mi). Virtually all of Kerala's villages are connected by road
Roads in Kerala includes 1,524 km of National highway (2.6% of nation's total), 4006 km of state highway and 23,702 km of district roads.
NH 17 connects Edapally (Kochi to Panavel (near Mumbai) and is the longest stretch of national highway through the state.
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The other major national highway passing through the state is the National Highway 47 which connects Salem to Kanyakumari and passes through the major towns and cities like Palakkad Thrissur, Kochi, Kollam and Thiruvanantpuram. The length of the National Highway 47 through Kerala is 416.8 km. The NH 47 stretch from Cherthala to Thrissur via Kochi is of 4 and 6 lanes and 4-lane work is progressing beyond Thrissur.
NH 19 (Kochi - Rameswaram), NH 208 (Kollam - Thirumangalam), NH 212 (Kozhikhode - Mysore), NH 213 (Kozhikode - Palakkad), NH 220 (Kollam - theni) are the other national highways serving the state of Kerala
