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Kottayam District is one of the 14 districts in the state of Kerala, India. Though the district is 157 km south to Kunnamkulam, the center of Kerala. It is located in an area with biggest diameter and population. It is the only district having no border with either the Western Ghats or Arabian Sea. The Kerala government and Central govt both agreed to built an airport near Sabarimala. Cheruvally Estate in Erumeli may be the site. Given it is a plain plateau with strong soil, Aviation ministry estimated that the airport could be completed in just six months. The district has its headquarters at Kottayam town, located at 9.36° N and 76.17° E. Pala or Kidangoor may be the center point of district. Rubber Board campus located in Puthuppally with head office in Kottayam town is the only central govt organization in the district. Kottayam is known as city of three 'L's - Literacy, Lakes and Latex. Kottayam is the first town to achieve 100% literacy rate in India. On 27 September 2008, Kottayam district also became the first tobacco free districts in India. Kottayam City is also known as Akshara Nagari (City of Letters) and Chuvar Chitra Nagari (City of Mural). Bordered by hills on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west, Kottayam has many unique characteristics. Panoramic backwater stretches, lush paddy fields, highlands, hills and hillocks, rubber plantations and places associated with many legends gives Kottayam District the enviable title: The land of letters, legends, latex and lakes. The district is 15.35% urbanised. The headquarters of 2 significant religious communities in Kerala are located in Kottayam District: Nair Service Society and Indian Orthodox Church Demographics. According to the 2011 census Kottayam district has a population of 1,979,384, roughly equal to the nation
Pathanamthitta District is a district in the southern part of Kerala, India. The district headquarters is in the town of Pathanamthitta. There are four municipalities in Pathanamthitta: Tiruvalla, Adoor, Pathanamthitta and Pandalam. According to the 2001 Census of India, the population was 1,231,577, making it the third least populous district in Kerala (out of 14), after Wayanad and Idukki. Pathanamthitta has been declared the first polio-free district in India. The district is 10.03% urbanised. Pathanamthitta is one of the Richestt districts in India with just 1.17% poverty as of 2013, which places the district among top 5 districts in India with least poverty. Demographics. According to the 2011 census Pathanamthitta district has a population of 1,195,537, roughly equal to the nation of Timor-Leste or the US state of Rhode Island. This gives it a ranking of 399th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was −3.12%. Pathanamthitta has a sex ratio of 1129 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 96.93%. Pathanamthitta District is one of the few districts to have negative growth in population. According to the Census of India 2001, the district had a population of 1,234,016 with a density of 467 persons per square kilometre. This is the lowest density in the State after Idukki and Wayanad. Schedule tribes and castes comprise 13% of the total population. The female to male ratio is 1094:1000, which is the highest among the districts in the State. Pathanamthitta's literacy rate is 95%.Pathanamthitta's major religion are Hinduism, Christianity and Islam. Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains have much smaller followings
Palakkad District is one of the 14 districts of the Indian state of Kerala. Also, it is the largest district in kerala from 2006. The city of Palakkad is the district headquarters. Palakkad is bordered on the northwest by the Malappuram District, on the southwest by the Thrissur District, on the northeast by The Nilgiris District and on the east by Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu. The district is 24.4% urbanised according to the census of 2011. The district is nicknamed "the granary of Kerala" and "Rice bowl of Kerala". Demographics. According to the 2011 census, Palakkad district has a population of 2,810,892, roughly equal to the nation of Jamaica or the US state of Utah. This gives it a ranking of 138th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 7.39%. Palakkad has a sex ratio of 1067 females for every 1000 males. Palakkad city has a literacy rate of 94.20% Languages. The official language Malayalam is predominantly and widely spoken in the district, while Tamil forms the main language of over 6% of the district's population.
Thrissur (also Trichur, Trissur) is a revenue district of Kerala in the central part of that state. Spanning an area of about 3,032 km2, Thrissur district is home to over 10% of Kerala’s population. Thrissur district was formed on July 1, 1949, with the headquarters at Thrissur City. Thrissur is known as the cultural capital of Kerala, and the land of Poorams. The district is famous for its ancient temples, churches, and mosques. Thrissur Pooram is the most colourful and spectacular temple festival in Kerala. The district was formed on July 1, 1949. Demographics. According to the 2011 census Thrissur district has a population of 3,110,327, roughly equal to the nation of Mongolia or the US state of Iowa. This gives it a ranking of 113th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 4.58%. Thrissur has a sex ratio of 1109 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 95.32%. Thrissur was also the second highest urbanized district in Kerala after Ernakulam. According to the 2001 India census, Thrissur District had a population of 2,975,440. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Thrissur has a literacy rate of 86%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 87%, and female literacy is 85%. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. Hindus, Christians and Muslims constitute the bulk of the population, with Hindus as the majority, with 59.24%, closely followed by Christians (24.21%) and Muslims . The Hindu community consists of mainly Nairs and Ezhavas. Ambalavasis and Brahmins – including the local Namboodiris and migrants like Iyers and GSBs- also form a percentage of the Hindu population
Wayanad District is a district in the northeast of Kerala state, India with headquarters at the town of Kalpetta. The district was formed on 1 November 1980 as the 12th district in Kerala by carving out areas from Kozhikode and Kannur districts. The district is 3.79% urbanised, with three municipal towns Kalpetta, Mananthavady and Sulthan Bathery. Pulpally in Wayanad boasts of the only Luv Kush Temple in Kerala and Vythiri has the only mirror temple in Kerala which is a Jain temple. The edicts and caves of Ambukuthimala and other evidences state that the place is as old as the beginning of the New Age Civilisation. Demographics. It is the least populous district in Kerala. Unlike all other 13 districts of Kerala, in Wayanad district, there is no town or village named same as the district (i.e., there is no "Wayanad town"). According to the 2011 census Wayanad district had a population of 816,558, roughly equal to the nation of Comoros. This gives it a ranking of 482nd in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 4.6%. Wayanad has a sex ratio of 1035 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 89.32%, the lowest in the state. Paniyas, Uraali Kurumas, and Kurichiyans comprise the tribes in Wayanad. Badagas are present in 21 hamlets spread across Wayanad. The entire Wayanad region fell under the Kannada speaking area as per the linguistic survey and history of Colonel Wilks.
North Goa is one of the two districts that make up the state of Goa, India. The district has an area of 1736 km². It is bounded by Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra state to the north and by Belgaum district of Karnataka to the east, by South Goa District to the south, and by the Arabian Sea to the west. Demographics. According to the 2011 census North Goa has a population of 817,761 which is roughly equal to the nation of Comoros or the US state of South Dakota. This gives it a ranking of 480th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 7.8%. North Goa has a sex ratio of 959 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 88.85%.
South Goa is one of two districts that comprises the state of Goa in West India, within the region known as the Konkan. It is bounded by the district of North Goa to the north, the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its western coast. Demographics. According to the 2011 census South Goa has a population of 639,962 which is roughly equal to the nation of Montenegro or the US state of Vermont. This gives it a ranking of 515th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 8.63%. South Goa has a sex ratio of 980 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 85.53%. Konkani is the mother tongue of a majority of the people living in South Goa district. Marathi is spoken by a substantial number of people. English and Hindi are understood by a majority of the population. Portuguese is also spoken and understood by a small number of people.
The following is a list of states and territories of The Republic of India by area according to the census of 2011. India consists of 28 states and eight union territories. List. "Source:Area of states" The area figures of states and union territories do not add up to area of India because:
India is a country in southern Asia. With over 1.3 billion people, India is the most populous democracy in the world. It is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. All states, as well as the union territories of Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model. The remaining five union territories are directly ruled by the centre through appointed administrators. In 1956, under the States Reorganisation Act, states were reorganised on a linguistic basis. Since then, their structure has remained largely unchanged. Each state or union territory is further divided into administrative districts. The state and union territory capitals are sorted according to no legislative and judicial capitals. The administrative capital is where the executive government offices are located, the legislative capital is where the state assembly convenes, and the judicial capital is the location of the state or territorial High Courts. Union territories are marked with a dagger ().
This is a list of states of India ranked according to unemployment. List may be vary.The list is compiled from the Report on Fifth Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey (2015-16) from Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India. Tripura has the highest unemployment rate and ranks worst. National average stands at 50. Interactive map of below data is available here.
Eberhard Edzard van der Laan (June 28, 1955 in Leiden - October 5, 2017 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Labour Party (PvdA). Van der Laan was born in a Reformed family, and studied law at the Free University Amsterdam. He was a member of the city council of Amsterdam from 1990 to 1998 (partly also group leader), minister of Housing, Residential Areas and Social Integration in the Fourth Balkenende cabinet from 2008 to 2010, and mayor of Amsterdam from 2010 till his death in 2017. He died of lung cancer at the age of 62.
Central Los Angeles is region of Los Angeles County, California. There are twenty-three neighborhoodsin the Central Los Angeles region as well as Griffith Park, the city's largest public park. It covers an area of 57.87-square-mile (149.88 km²). Geography. According to the Mapping L.A. survey of the "Los Angeles Times," the Central Los Angeles region consists of:
Alain Bui (born 1969) is a French doctor who specializes in information technology. He has been President of the "Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines" since October 2017. He graduated from the Paris Diderot University in information technology, and started his career at University of Picardie Jules Verne in 1995. He moved to CNRS in 2003. He worked on simulation technology. In October 2017, he was elected President of the "Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines", succeeding Didier Guillemot.
Sechs Kies is a South Korean boy band formed in 1997 with six members by Daesung Enterprise (DSP Media) in order to top H.O.T. The group is known today as one of the founding groups of K-pop and for being the first major group to break up. In 2016, the members (excluding Jiyong,) joined YG Entertainment and released the song "Three Words". After a series of collection albums, the group released the album, "Another Light", in 2017, nearly 17 years since breaking up.
2AM is a four-member South Korean K-pop and ballad boy group formed under JYP Entertainment as a counterpart to 2PM. The group rose to fame with their song, "Can't Let You Go, Even If I Die" in 2010. In 2015, Seulong and Jinwoon announced they were leaving JYP. Changmin later made the same announcement in August 2015, though JYP announced soon after that 2AM was not disbanded. They came back in 2021. In September 2017, Jo Kwon left JYP.
NRG is a South Korean K-pop band formed in 1997 by Music Factory Entertainment. The group rose to fame with their debut song, "I Can Do It." In 1999, members Myunghoon and Sungjin left the group, while the other three released the album "NRG 003." After member Hwansung tragically died of pnemonia in 2000, Myunghoon and Sungjin rejoined the group for their memorial album, "Sorrow." The group made an official come back with "Hit Song" in 2003, which ranked #1 on the music charts. Following the departure of Sunghoon, the 3 remaining members released 1 more album before disbandment. In 2017, NRG announced a new album would be released on the 20th anniversary of debut.
Red Velvet () is a South Korean girl group. It was formed in 2014 with four members: Wendy, Irene, Joy and Seulgi. Their first song called "Happiness" was released in August 2014. Later in March of 2015, their label, SM Entertainment, added Yeri to the group. Since then, the group has been active with five members. Discography. Albums. Korean albums Japanese album Extended plays. Korean EPs Japanese EPs
Blackpink (Korean: 블랙핑크; commonly stylized as BLACKPINK or BLΛƆKPIИK) is a South Korean girl group that debuted on 8 August 2016. The group consists of members Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa. They are the highest-charting female K-pop act on both "Billboard" Hot 100 and "Billboard" 200. They are also the first and only K-pop girl group to enter and top the "Billboard"'s Emerging Artists chart. In addition, Blackpink is also the first female K-pop group to have four number-one singles on "Billboard"'s World Digital Song Sales chart. Their 2018 song "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" was the most-viewed Korean music video in the first 24 hours on YouTube. In January 2019, it became the most-viewed music video by a K-pop group on YouTube. They are currently the most subscribed music act, K-pop group, and female artist on YouTube, with 92,7 million subscribers (as of January 2024). Blackpink was also the first female K-pop group to perform at Coachella. In 2018, Jennie was the first member to release a solo song, titled "Solo". Rosé released her single album "R" in 2021. Lisa also released a single album called "Lalisa" the same year. Jisoo released hers, called "Me", in 2023.
Steve "Mr. Escape" Baker (July 26, 1938 – September 17, 2017) was an American comedian and magician. He was best known as an escape artist. He was born in Oakland, California.  Career. During his career from 1967 through the early 1990s Baker appeared on "Dick Clark's LIVE Wednesday", "Games People Play", and was a star on an HBO special along with Tony Curtis and special guest star Dorothy Dietrich, called "The World's Greatest Escapes", and several times on "That's Incredible!".  Baker died on September 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 79.
Günter Halm (27 August 1922 – 26 September 2017) was a German Nazi infantryman and lieutenant. He was born in Elize, Germany. He was raised in Hanover, Germany. He was the youngest member of the Afrika Korps to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his bravery in action. He was active in the military from 1941 through 1945. Halm died in Bad Münder, Germany on 26 September 2017 at the age of 95.
Vladimir Alexandrovich Voevodsky (; , 4 June 1966 – 30 September 2017) was a Russian-American mathematician. He was born in Moscow. His work in developing a homotopy theory for algebraic varieties and formulating motivic cohomology led to the award of a Fields Medal in 2002. He was also known for the proof of the Milnor conjecture and motivic Bloch-Kato conjectures and for the univalent foundations of mathematics and homotopy type theory. Voevodsky died on September 30, 2017 at his home in Princeton, New Jersey of an aortic aneurysm at the age of 51.
Terry Downes, BEM (9 May 1936 – 6 October 2017) was a British middleweight boxer, and occasional movie actor. He was nicknamed the "Paddington Express" for his aggressive fighting style. As of 2008, Downes was Britain’s oldest surviving former world champion. He held the world middleweight title for ten months from 1961 to 1962. He was born in London. One of his best known roles was in Roman Polanski's 1967 movie "The Fearless Vampire Killers", in which he played "Koukol", a hunchbacked servant. His other movie credits included appearances in "A Study in Terror" (1965), "Five Ashore in Singapore" (1967), "The Golden Lady" (1979), "If You Go Down in the Woods Today" (1981), and the Derek Jarman movie "Caravaggio" (1986). Downes died on 6 October 2017 in London, aged 81.
Antonius "Toon" Geurts (29 February 1932 – 6 October 2017) was a Dutch sprint canoer. He was most successful in the K-2 1000 m event, in which he finished in seventh, second and fourth place at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics, respectively. He won silver at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He was born in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. Geurts died in The Hague, the Netherlands on 6 October 2017 at the age of 85.
Ralph Oliver "Ralphie" May (February 17, 1972 – October 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, but raised in Clarksville, Arkansas. His jokes were mainly about observational comedy, wit, word play, satire, sexuality, race, religion, family life and obesity.  May was influenced by Sam Kinison, Lenny Bruce, Buddy Hackett, and Richard Pryor. In 2003, May was chosen to participate in the first season of "Last Comic Standing". He finished in second place in the competition. After that, he appeared in comedy shows like "The Wayne Brady Show" and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno". In 2005, he was the only white comedian on "The Big Black Comedy Show", which also featured Mo'Nique, Rodman, and Vince Morris. May was married to Lahna Turner from 2005 until they separated in 2015. They had two children.  May died of a pneumonia-related heart attack at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 6, 2017 at the age of 45.
John Ellett Herrnstein (March 31, 1938 – October 3, 2017) was an American baseball and football player. He played Major League Baseball from 1962 to 1966 for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and Atlanta Braves. He also played college baseball and football at the University of Michigan from 1956 to 1959. He was born in Hampton, Virginia. Herrnstein died at his home in Chillicothe, Ohio on October 3, 2017 of complications from leukemia, at the age of 79.
Jon Meade Huntsman Sr. (June 21, 1937 – February 2, 2018) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder and executive chairman of Huntsman Corporation, a global manufacturer and marketer of specialty chemicals. Huntsman plastics are used in a wide variety of familiar objects, including (formerly) McDonald's clamshell burger containers. From 1971 to 1972, he was the White House Staff Secretary during the Richard Nixon presidency. Huntsman Sr. died of prostate cancer in Salt Lake City, Utah on February 2, 2018 at the age of 80.
Rainer "Rai" Weiss (; ; born September 29, 1932) is a German-born American physicist of partly Jewish descent (his father was Jewish). Works. He is known for his works in gravitational physics and astrophysics. He is a professor of physics emeritus at MIT. He is best known for inventing the laser interferometric technique which is the basic operation of LIGO.  Weiss was Chair of the COBE Science Working Group.  In 2017, Weiss was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Kip Thorne and Barry Barish, "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves".
Barry Clark Barish (born January 27, 1936) is an American experimental physicist and Nobel Laureate. He is a Linde Professor of Physics, emeritus at California Institute of Technology. He is a leading expert on gravitational waves, and is of Jewish descent. In 2017, Barish was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics along with Rainer Weiss and Kip Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves".
Kip Stephen Thorne (born June 1, 1940) is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate. He is known for his contributions in gravitational physics and astrophysics.  In 2017, Thorne was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics along with Rainer Weiss and Barry C. Barish "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves".
was a Buddhist philosopher, educator, author, and anti-nuclear activist. He served as the third president and then honorary president of the Soka Gakkai, the largest of Japan's new religious movements.  Ikeda is the founding president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI).  He died on 15 November 2023, at the age of 95.
Santiago Tequixquiac ("Nthehe" in Otomi language) is a small city and seat from Tequixquiac Municipality in the state of México in Mexico. With 25,697 people living here, there is a settlement with all urban services. Etymology. The name comes from Nahuatl and means "place of tequesquite waters". The municipal seat is the town of Santiago Tequixquiac, although both the town and municipality are commonly referred to as simply "Tequixquiac". History. The firts settlement was founded in 116 after of Christ; this Nahua town was named "altepetl" of Tequixquiac. An Mexica subjet built on old temple with channels and stone houses from Otomi people. It was an important town during the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Founded in 1552 by the Tlaxcaltecan José de Tlatzintlali. Geography. Santiago Tequixquiac has a low population density. It is also surrounded by mountains and rivers. This causes no problems with air pollution. Education. The town of Santiago Tequixquiac has a public and private educational offer. Santiago Tequixquiac only has one private university. Culture. Architecture. Other famous buildings are: The Calsium horns and the Great Channel Gate.