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According to traditional accounts, Thomas the Apostle sailed to the Malabar region in 52 AD and introduced Christianity to the area. [2] Although a minority, the Christian population of Kerala is proportionally much larger than that of India as a whole. A significant portion of the Indian Christian population resides in the state. [3] [4]
Islam is the second-largest practiced religion in Kerala (26.56%), only surpassed by Hinduism. [7] The calculated Muslim population (Indian Census, 2011) in Kerala state is 8,873,472. [8] [9] Most of the Muslims in Kerala follow the Shāfiʿī School (Sunni Islam), followed by Salafi movement. [10]
The Scheduled Caste (SC) population of Kerala State is 3,123,941 which is 9.8% of overall population. Scheduled Tribes in Kerala, with a population of 364,000, constitute 1.14% of the population. [55] Denominations groups among Christians: [56] Catholic church (Syrian and Latin rites) is the largest denomination among Kerala Christians.
In the state of Kerala there are various establishments owned, managed and controlled by Government of India.These establishments in Kerala are largely government offices and departments, Public sector undertakings, jointly owned entities, entities in which Government of India has stakes or shareholding, defence and strategic establishments etc.
According to the tradition of Saint Thomas Christians, Thomas the Apostle landed in Kodungallur in the present day Indian state of Kerala in AD 52, [4] and established the Ezharappallikal in or near ancient Jewish colonies [9] by preaching among local Jews and Brahmins. [69]
It is the largest among Saint Thomas Christians communities, with a population of 2.35 million in Kerala as per the 2011 Kerala state census [15] and 4.53 million worldwide as estimated in the 2023 Annuario Pontificio.
Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council; Kerala Council of Churches; Kerala State Development Corporation for Christian Converts from Scheduled Castes and the Recommended Communities; Kollam Orthodox Diocese; Kunukku
Kerala United Theological Seminary (KUTS), Trivandrum, Kerala Mennonite Brethren Centenary Bible College (MBCBC), Shamshabad , Telangana Andhra Christian Theological College (ACTC), Hyderabad , Telangana