Anamudi at 2775 metres, with Agasthyarkoodam next: Kerala's highest peaks

Background

The Kerala Legislature's profile of the State records Anamudi at 2775 metres as the highest peak in Kerala and Agasthyarkoodam as the second highest. The State occupies an area of 38,863 Sq.Kms., which the profile puts at 1.18 percent of the total area of India. Its total population of nearly 3.34 crore is 2.76 percent of the total population of the country. Kerala stretches for about 590 Kms., with its width varying from 32 to 120 Kms., along the Arabian Sea on the Southwest Coast of India. The highlands, or the eastern region, are dominated by the Sahya Mountains or the Western Ghats, where tea, coffee, rubber, cardamom, cinnamon, oil seeds and sandalwood are extensively cultivated. The land derived its name from Keram, the coconut palm.