Kerala, South India Kerala is distinctive for its large and diverse Christian communities, Communist Parties, spices, rice, seafood, coconuts, and dance. It has 100 percent literacy and India's lowest infant mortality and highest life expectancy rates. Catholics together constitute about 61 percent, consisting of the Syrian Orthodox, Syrian Jacobites, Marthoma Syrians, Church of South India, and others Christians. Explore this fantastic region of South India: