Schools in Kumbanad are facing a tough time in getting students in a rapidly ageing society, as the young are migrating quickly within and outside the country for opportunities 

Many flourishing hospitals and diagnostic centers point towards a rapidly ageing population. 

Some 15% of the 11,118 homes in and around Kumbanad are locked up because the owners have migrated or live with their children abroad.

The decadal rise in population in Kerala between 2001 and 2011 was the lowest (4.9%) among all states Fertility rates in the state have been 1.7 to 1.9 births per woman for at least 30 years now 

The ailing elderly, old-age homes, labor shortages, migration of the young, declining population, and ghost towns in Kerala are an indication of the future of the vibrant India of today.