Bekal
Bekal is a small town in the Kasaragod district on the West coast of the state of Kerala, India.

Bekal is a small town in the Kasaragod district on the West coast of the state of Kerala, India.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Bekal
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Bekal Fort
Bekal Fort is a medieval fort built by Shivappa Nayaka of Keladi in 1650 AD, at Bekal.
3.3 km · Fort in Kasaragod district, Keralam, India · Wikipedia - 02Chandragiri Fort
Chandragiri Fort is a fort built in the 17th century, situated in Kasaragod District of Kerala, India. This large squarish fort is 150 feet above sea level and occupies an area of about seven acres the adjacent to Chandragiri river.
5.9 km · Fort in Kasaragod district, Keralam, India · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Bekal Fort
Sprawling fortress offering sweeping sea views, preserved battlement walls, gates & tunnels.
- 02Mukhyaprana Hanuman Temple
- 03Thrikkannatt Beach
There are three beautiful temples in this area.
- 04Bekal Beach Park
From Wikivoyage: Bekal, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Bekal
- Airports
- Mangaluru (IXE), 61 km · Kannur (CNN), 80 km · Calicut (CCJ), 175 km
- Stations
- Kotikulam railway station, 400 m · Bekal Fort railway station, 4.4 km · Kalanad railway station, 5.9 km
- Mangaluru → Bekal61 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · ₹440–550
- Kannur → Bekal68 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · ₹490–610
- Calicut → Bekal151 km · quickest by road, 3h 39m · ₹1,090–1,360
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bekal
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bekal. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundAutorickshaws are the only available local transport.
From Wikivoyage: Bekal, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-06.
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Next door to Bekal
Bekal is 58 km from Mangaluru, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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