Beypore
Beypore or Beypur is a port town in Kozhikode district in the state of Kerala, India.
Beypore or Beypur is a port town in Kozhikode district in the state of Kerala, India. It is located opposite to Chaliyam, the estuary where the river Chaliyar empties into the Arabian Sea. Beypore is part of Kozhikode Municipal Corporation. The town was formerly known as Vaypura or Vadaparappanad and also as Beydary. Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore, named the town Sultan Pattanam. There is a marina and a beach, while Beypore port is one of the oldest ports in Kerala, which historically traded with the Middle East. Beypore is noted for building wooden ships, known as dhows or urus in the Malayalam language. These ships were usually bought by Arab merchants for trading and fishing but are now used as tourist ships. According to Captain Iwata, founder member of the Association of Sumerian Ships in Japan, Sumerian ships might have been built in Beypore. There is evidence to prove that Beypore had direct trade links with Mesopotamia and was a prominent link on the maritime silk route. The first railway line of Kerala was laid in 1861 from Tirur to Beypore (Chaliyam), passing through Tanur, Parappanangadi, Vallikkunnu, and Kadalundi.
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Worth seeing in and around Beypore
3 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.
- 01Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary
The Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary lies in Kadalundi grama panchayat of Kozhikode district and Vallikkunnu Grama Panchayat of Malappuram district in Kerala, India. It spreads over a cluster of islands where the Kadalundi River flows into the Arabian Sea.
5.8 km · waterfall · Wikipedia - 02Beypore Lighthouse
The Beypore Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Feroke, Kozhikode, on the south shore of the Chaliyam River. The six-sided tower has a height of 30.48 metres.
2.5 km · Lighthouse in Kerala · Wikipedia - 03Farook College
Farook College is a government-aided, autonomous, arts and science college located in Feroke near Kozhikode, Kerala, India. It is the largest residential post-graduate aided institution in Kerala affiliated to the University of Calicut; it was granted autonomous college status in 2015.
5.6 km · autonomous college affiliated to University of Calicut, India · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Beypore Beach. A beautiful beach which holds the main attraction here. Beypore Harbour. If you love Malabar cost marine life, you should visit here during early mornings. You can see the busy life of fishermen. Also wide variety of fishes.
- 01Beypore Lighthouse
Beypore Port historically had trade links with Europe, Arabia and other ports on the Indian coast.
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Things to do
Learn the traditional handweaving techniques which is world renowned. TASARA -an Institution dedicated to creative weaving, is in Beypore. Founded in 1989, Tasara (weaver's shuttle in Sanskrit) is an extension of Spider Weavers, which was established in 1977.
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Where to eat
Malabar cuisine is quite popular among gourmands. The mildly flavoured, gently cooked Malabar Biriyanis are a must eat when visiting Beypore. The chicken is cooked tender, the rice flaky and delicately spiced with the right portions of condiments, to leave the taste lingering for long. In seafood, mussels are a favourite. A concoction of mussel and rice flour, cooked in the shell is called arikadaka.
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Getting to Beypore
- Airports
- Calicut (CCJ), 17 km · Kannur (CNN), 87 km · Cochin (COK), 131 km
- Stations
- Feroke railway station, 2.3 km
- Kannur → Beypore92 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · ₹680–850
- Kochi → Beypore146 km · quickest by road, 3h 50m · ₹1,040–1,300
- Coimbatore → Beypore128 km · quickest by road, 3h 38m · ₹1,120–1,400
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Beypore
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 Beypore. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundYou can rely on autorickshaws, which are very cheap and reliable.
- Go nextKadalundi - bird sanctuary, boating Kakkayam - trekking and rock climbing through river path, enjoying numerous waterfalls.
- Go nextKorapuzha - venue of the Korapuzha Jalotsav (water festival) Kozhikode Beach - hundred years old lighthouse and the two crumbling pier Kozhippara Water Falls - Ideal location for trekking and swimming, with river side forests, situated in Kakkadampoyil on the Malappuram -Calicut District border, you can reach there by road.
- Go nextThikkoti Light House - 1847 build Tusharagiri - Famous for trekking tracks, with waterfall, evergreen dense forests with exotic birds and wild animals on the way.
- Go nextVellari Mala - waterfalls, velvet green landscapes, place for trekking.
From Wikivoyage: Beypore Beach, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
- 01120 km
- 02184 km
- 03193 km
- 04197 km
- 05238 km
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Next door to Beypore
Beypore is 8 km from Kozhikode, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ferokehuman settlement3.2 km
- Ramanattukaravillage in Kozhikode district, Kerala, India5.3 km
- Cheruvannurhuman settlement2 km
- Vallikkunnu Grama PanchayatGram Panchayat in Malappuram district of Kerala, India5.8 km
- Kadalundivillage in Kozhikkode District, Kerala, India5.2 km
- Kunnummal Grama PanchayatGram Panchayat in Kozhikode district of Kerala, India3.2 km