Chembuthara
Chembuthara or Chembutra is a small village in Kerala, India, known for its Makarachowa festival.
Chembuthara or Chembutra is a small village in Kerala, India, known for its Makarachowa festival. It is situated about 11 km away from Thrissur center. It is located by the side of NH 544.
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Worth seeing in and around Chembuthara
One place 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.
- 01Banana Research Station, Kannara
Banana Research Station, Kannara is a research Station under the Central Zone of Kerala Agricultural University at Kannara in Thrissur district of Kerala, India. This research station was established in 1963 to carry out research on bananas and pineapples.
2 km · research Station under the Central Zone of Kerala Agricultural University at Kannara in Thrissur district of Kerala, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Chembuthara
- Airports
- Cochin (COK), 45 km · Calicut (CCJ), 77 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 94 km
- Kochi → Chembuthara183 km · quickest by road, 5h 33m · ₹1,600–2,000
- Calicut → Chembuthara52 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · ₹490–610
- Coimbatore → Chembuthara112 km · quickest by road, 4h 37m · ₹1,410–1,760
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No local-transport research exists yet for Chembuthara
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 Chembuthara. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundAutorickshaw: Auto rickshaws are the main form of local transport, if you don't have your own means of transportation.
- Get aroundAutorickshaws running in the city limits are to use fare meters, while the ones from the adjacent areas need not use them.
- Get aroundHowever it is a rule that such autorickshaws without metres should not pick up passengers within city limits.
- Get aroundThere is a pre-paid auto rickshaw counter at Thrissur Railway Station.
- Get aroundThe taxis known as 'Tourist taxis' are meant for long travel or one day trips.Uber taxi services are available in Thrissur with basic fare ₹40 Car: There are many car rental companies offering cars with drivers or self-drive.
From Wikivoyage: Thrissur, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Chembuthara
Chembuthara is 13 km from Thrissur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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