Cherkala
Cherkala also named CKL is a small town located in the Kasaragod district of the Indian state of Kerala.
Cherkala also named CKL is a small town located in the Kasaragod district of the Indian state of Kerala. It is located about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east of Kasaragod, at the intersection of National Highway 66, State Highway 31, and State Highway 55. Attractions in and around Cherkala include the Thooku Paalam bridge, which crosses the Chandragiri River, and the forest of the nearby village of Paika. The L.B.S College of Engineering is located nearby.
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Worth seeing in and around Cherkala
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.
- 01Kannur University
Kannur University is a multi-campus public university established in 1996 to provide development of higher education in Kasaragod, Kannur, and Mananthavady Taluk Of Wayanad districts of Kerala, India. It serves the region of North Malabar.
3.9 km · state public university in Kannur, Kerala, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Cherkala
- Airports
- Mangaluru (IXE), 53 km · Kannur (CNN), 85 km · Calicut (CCJ), 181 km
- Mangaluru → Cherkala50 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · ₹395–495
- Kannur → Cherkala78 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · ₹600–750
- Calicut → Cherkala161 km · quickest by road, 4h 5m · ₹1,190–1,490
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No local-transport research exists yet for Cherkala
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 Cherkala. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundAutorickshaws charge ₹30 per km Buses charge ₹13 for every three km.
- Get aroundTaxi - Comfortable air conditioned taxis and jeeps are available for ₹2,000 per day.
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Cherkala is 50 km from Mangaluru, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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