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Chunkappara

Chunkappara (ചുങ്കപ്പാറ) is a small town in the Pathanamthitta district of Kerala in South India.

Chunkappara
Chunkappara · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Chunkappara (ചുങ്കപ്പാറ) is a small town in the Pathanamthitta district of Kerala in South India. It comes under Kottangal Panchayat in Mallapally Taluk. Chunkappara is situated 26 km (16 mi) east of Thiruvalla, where the nearest railway station is. It is part of Thiruvalla Revenue Division. It comes under Ranni Assembly constituency and Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency. Other neighbouring towns include Kanjirappally, Manimala, Ranny, Mallappally, Karukachal and Erumely.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Chunkappara

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.

  1. 01
    Erumely Sree Dharmasastha Temple

    Erumely Sree Dharmasastha Temple is a Hindu temple located in the heart of Erumely town in Kottayam district in the Indian state of Kerala. The temple is dedicated to Ayyappa or Dharmasastha.

    3 km · Hindu temple in Kottayam district · Wikipedia

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Getting to Chunkappara

Airports
Cochin (COK), 86 km · Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 110 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 178 km
  • Kochi → Chunkappara
    76 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · ₹640–800
  • Thiruvananthapuram → Chunkappara
    110 km · quickest by road, 3h 13m · ₹850–1,060
  • Coimbatore → Chunkappara
    174 km · quickest by road, 5h 11m · ₹1,700–2,120
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Chunkappara

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 Chunkappara. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inAuto rickshaws and taxis are available at the station.

From Wikivoyage: Kallooppara, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    GaviIN

    6 ways of moving, 16 sources

    46 km
  2. 02
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    51 km
  3. 03
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    83 km
  4. 04
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    98 km
  5. 05
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    99 km

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Around it

Next door to Chunkappara

  • Erumelitown in Kottayam District, Kerala, India3 km
  • Manimala Grama PanchayatGram Panchayat in Kottayam district of Kerala, India3.4 km
  • Kottangalvillage in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India1.2 km
  • Vellavoorvillage in Kottayam District, Kerala, India5.1 km
  • Kottanadvillage in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India5 km
  • Chalappallyvillage in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India4.4 km