Kakkanad
Kakkanad is a suburb and major urban center in the eastern part of the Kochi metropolitan area in the Indian state of Kerala.
Kakkanad is a suburb and major urban center in the eastern part of the Kochi metropolitan area in the Indian state of Kerala. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Ernakulam district and is one of Kerala's major information technology and business hubs. Located about 10 km east of central Kochi, Kakkanad is home to major technology parks, including Infopark and SmartCity Kochi, as well as several government institutions and educational establishments. It also houses multiple industrial projects including the Cochin Special Economic Zone and KINFRA.
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Worth seeing in and around Kakkanad
7 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.
- 01Cochin University of Science and Technology
Cochin University of Science and Technology is a state government-owned autonomous university in Kochi, Kerala, India. It was founded in 1971 and has three campuses: two in Kochi and one in Kuttanad, Alappuzha, some 66 km from Kochi.
3.7 km · state public university in Ernakulam, Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 02Model Engineering College
Model Engineering College or MEC is a government cost-sharing technical institute and research centre in Thrikkakara, Kochi, Kerala, India. It was established by the Institute of Human Resources Development, an autonomous agency under the Government of Kerala, in 1989.
2.1 km · engineering College in Thrikkakkara, Kochi · Wikipedia - 03Thrikkakara Temple
Thrikkakara Vamanamoorthy Temple is one of the major Hindu temples in India dedicated to Vamana, a form of the god Vishnu. It is situated in Thrikkakara, Kochi in the state of Kerala, India.
2.6 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 04Oberon Mall
Oberon Mall is a shopping mall located in the Indian city of Kochi. The mall was opened formally on 2 March 2009, though it was launched in 2008.
3.5 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 05Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology
Rajagiri School of Engineering & Technology is an educational institution located in Kochi, Kerala, India, offering engineering education and research. RSET is affiliated to APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University and approved by the All India Council for Technical Education.
2.9 km · Autonomous college affiliated to APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University · Wikipedia - 06Brahmapuram Diesel Power Plant
Brahmapuram Diesel Power Plant is a 106.6 MW public sector power station in Kochi, India run by the Kerala State Electricity Board, commissioned in 1997. It is controlled by Kerala load Distribution Center.
3.9 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 07School of Engineering, CUSAT
The School of Engineering is a college under Cochin University of Science and Technology, in Kochi, Kerala, India. Established in 1979 for offering part-time M.Tech programmes.
3.9 km · engineering College under Cochin University, Kerala, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kakkanad
- Airports
- Cochin (COK), 16 km · Calicut (CCJ), 131 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 136 km
- Calicut → Kakkanad150 km · quickest by road, 3h 52m · ₹1,110–1,380
- Coimbatore → Kakkanad129 km · quickest by road, 3h 15m · ₹1,140–1,420
- Thiruvananthapuram → Kakkanad183 km · quickest by road, 4h 26m · ₹1,380–1,720
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kakkanad
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 Kakkanad. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get in{{marker|type |wikidata By ferry=== Aluva is one major stop for National Waterway 3, scheduled to open by August 2010 which connects to Thiruvananthapuram in south and Kottapuram (Thrissur) in north.
From Wikivoyage: Aluva, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.
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Next door to Kakkanad
Kakkanad is 10 km from Kanayannur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Thrikkakkaraneighborhood in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India1.2 km
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