Kappil, Thiruvananthapuram
Kappil is a seashore tourist spot located in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, India.

Kappil is a seashore tourist spot located in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, India. Varkala Sivagiri railway station is the major railway station near Kappil.
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Worth seeing in and around Kappil, Thiruvananthapuram
2 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.
- 01Puttingal Temple
Puttingal Temple is a Hindu temple in the coastal town of Paravur, India. The temple was founded after the presence of the goddess was experienced on an ant hill with Puttu being the Malayalam word for ant hill.
3.8 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 02Palakkavu Bhagavathi temple
The Edava Palakkavu Bhagavathi temple is one of the ancient temples in south India. It is situated at Edava in Thiruvananthapuram District, India.
2.2 km · Ancient Temple in South India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kappil, Thiruvananthapuram
- Airports
- Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 43 km · Cochin (COK), 155 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 253 km
- Stations
- Edavai railway station, 3 km · Kappil Railway Station, 300 m
- Thiruvananthapuram → Kappil, Thiruvananthapuram44 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · ₹325–405
- Kochi → Kappil, Thiruvananthapuram137 km · quickest by road, 3h 20m · ₹1,010–1,260
- Coimbatore → Kappil, Thiruvananthapuram249 km · quickest by road, 6h 43m · ₹2,180–2,730
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kappil, Thiruvananthapuram
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 Kappil, Thiruvananthapuram. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom Varkala Railway Station, Taxis and Auto Rickshaws can be hired.
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Next door to Kappil, Thiruvananthapuram
Kappil, Thiruvananthapuram is 15 km from Kollam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Paravurtown in Kollam district, Kerala, India2.5 km
- Edava Grama PanchayatGram Panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, India2.1 km
- Thekkumbhagamneighborhood in India2.2 km
- Kottappuram, Paravurhuman settlement in India2.9 km