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Kumbalam

Kumbalam is a region of Kochi city, in the state of Kerala, India, that includes Vembanad Lake.

Kumbalam
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The place

Kumbalam is a region of Kochi city, in the state of Kerala, India, that includes Vembanad Lake. It is situated around 9 km (5.6 mi) from Vytilla Junction.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kumbalam

3 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.

  1. 01
    Aquinas College, Edacochin

    Mahatma Gandhi University is a system of universities throughout the Indian state of Kerala. A number of institutes of higher learning can be found within this university system, including those focused on both Engineering and the humanities.

    2.7 km · Arts and Science College · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Tirunettur Mahadeva Temple

    Tirunettur Mahadeva Temple is located at Vyttila village in Ernakulam district. The temple has two main deities, Sri Parameswara and Maha Vishnu.

    3.2 km · Hindu temple in India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies

    The Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies is a university established by the Government of Kerala devoted to studies in fisheries and ocean sciences. The bill seeking to establish the university was passed by the Kerala Legislative Assembly on 30 December 2010.

    1.4 km · state public university in Ernakulam, Kerala, India · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Kumbalam

Airports
Cochin (COK), 30 km · Calicut (CCJ), 143 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 149 km
  • Calicut → Kumbalam
    160 km · quickest by road, 4h 4m · ₹1,160–1,450
  • Coimbatore → Kumbalam
    142 km · quickest by road, 3h 35m · ₹1,230–1,540
  • Thiruvananthapuram → Kumbalam
    173 km · quickest by road, 4h 9m · ₹1,290–1,620
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kumbalam

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundApart from tourist houseboats, regular ferries operated by Kerala State Inland Navigation Company (KSINC) and traditional country-side canoes also operate in the region.

From Wikivoyage: Kerala Backwaters, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.

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

    7 ways of moving, 26 sources

    81 km
  2. 02
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    98 km
  3. 03
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    102 km
  4. 04
    GaviIN

    6 ways of moving, 16 sources

    106 km
  5. 05
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    106 km

If you know how people move in Kumbalam – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Kumbalam

Kumbalam is 7 km from Kochi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • AroorNeighbourhood in Alappuzha district, Keralam, India2.5 km
  • Arookutty Grama PanchayatGram Panchayat in Alappuzha district of Kerala, India3.7 km
  • Kumbalangivillage in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India3.7 km
  • Puliyanamvillage in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India3.4 km
  • Thevaraneighborhood in Kochi, Kerala, India3.9 km
  • Netturvillage in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India3 km