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

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.
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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.
- 01Aquinas 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 - 02Tirunettur 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 - 03Kerala 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
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Getting to Kumbalam
- Airports
- Cochin (COK), 30 km · Calicut (CCJ), 143 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 149 km
- Calicut → Kumbalam160 km · quickest by road, 4h 4m · ₹1,160–1,450
- Coimbatore → Kumbalam142 km · quickest by road, 3h 35m · ₹1,230–1,540
- Thiruvananthapuram → Kumbalam173 km · quickest by road, 4h 9m · ₹1,290–1,620
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
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.
- 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.
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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