Mayyanād
Mayyanad is a village in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India.

Mayyanad is a village in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India. Mayyanad is notable for contributing significantly to the workforce of the Government of Kerala.
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Worth seeing in and around Mayyanād
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.
- 01Paravur Kayal
Paravur Kayal is a lake in Paravur, a municipality in the Kollam district of Kerala, India. Although it is small with an area of only 6.62 km2, it is the end point of the Ithikkara River and part of the system of lakes and canals that make up the Kerala backwaters.
3.3 km · lake in India · Wikipedia - 02Puttingal 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.
3.5 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 03Thanni Beach
Thanni Beach is a beach situated approximately 10 kilometers from Kollam City in Kerala, India. Situated beside the Kollam Coastal Road, the beach is also accessible from both Kollam Beach and Mayyanad via the Thanni Bridge, making it popular among locals and tourists alike.
1.8 km · one of the important beach in Kerala · Wikipedia
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Getting to Mayyanād
- Airports
- Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 50 km · Cochin (COK), 148 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 247 km
- Stations
- Paravur railway station, 3.5 km · Mayyanad railway station, 200 m
- Thiruvananthapuram → Mayyanād51 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · ₹405–500
- Kochi → Mayyanād130 km · quickest by road, 3h 38m · ₹960–1,190
- Coimbatore → Mayyanād244 km · quickest by road, 6h 31m · ₹2,130–2,660
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No local-transport research exists yet for Mayyanād
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 Mayyanād. 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 Mayyanād
Mayyanād is 8 km from Kollam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Mevaramneighborhood in Kollam3.3 km
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