Panayal
Panayal is a village in Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India.

Panayal is a village in Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India. It is situated approximately 6 km inland from the coastal town of Bekal. Panayal is 18.3 km by road from Kasaragod and around 14.9 km from Kanhangad. Sri Mahalingeshwara Aided Upper Primary School and the Sri Mahalingeshwara Shiva temple are located here. Panayal is known for the Theyyam art form performed in the many family shrines in the area. Panayal is the birthplace of the writer P. V. K. Panayal.
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Getting to Panayal
- Airports
- Mangaluru (IXE), 61 km · Kannur (CNN), 78 km · Calicut (CCJ), 174 km
- Mangaluru → Panayal59 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · ₹450–560
- Kannur → Panayal70 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · ₹510–640
- Calicut → Panayal152 km · quickest by road, 3h 49m · ₹1,110–1,390
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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 Panayal
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 Panayal. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundAutorickshaws are the only available local transport.
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Next door to Panayal
Panayal is 58 km from Mangaluru, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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