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Payyanakkal

Payyanakkal is a small town in the south west area in Kozhikode Corporation, Kerala, India.

Payyanakkal
Payyanakkal · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Payyanakkal is a small town in the south west area in Kozhikode Corporation, Kerala, India.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Payyanakkal

10 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
    Roman Catholic Diocese of Calicut

    The Archdiocese of Calicut ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical province or metropolitan archdiocese in India. It depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

    3.6 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Shahre Mubarak Grand Masjid

    The Jamiul Futuh, officially known as the Jāmi'ul Futūh, and also known as The Indian Grand Masjid and the Shahre Mubarak Grand Mosque, is a Shafi‘i Sunni mosque, located in Markaz Knowledge City, in the Kozhikode district of the state of Kerala, in the south of India. It is the largest mosque in Kerala and can accommodate up to 25,000 worshippers.

    2.4 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Mananchira

    Mananchira is a man-made freshwater pond situated in the centre of the city of Kozhikode in Kerala, southern India. The pond is 3.49 acres in area, is rectangular in shape and is fed by a natural spring.

    3.6 km · lake in India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Mishkal Mosque

    The Mishkal Mosque, also spelled Mithqal Mosque is a Šāfiʿī mosque located in Calicut on Malabar Coast, in the state of Kerala, India. The mosque, one of the few surviving medieval mosques in Kerala, is regarded as an important cultural, historical and architectural monument of Kerala.

    2.8 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Muchundi Mosque

    The Muchundi Mosque, also known as the Muccunti Palli, and formerly known as the Muchiyan/Machinde/Muchandi Palli, is a Šāfiʿī mosque, located at Kuttichira, in the Kozhikode district in the state of Kerala, India. Kuttichira is the medieval Muslim quarter in the city of Calicut.

    2.4 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Kozhikode Beach

    Kozhikode Beach is a beach on the western side of Kozhikode, situated on the Malabar Coast of India. The beach is accessible through four road overbridges in the city.

    4.3 km · beach on the western side of Kozhikode, situated on the Malabar Coast of India. · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Thali Mahadeva temple, Kozhikode

    Tali Shiva Temple or Tali Mahakshetram is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, situated in the heart of the Kozhikode city, Kerala. The temple was built in the 14th century by Zamorin of Calicut.

    2.8 km · 12th century Shiva temple complex · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    EMS Stadium

    The EMS Stadium, located in Kozhikode, Kerala, India, is a multi-purpose stadium primarily used for football matches. The stadium is home to the I-League club Gokulam Kerala.

    3.7 km · multi-purpose stadium in Kozhikode · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Malabar Christian College

    The Malabar Christian College, established in 1909, is one of the oldest institutions located in Kozhikode, Kerala, India.

    4.7 km · college · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Kozhikkode lighthouse

    Kozhikkode Lighthouse is a defunct light in the Kozhikkode District of Kerala. It was constructed in 1907.

    4.4 km · lighthouse in India · Wikipedia

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Getting to Payyanakkal

Airports
Calicut (CCJ), 21 km · Kannur (CNN), 81 km · Cochin (COK), 137 km
Stations
Kozhikode Railway Station, 2.7 km · Vellayil railway station, 4.8 km
  • Kannur → Payyanakkal
    85 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · ₹630–790
  • Kochi → Payyanakkal
    152 km · quickest by road, 3h 57m · ₹1,120–1,400
  • Coimbatore → Payyanakkal
    131 km · quickest by road, 3h 45m · ₹1,150–1,440
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Payyanakkal

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inYou can take an auto rickshaw, taxi or local bus to the and then take a local bus from there to the city centre.
  • Get aroundYou have to walk the 2-km distance or take an auto-rickshaw.
  • Go nextMeppadi hills, tea estates, trekking possibilities and fine resorts.

From Wikivoyage: Kozhikode, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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

    7 ways of moving, 26 sources

    125 km
  2. 02
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    189 km
  3. 03
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    198 km
  4. 04
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    202 km
  5. 05
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    243 km

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

Around it

Next door to Payyanakkal

Payyanakkal is 3 km from Kozhikode, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.