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Pizhala

Pizhala is an island village, one among the fourteen islands of Kadamakkudy archipelago, located near to the main land of the city Ernakulam.

Pizhala
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The place

Pizhala is an island village, one among the fourteen islands of Kadamakkudy archipelago, located near to the main land of the city Ernakulam. The island is surrounded by tributaries of river Periyar. Pizhala island is part of Kadamakkudy village of Kanayannur taluk in Ernakulam district in the state of Kerala, India.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Pizhala

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
    Veeranpuzha

    Veeranpuzha is a lake in Kochi, Kerala, India. It is the northern extension of Vembanad Lake.

    3.1 km · lake in India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St. Francis Xavier's Church, Pizhala

    St. Francis Xavier's Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Pizhala, Kerala, in the Archdiocese of Verapoly.

    500 m · building in India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Chittoor Sree Krishnaswamy Temple

    Chittoor Sree Krishnaswamy Temple, located at South Chittoor in the city of Kochi, Kerala, India, is a temple dedicated to Lord Krishna. It is a major temple under the Cochin Devaswom Board.

    2.4 km · temple in 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 Pizhala

Airports
Cochin (COK), 19 km · Calicut (CCJ), 125 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 139 km
  • Calicut → Pizhala
    143 km · quickest by road, 3h 47m · ₹1,050–1,320
  • Coimbatore → Pizhala
    131 km · quickest by road, 3h 22m · ₹1,140–1,430
  • Thiruvananthapuram → Pizhala
    189 km · quickest by road, 4h 42m · ₹1,430–1,790
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Pizhala

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inAs the financial capital of Kerala, Kochi is well-connected by air, road, rail and ferry from others parts of India, and to some other international destinations.
  • Get inCATS also operates limo services as well as customised packages available for full/half day trips.
  • Get inBy helicopter: Pawan Hans, in the departure gate of the domestic terminal, operates a wide range of helicopter services to almost all parts of city as well as state, which requires a prior booking.
  • Get inCochin Airport has its own helicopter services with support of Bharat Airways.
  • Get inScheduled and chartered helicopter services to pilgrimage centres like Sabarimala, Guruvayoor and major cities like Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode are available.

From Wikivoyage: Kochi, 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

    71 km
  2. 02
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    102 km
  3. 03
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    103 km
  4. 04
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    110 km
  5. 05
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    118 km

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

Around it

Next door to Pizhala

Pizhala is 9 km from Kanayannur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.