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 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.
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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.
- 01Veeranpuzha
Veeranpuzha is a lake in Kochi, Kerala, India. It is the northern extension of Vembanad Lake.
3.1 km · lake in India · Wikipedia - 02St. 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 - 03Chittoor 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
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Getting to Pizhala
- Airports
- Cochin (COK), 19 km · Calicut (CCJ), 125 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 139 km
- Calicut → Pizhala143 km · quickest by road, 3h 47m · ₹1,050–1,320
- Coimbatore → Pizhala131 km · quickest by road, 3h 22m · ₹1,140–1,430
- Thiruvananthapuram → Pizhala189 km · quickest by road, 4h 42m · ₹1,430–1,790
- 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 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.
- 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.
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Next door to Pizhala
Pizhala is 9 km from Kanayannur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Kadamakkudi Islandssuburb in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India2.3 km
- Nedungadhuman settlement in India3.9 km
- Moolampillyhuman settlement in India1.2 km
- Njarackal Grama PanchayatGram Panchayat in Ernakulam district of Kerala, India3.7 km
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