Pozhikara
Pozhikkara or Pozhikara is the Western border town of the Paravur municipality in the Kollam district of Kerala state in India.

Pozhikkara or Pozhikara is the Western border town of the Paravur municipality in the Kollam district of Kerala state in India. It is located at the South-Western tip of Kollam's coastal area. It is in the Arabian Sea coast. Pozhikara is a heritage site in Kerala. Visitors, including foreign visitors come to Paravur and Pozhikara to see the estuary, backwaters and beaches. As per the 2018 study report by Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute(CMRFRI) of India, Pozhikkara beach is one of the 16 best-kept beaches in India, topper from the state of Kerala.
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Worth seeing in and around Pozhikara
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.
1.7 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.
1.4 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.
1.9 km · one of the important beach in Kerala · Wikipedia
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Getting to Pozhikara
- Airports
- Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 47 km · Cochin (COK), 152 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 250 km
- Stations
- Paravur railway station, 1.8 km · Mayyanad railway station, 3 km · Kappil Railway Station, 4.6 km
- Thiruvananthapuram → Pozhikara24 km · quickest by road, 46 min · ₹190–235
- Kochi → Pozhikara132 km · quickest by road, 3h 44m · ₹980–1,220
- Coimbatore → Pozhikara300 km · quickest by road, 8h 16m · ₹2,700–3,370
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No local-transport research exists yet for Pozhikara
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 Pozhikara. 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 Pozhikara
Pozhikara is 11 km from Kollam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kollam districtdistrict of Kerala, India5.9 km
- Mayyanadvillage in Kollam District, Kerala, India3.2 km
- Nedungolamhuman settlement in India4.2 km
- Kappil, ThiruvananthapuramNeighbourhood in Thiruvananthapuram district, Keralam4.3 km
- Thekkumbhagamneighborhood in India2.2 km
- Kottappuram, Paravurhuman settlement in India2 km