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Thaikkad

Thaikkad is a census town in Thrissur district in the Indian state of Kerala.

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The place

Thaikkad is a census town in Thrissur district in the Indian state of Kerala.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Thaikkad

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
    Guruvayur

    Guruvayur IPA: [guɾuʋɐːjuːr]) is a municipal temple town in Thrissur district, of Kerala State in India. It is a suburban town of Thrissur city, located 26 kilometres from Thrissur towards the north-west.

    2.4 km · it is a famous temple,town in kerala · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Guruvayur Temple

    The Guruvayur Temple, also called the Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple, is situated in the town of Guruvayur, Thrissur district, Kerala, India. Located approximately 26 kilometers northwest of Thrissur city, the temple is dedicated to the deity Guruvayurappan, a form of Krishna-Vishnu.

    2.2 km · historic Krishna temple and pilgrimage site in Guruvayur, Kerala · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Mammiyoor Temple

    Mammiyur Mahadeva Temple is a popular Shiva temple situated in Guruvayoor, Thrissur district of Kerala, India. Every devotee who goes to Guruvayur Temple is supposed to go to Mammiyoor also, as the ritual goes.

    2.4 km · a Siva temple in Kerala · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Palayur

    Palayur Mar Thoma Major Archiepiscopal Church, is located at Palayur, in Thrissur district in Kerala on the west coast of India. According to Saint Thomas Christian tradition, the Syrian church is believed to be established in 52 AD by St Thomas, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ.

    3.5 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Chowalloor Siva Temple

    Chowalloor Siva Temple is an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva at Guruvayoor of Thrissur District in Kerala state in India. The presiding deity of the temple is Shiva, located in main sanctum sanatorium, facing West.

    1.7 km · temple in India · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Perakam Mahadeva Temple

    Perakam Mahadeva Temple is an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva situated at Perakam village of Thrissur District in Kerala state in India. According to folklore, sage Parashurama has installed the idol of Lord Shiva in Perakam village.

    3.7 km · Hindu temple in Perakam, India · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Ariyannur Umbrellas

    Ariyannur Umbrellas is a prehistoric Megalith burial site situated in Ariyannur in Kandanassery Panchayat of Thrissur District of Kerala. Archaeological Survey of India in 1951 declared it as a centrally protected monument.

    3 km · Megalithic burial site in Ariyannur · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Arthat St. Mary's Cathedral

    Arthat St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, also called Kunnamkulam-Chattukulangara Church, is an ancient Oriental Orthodox church located in Arthat village of Thalapilly taluk, one mile south of Kunnamkulam town, in Thrissur district, Kerala, India.

    3.2 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Sree Perunthatta Siva Temple

    Sree Perunthatta Siva Temple is an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva situated in Guruvayur of Thrissur District in Kerala state in India. According to folklore, sage Parashurama has installed the idol of Lord Shiva in the Treta Yuga.

    2.6 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Palayoor Mahadeva Temple

    Palayur Mahadeva Temple was a legendary temple located in Palayoor near Chavakkad in the Thrissur district in ancient Kerala. This Shiva temple was later converted into a Christian church with the arrival of St.

    2.4 km · shiva temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia

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Getting to Thaikkad

Airports
Calicut (CCJ), 61 km · Cochin (COK), 62 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 118 km
Stations
Guruvayur Railway Station, 1.4 km
  • Calicut → Thaikkad
    58 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · ₹520–650
  • Kochi → Thaikkad
    76 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · ₹560–700
  • Coimbatore → Thaikkad
    109 km · quickest by road, 3h 10m · ₹880–1,110
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Thaikkad

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inA large helipad at Guruvayur, enables helicopter transportation from Cochin and Kozhikode airport.
  • Get aroundTaxis and autorickshaws are available at nominal rates.

From Wikivoyage: Guruvayoor, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.

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

    7 ways of moving, 26 sources

    69 km
  2. 02
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    130 km
  3. 03
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    138 km
  4. 04
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    139 km
  5. 05
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    172 km

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

Around it

Next door to Thaikkad

Thaikkad is 20 km from Thrissur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Venmanadhuman settlement in Thrissur district, Kerala, India5.6 km
  • Paluvaivillage in Thrissur District, Kerala, India5 km
  • Pavarattyhuman settlement in Thrissur district, Kerala, India4 km
  • Iringapromhuman settlement900 m
  • Brahmakulamhuman settlement2.6 km
  • Perakamhuman settlement in Thrissur district, Kerala, India5.6 km