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Tiruvalla

Thiruvalla, also spelled Tiruvalla, is a municipality in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, India.

Tiruvalla
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The place

Thiruvalla, also spelled Tiruvalla, is a municipality in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, India. The town is spread over an area of 27.15 km2 (10.48 sq mi) and has a population of 52,883 people, down from 56,837 in 2001. It is also the headquarters of Thiruvalla revenue division. It lies on the northern banks of the Manimala River, in a land-locked region surrounded by irrigating canals and rivers. It is the largest town in the district, and is a major financial, educational, healthcare and commercial centre in central Travancore. It is also called the healthcare city & banking capital of Kerala. Thiruvalla taluk has a land area of 154 km2 (59 sq mi).

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Tiruvalla

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
    Vazhappally Maha Siva Temple

    Vazhappally Maha Siva Temple is a Hindu temple located in Vazhappally near Changanassery in Kottayam district in the Indian state of Kerala. The temple is administered by the Travancore Devaswom Board.

    9.5 km · shiva temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Kaviyoor Mahadeva Temple, Kerala

    Kaviyoor Mahadevar Temple is one of the important Siva temples in Kerala, located in Kaviyoor, Tiruvalla Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India. It is commonly called Thrikkaviyoor Mahadeva Temple.

    4 km · 10th century Hindu temple · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Sreevallabha Temple, Thiruvalla

    The Sreevallabha Temple is an orthodox Hindu temple dedicated to Sreevallabha, a form of Vishnu. It is located in Thiruvalla, Pathanamthitta district, Kerala state.

    1.9 km · pre-11th century Hindu temple in Kerala · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral

    St. Mary's Syro Malabar Metropolitan Cathedral, also known as Valiyapally, is the cathedral of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Changanassery and also a Marian pilgrimage centre in Kerala, India.

    7.8 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Parumala Valiya Panayannarkavu Devi Temple

    Parumala Valiya Panayannarkavu Devi Temple is an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Sri Badrakali and Lord Shiva, situated on the banks of the Pampa river at Parumala of Pathanamthitta District in Kerala state in India. The Panaynararkavu Temple is one of the three most important Bhadrakali temples in Kerala.

    7.3 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Puliyur Mahavishnu Temple

    The Thripuliyoor Mahavishnu Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu and located in Puliyoor, Alappuzha District, Kerala, South India. Constructed in the Kerala style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE. It is one of the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Mayapiran/Thripuliyoorappan.

    9.4 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Thrichittatt Maha Vishnu Temple

    The Thrichittatt Mahavishnu Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu, located in Chengannur, Alappuzha District, Kerala, South India. Constructed in the Kerala style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, by Nammalvar, one of the Sri Vaishnava saint-poets of the 8th century called the Alvars.

    7.3 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Thiruvatta Mahadeva Temple

    Thiruvatta Mahadeva Temple is an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva is situated on the banks of the Manimalayar in Thiruvalla of Pathanamthitta District in Kerala state in India. Reference to this temple is found in Vazhappally inscription relates to the rule of Kodungallur Chera king Rama Rajasekhara and temple at Vazhappally.

    1.7 km · Hindu temple in Kerala, India · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    St. John's Cathedral, Tiruvalla

    St. John's Syrian Malankara Catholic Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Archeparchy of Tiruvalla.

    900 m · building in India · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Thiruvanvandoor Mahavishnu Temple

    The Thiruvanvandoor Mahavishnu Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu and located in Thiruvanvandoor, Alappuzha District, Kerala, South India. Constructed in the Kerala style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE. It is one of the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Paambanaiappan.

    4.7 km · building in India · Wikipedia

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Getting to Tiruvalla

Airports
Cochin (COK), 87 km · Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 107 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 190 km
Stations
Changanasseri railway station, 7.7 km · Chengannur railway station, 8.2 km · Tiruvalla railway station, 900 m
  • Kochi → Tiruvalla
    71 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · ₹580–720
  • Thiruvananthapuram → Tiruvalla
    108 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · ₹810–1,010
  • Coimbatore → Tiruvalla
    186 km · quickest by road, 5h 4m · ₹1,710–2,140
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Tiruvalla

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inAuto rickshaws and taxis are available at the station.

From Wikivoyage: Kallooppara, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.

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

    6 ways of moving, 16 sources

    64 km
  2. 02
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    70 km
  3. 03
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    100 km
  4. 04
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    114 km
  5. 05
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    116 km

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

Around it

Next door to Tiruvalla

Tiruvalla is 56 km from Kollam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Changanasserytown in Kottayam district, Kerala7.6 km
  • Chengannurtown in India8.6 km
  • Mallapallytown in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India6.3 km
  • Kalloopparavillage in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India7.3 km
  • Kaviyoorvillage in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India2.7 km
  • Niranamvillage in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India7.6 km