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Neighbourhood in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Vellakinar

Vellakinar is a neighbourhood in Coimbatore in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

The place

Vellakinar is a neighbourhood in Coimbatore in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located in the western part of the state, it is part of the Coimbatore North taluk of Coimbatore district. It was a panchayat town till 2011, when it was integrated into the Coimbatore Corporation. Spread across an area of 9.2 km2 (3.6 sq mi), it had a population of 15,998 individuals as per the 2011 census.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Vellakinar

2 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
    Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College

    Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College is an autonomous Engineering college in India founded by Sevaratna R. Venkatesalu. It is affiliated with the Anna University in Chennai, and approved by the All India Council for Technical Education of New Delhi.

    2.1 km · college situated in Vattamalaipalayam, Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Virundeeswarar Temple

    Thiruthudisaimpathy Virundeeswarar Temple is located in Vadamadurai near Thudiyalur on Mettupalayam road in the State of Tamil Nadu. Earlier it was called Thiruthudisaimpathy, and later Thudiyalur.

    3.2 km · Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, 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 Vellakinar

Airports
Coimbatore (CJB), 11 km · Calicut (CCJ), 110 km · Cochin (COK), 120 km
Stations
Thudiyalur railway station, 1.4 km
  • Calicut → Vellakinar
    130 km · quickest by road, 3h 40m · ₹1,140–1,430
  • Kochi → Vellakinar
    50 km · quickest by road, 1h 16m · ₹350–440
  • Kannur → Vellakinar
    285 km · quickest by road, 6h 50m · ₹2,150–2,690
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Vellakinar

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextCoimbatore is surrounded by hill ranges and hence several picnic spots for day trips exist.

From Wikivoyage: Coimbatore, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.

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

    99 km
  3. 03
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    105 km
  4. 04
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    118 km
  5. 05
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    174 km

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

Around it

Next door to Vellakinar

Vellakinar is 9 km from Coimbatore, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.