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Venpakal

Venpakal is a village in Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India.

The place

Venpakal is a village in Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Venpakal

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
    Roman Catholic Diocese of Neyyattinkara

    The Diocese of Neyyattinkara ) is a diocese located in the town of Neyyattinkara in the ecclesiastical province of Trivandrum in India.

    2.6 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Amaravila Rameswaram Sri Mahadeva Temple

    Amaravila Rameswaram Sri Mahadeva Temple, an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva is situated on the banks of the Neyyar at Amaravila of Neyyattinkara in Thiruvananthapuram District in Kerala state in India. The presiding deity of the temple is Lord Rameswara facing west.

    3.4 km · ancient Hindu temple · 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 Venpakal

Airports
Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 19 km · Cochin (COK), 210 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 294 km
Stations
Neyyattinkara railway station, 3.4 km
  • Kochi → Venpakal
    195 km · quickest by road, 4h 52m · ₹1,510–1,890
  • Coimbatore → Venpakal
    292 km · quickest by air, 6h 23m · ₹4,990–7,620
  • Tiruchirappalli → Venpakal
    324 km · quickest by road, 7h 32m · ₹2,700–3,380
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Venpakal

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inFrom the station, hire a taxi or auto-rickshaw to Poovar (approximately ₹300–400 by auto, ₹500–600 by taxi).
  • Get inTaxis and auto-rickshaws are the most convenient option for the final stretch.
  • Get aroundAuto-rickshaws are available for moving between the jetty, resorts, and the village proper.
  • Get aroundRates for a standard one-hour backwater and beach cruise start at approximately ₹600–1,000 per person for shared boats; private charters cost more.

From Wikivoyage: Poovar, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-06.

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

    6 ways of moving, 16 sources

    118 km
  2. 02
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    129 km
  3. 03
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    186 km
  4. 04
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    201 km
  5. 05
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    204 km

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

Around it

Next door to Venpakal

Venpakal is 17 km from Thiruvananthapuram, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.