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Cherukunnu
Census Town in Kerala, India

Cherukunnu

Cherukunnu is a census town in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala.

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It is located on the Pappinisseri-Pilathara KSTP road, about 16 km (9.9 mi) northwest of the district headquarters Kannur and 6.5 km (4.0 mi) southeast of Pazhayangadi.

Get in

Getting to Cherukunnu

There are major railway stations at Kannapuram, Kannur, Payyanur and Pazhayangadi. Buses are available from Payyanur, Taliparamba, Kannur and Payyannur. The nearest airports are at Mangalore and Kozhikode.

See

Worth seeing

1,000 coconut island (Ayiram Thengu Dweep) (Mungam). Ancient Catholic Church, Thavam (7 km).

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    Ancient St

    Martin de Pores Hospital (Mission Hospital), Cherukunnu (3 km).

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    Oliyankara Juma Masjid

    Mattool road (6 km).

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    Anna Poorneshwari Temple
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    Puthiya Bhagavathy Temple

    Chunda.

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    Vettakkoru Makan Temple

    Chunda.

Do

Things to do

Birdwatching @ Madayi Rocks, Madayippara (Near Payangadi). Enjoy the river views (from Padiyil, Kavinisseri and Kunnanangadu hills.). Mattoo Estuary, Mattool South (5 km). Spectacular silent beaches. You must devout a lot of time as the area is quite big. Make sure you look at maps.google.com to familiarize this place before going. Once the map is with you, the place is little more than spectacular.

Eat

Where to eat

Jayanthi Hotel, Mattool Road.

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    Kairaly Hotel

    Narayanans Hotel, Annapoorna Temple Road.

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    Super Restaurant

    Kannapuram Bridge.

How locals move

Getting around Cherukunnu the local way

  • Get aroundAutorickshaws are very cheap at ₹15 per km.

From Wikivoyage: Kannapuram, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Adil Abid (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.