Town in Tamil Nadu, India
Colachel
Colachel is a Town in the far south of India, located in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu.
It is a natural harbor on the Malabar Coast, located 20 km northwest of Kanyakumari, the southernmost tip of India. As of 2011, the municipality had a population of 23,227 and a metropolitan population of 47,007.
How locals move
Getting around Colachel the local way
- Get in{{go | name | url | address 8.410410 | long from Kovalam | phone | hours | wikipedia Neyyattinkarastation1.jpg | wikidata=Q15262230 | lastedit=2026-05-16 | content By bus By taxi By auto-rickshaw=== In an auto-rickshaw ₹150-170 (per head) is a fair price.
- Get inAdvice being if they are trying to rip you off go to leave for another rickshaw and they will often back down and offer you a fair price; if not, get in a different rickshaw.
- Get aroundThe rate should be around ₹15 per kilometre on auto rickshaw but some drivers may try to overcharge up to ₹100 for 1 km.
From Wikivoyage: Kovalam, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-05.
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