Neighbourhood in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India

Puthalam

Puththalam is a Panchayat town in the Agastheeswaram taluk, Kanniyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Every way there

Thiruvananthapuram → Puthalam
71 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · ₹520–650
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Kochi → Puthalam
243 km · quickest by road, 5h 57m · ₹1,920–2,410
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Tiruchirappalli → Puthalam
330 km · quickest by road, 6h 39m · ₹2,440–3,050
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Puthalam, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Puthalam has

YScheduled flightsThiruvananthapuram (TRV), 73 km
NTrains and coachesno timetable feed known for this country
YFerriesVivekananda Rock Ferry, 10 km; sailings estimated
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Nāgercoil, 9 km.

8.109°, 77.467°

How locals move

Getting around Puthalam the local way

Get aroundThere are public transport buses, auto rickshaws and taxis available in plenty.

From Wikivoyage: Swamithoppe, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-06.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Tonynirappathu (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.