Kappil, Thiruvananthapuram

Kappil
place
Kappil Location in Kerala, India Show map of Kerala Kappil Kappil (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 8°46′49″N76°40′35″E / 8.78028°N 76.67639°E / 8.78028; 76.67639
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Thiruvananthapuram
Government
• Body	Edava Panchayat
Area
• Total	3 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	695311 [1]
Telephone code	0471
Vehicle registration	KL 81 [2]
Nearest city	Kollam
Niyamasabha constituency	Varkala
Website	https://trivandrum.nic.in/en/

Kappil is a seashore tourist spot located in thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, India. Paravoor railway station is the major railway station near Kappil. ^[3]

Transportation

Road

Kappil lies on the Varkala - Paravur - Kollam Road.

Rail

• Varkala Railway Station, which is 7 km (4.3 mi) from Kappil, is well connected to major cities such as Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Delhi and Chennai.
• Kappil railway station
• Edava railway station

Air

Thiruvananthapuram International Airport is 46 km away.

Tourism

Kappil beach

Kappil beach sunset

Scenic backwaters, beach and facilities for watersport are available.

Kappil is also famous for the Kappil Bhagavathy Temple and is a tourist spot during the festival season.

Nearby places

• Varkala Beach
• Odayam Beach
• Manthra Beach
• Sivagiri Mutt
• Varkala Black Beach
• Janardhanaswami Temple
• Kappil Devi Temple

Gallery

• 
  Kappil boatclub
• 
  View of the beach
• 
  An evening view from Kappil Bridge
• 
  Edava-Nadayara Lake and Kappil Railway Bridge
• 
  A rainy day
• 
  Thekkumbhagam boat race
• 
  Kappil beach

References

1. "Pin Code of Kappil in Kollam, Kerala". mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
2. https://mvd.kerala.gov.in/en/node/825.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. "Kappil beach and backwaters". keralatourism.org. Kerala Tourism Department. Retrieved 24 October 2018.

External links

• Media related to Kappil, Thiruvananthapuram at Wikimedia Commons