Payyoli

Payyoli
Municipality
Payyoli village
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Coordinates: 11°32′0″N75°40′0″E / 11.53333°N 75.66667°E / 11.53333; 75.66667
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kozhikode
Government
• Type	Municipal Council
Area
• Total	22.34 km2 (8.63 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [1]
• Total	49,470
• Density	2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	673522
Telephone code	0496
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL
Vehicle registration	KL-56
Nearest city	Kozhikode
Lok Sabha constituency	Vatakara

Payyoli is a municipality town on the Malabar Coast of Kozhikode district in the South Indian state of Kerala. Payyoli is famous for being the hometown of athlete PT Usha, who is nicknamed as the Payyoli Express. It is a town in Quilandy Taluk, Kozhikode District.

Transportation

• Nearest airport: Calicut International Airport and Kannur International Airport
• Nearest railway station: Payyoli
• Nearest bus stand: Payyoli
• Nearest police station: Payyoli
• Nearest Govt. School: GVHSS Payyoli
• Nearest Fire Station:Vadakara

Payyoli is situated beside the National Highway 66 (NH66), between Koyilandy and Vatakara.

Attractions

• Kunhali Marakkar museum, at Iringal, about 6.7 kilometres (4.2 mi) away from Payyoli
• Hochimin City Thurasserikkadav
• Thikkodi drive in beach
• Thuraserikkadavu (island/thuruth)
• Velliyam kallu (a rock in sea)
• Iringal craft village (iringal)
• Shikkara boat service purakkad (Akalapuzha river)
• Kadalur light house (nandhi)
• Kovvapuram chira (fishing spot)
• Perumal puram Siva temple
• Akalappuzha backwater view point
• Afrah Juma Masjid
• Kizhur Shiva kshethram ^[2]
• Ayanikkad Juma Masjid
• Kottakkal Juma Masjid
• Kolavi palam beach & Turtle Cage
• Charichal Palli Makham (Payyoli Angadi)
• Payyoli Sreekurumba Bhagavati Temple
• Muthasshikkavu temple (Thurasserikkadavu)
• Micro wave view point – 8 km (5.0 mi) from payyoli (iringath)
• Mini Goa - Beach near Kolavipalam beach
• Parapalli beach

Temples

• Kizhur Maha Shiva kshethram
• Sree Iringal Kottayil Temple
• Sreekurumba Bhagavati Temple
• Payyoli Sree Mahavishnu Temple
• Sree Kurumba Temple
• Muthassikkavu temple ( Thurasserikkadavu)
• Vadakke puthukkot paradevatha temple (Thurasserikkadavu)
• Kunnath temple (kizhur junction )
• Parambil temple (Thachankunn)
• Palliyarkkal temple ( Thachankunn )
• Perumalpuram Shiva temple
• Kizhur ganapathi temple
• Kommath temple ( kizhur )
• Nademmal Badrakali Temple
• Thevar Matam Sandhana Gopala Swami Vishnu Temple
• Valappil Temple

Notable residents

• Olympian P. T. Usha, Indian runner known as "Payyoli express" ^[3]

Transportation

Payyoli connects to other parts of India through NH 66. The nearest airports are at Kannur and Kozhikode. The nearest railway station is at Payyoli. The northern stretch of National Highway 66 connects connects to Mangalore, Goa and Mumbai and the southern stretch to Cochin and Trivandrum.

See also

• Nadapuram
• Thottilpalam
• Perambra
• Madappally
• Villiappally
• Memunda
• Iringal
• Mahe, Pondicherry
• Thikkodi
• Orkkatteri

External links

1. "Kudumbashree | City Profile in PMAY - Payyoli".
2. "Under Construction". Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
3. Iype, George. "rediff.com Olympics Special: P T Usha, India's golden girl". rediff.com. Retrieved 1 March 2011.