Aroor
Aroor is a fishing village on the northernmost part of the Alappuzha district, within Cherthala taluk of Kerala, India. It lies on either sides of National Highway 66 and serves as a gateway between Kochi and Alappuzha.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Aroor Church and St. Laurence’s Church.
St. Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Mary’s Church is situated 3 km south of Aroor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kumbalangi and Kumbalam.
Kumbalangi
Village
Photo: Aruna, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kumbalangi is an island village in the outskirts of Kochi city in the state of Kerala, India. Situated amidst backwaters, around 12 km from the city center, Kumbalangi is a major tourist attraction and is famous for its Chinese fishing nets.
Kumbalam
Village
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Kumbalam is a region of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India, that includes Vembanad Lake. It is situated around 9 km from Vytilla Junction.
Arookutty
Village
Arookutty is a census town in Alappuzha district in the state of Kerala, India. Arookutty is situated 2½ km southeast of Aroor.
Aroor
- Type: Suburb with 39,200 residents
- Description: Town in Alappuzha, Kerala, India
- Categories: census town of India and locality
- Location: Cherthala, Alleppey District, Kerala, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.87831° or 9° 52′ 42″ northLongitude
76.30388° or 76° 18′ 14″ eastPopulation
39,200Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)United Nations Location Code
IN ARROpen location code
6JXRV8H3+8HOpenStreetMap ID
node 7682350404OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Aroor” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “আরূর”
- Bishnupriya: “আরূর”
- Bulgarian: “Арор”
- Cebuano: “Aroor”
- Chinese: “Aroor”
- Chinese: “阿罗奥尔”
- Chinese: “阿羅奧爾”
- Dutch: “Aroor”
- French: “Aroor”
- Hindi: “अरूर”
- Italian: “Aroor”
- Ladin: “Aroor”
- Malagasy: “Aroor”
- Malay: “Aroor”
- Malayalam: “അരൂര്”
- Marathi: “अरूर”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Aroor”
- Newari: “अरूर”
- Panjabi: “ਅਰੂਰ”
- Persian: “ارور (الاپوژا)”
- Persian: “ارور”
- Portuguese: “Aroor”
- Spanish: “Aroor”
- Swedish: “Aroor”
- Tamil: “அரூர்”
- Vietnamese: “Aroor”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lakshmi Hospital, Alappuzha and Our Lady of Mercy Hospital.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Aroor”. Photo: Mydreamsparrow, CC BY-SA 3.0.