Malabar
Kannur District
Payyannur

Kavvayi Backwaters

Kavvayi Backwaters, located near , is the third largest backwater in and the largest one in north Kerala. The Kavvayi Kayal is dotted with several of various size. Valiyaparamba is the largest among them at over 16 square kilometres.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: island in India
  • Also known as: “Kavvayi” and “Kavvāyi”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Payyanur railway station.

Railway station
is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Palakkad railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway station serving the town of in the of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Payyanur and Ramanthali.

, is a municipal town and a taluk, a sub-district administrative unit, in the of , India. is the first municipality in Kerala to establish libraries in all its wards.

Village
is a village in in the state of . It contains the gateway for the in Ezhiamala. is situated 3½ km south of Kavvayi Backwaters.

Town
is a small town located in south part of Kasaragod District in the state of , India. Its southernmost end Olavara touches Payyannur, District. is situated 6 km north of Kavvayi Backwaters.

Kavvayi Backwaters

Latitude
12.09216° or 12° 5′ 32″ north
Longitude
75.18211° or 75° 10′ 56″ east
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
7J4Q35RJ+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 634468081
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
10878447
Wiki­data ID
Q6379378
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Tamil—“Kavvayi Backwaters” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Kavvayi”
  • Malayalam: “കവ്വായി കായൽ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਵਾਯੀ ਬੈਕਵਾਟਰਸ”
  • Spanish: “Kavvayi”
  • Tamil: “கவ்வாயி உப்பங்கழி”
  • Tamil: “கவ்வாயி”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Elambachi and Olavara.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sree Olavara Mundyakkavu Temple and Urban pond NO: 54.

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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 “Kavvayi Backwaters”. Photo: Sherjeena, CC BY-SA 3.0.