Central Kerala
Thrissur District
Chavakkad

Chavakkad

Chavakkad is a municipality in Thrissur District of Kerala state in India. Chavakkad is noted for its beach and fishing. It lies on National Highway 17 is about 75 km north of the city of , the commercial capital of Kerala and 25 km west of , the cultural capital of .
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  • Type: Town with 38,000 residents
  • Description: town
  • Also known as: “Chaughat”, “Chetwagi”, “Chetwayi”, “Chitwye”, and “Chowghat”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple and Chavakkad Beach.

Hindu temple
Photo: Ms Sarah Welch, CC0.
Guruvayur Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Guruvayurappan, a form of Vishnu, located in the town of in , India. Administrated by the Guruvayur Devaswom Board, it is one of the most important places of worship for Hindus across the world and is often referred to as Bhuloka Vaikunta, the Holy Abode of Vishnu on Earth.

Beach
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is a beach in Chavakkad Municipality of Thrissur District in the Indian state of Kerala. It lies on the Arabian Sea coast and attracts tourists.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Guruvayoor and Orumanayur.

Photo: ARUNKUMAR P.R, Public domain.
is one of the most sacred and important pilgrim towns in . This temple-town is extremely famous for its large Sree Krishna Temple, believed to be one of the 108 most divine Vishnu temples of world.

Village
is a village in in the state of , India.

Chavakkad

Latitude
10.581° or 10° 34′ 52″ north
Longitude
76.0233° or 76° 1′ 24″ east
Population
38,000
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
7J2RH2JF+C8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2934096610
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1274468
Wiki­data ID
Q888436
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Chavakkad” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “চাওঘাট”
  • Bengali: “চাৱক্কদ”
  • Bishnupriya: “চাৱক্কদ”
  • Cebuano: “Chāvakkād”
  • Chinese: “恰瓦克卡德”
  • Dutch: “Chavakkad”
  • French: “Chavakkad”
  • German: “Chavakkad”
  • Gujarati: “ચાવાક્કડ”
  • Hindi: “चावक्काड”
  • Irish: “Chavakkad”
  • Italian: “Chavakkad”
  • Japanese: “チャヴァッカッド”
  • Kannada: “ಚವಕ್ಕಾಡ್”
  • Kashmiri: “چاواکڑ”
  • Korean: “차바카드”
  • Malay: “Chavakkad”
  • Malayalam: “Chavakkad”
  • Malayalam: “ചാവക്കാട്”
  • Marathi: “चावक्कड”
  • Newari: “चभक्कड”
  • Newari: “चावक्काट्”
  • Portuguese: “Chavakkad”
  • Russian: “Чаваккад”
  • Spanish: “Chavakkad”
  • Swedish: “Chāvakkād”
  • Tamil: “சவக்காடு”
  • Tamil: “சாவக்காடு”
  • Telugu: “చవక్కడ్”
  • Urdu: “چاواکاڈ”
  • Urdu: “چاواکڑ”
  • Vietnamese: “Chavakkad”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Chavakkad”. Photo: fameleaf, CC BY-SA 2.0.