Ernakulam District
Kochi
Kanayannur

Ernakulam

Ernakulam is the heart and transport hub of . It has three distinct parts: the "Central Business District" which has Mahatma Gandhi Road as the main arterial road along with Marine Drive and Chittoor Road; "Downtown" with upscale residential areas and the business district at SA Road and Vytilla Junction and the "Suburb" which has many business and commercial areas.
Tap on a place
to explore it
ernakulam.nic.in
Wikivoyage
Wikipedia
Photo: Oceanblueboats, CC0.
Photo: Aswingopinath, CC0.
  • Type: City with 612,000 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in Kochi, Kerala, India
  • Also known as: “Eranakulam” and “Ernacolum”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Marine Drive, Kochi and St. Mary’s Syro-Malabar Cathedral Basilica, Ernakulam.

Marine Drive, officially the APJ Abdul Kalam Marg, is a promenade in , India. It is built facing the backwaters. Despite its name, no vehicles are allowed on the walkway.

Church
Photo: Ricky19, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The St. Mary's Syro-Malabar Cathedral Basilica is a cathedral in Ernakulam, , . It was founded in 1112, and is also known by the names Nasrani Palli, Anchikaimal Palli or Thekke Palli.

Nature reserve
Photo: Mydreamsparrow, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mangalavanam is an ecologically sensitive area situated at the centre of the city of Kochi, covering about 2.74 hectares. It also houses a shallow tidal lake connected with Kochi backwaters by a canal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaloor and Gandhi Nagar.

Suburb
Photo: Ranjithsiji, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in the , in the , India. It is two kilometres from the Ernakulam North Railway Station. Junction is also the name of a major intersection in this part of the city, intersecting the two major arteries of downtown Kochi, namely Banerji Road and the Kaloor-Kadavanthra Road.

Neighborhood
Photo: Chandrika Nair, CC BY 2.0.
is one of the two earliest planned housing colonies in Kadavanthra region of city in the state of , . It was developed by the end of the 1970s by Greater Cochin Development Authority, the statutory body overseeing the development of Kochi.

Ernakulam

Latitude
9.98373° or 9° 59′ 1″ north
Longitude
76.274° or 76° 16′ 26″ east
Population
612,000
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IN EKM
Open location code
6JXRX7MF+FJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2278426212
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1272018
Wiki­data ID
Q1025408
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Ernakulam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Ernakulam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إرناكولام”
  • Arabic: “ارناكولام”
  • Bengali: “এর্নাকুলাম”
  • Catalan: “Ernākulam”
  • Chinese: “Ernakulam”
  • Chinese: “厄納庫蘭姆”
  • Chinese: “厄纳库兰姆”
  • Chinese: “埃尔纳古勒姆”
  • Chinese: “埃尔讷古勒姆”
  • Chinese: “埃納庫拉姆”
  • Danish: “Ernakulam”
  • Dutch: “Ernakulam”
  • Finnish: “Ernakulam”
  • French: “Ernakulam”
  • German: “Ernakulam”
  • Greek: “Ερνακιουλάμ”
  • Gujarati: “એર્ણાકુલમ”
  • Gujarati: “એર્નાકુલમ”
  • Hindi: “एरनाकुलम”
  • Hindi: “एर्नाकुलम”
  • Indonesian: “Ernakulam”
  • Italian: “Ernakulam”
  • Japanese: “エルナクラム”
  • Kannada: “ಎರ್ನಾಕುಲಂ”
  • Kannada: “ಎರ್ನಾಕುಳಂ”
  • Kashmiri: “اِرناکولَم”
  • Kashmiri: “ایرناکولم”
  • Korean: “에르나쿨람”
  • Latvian: “Ernakulama”
  • Lithuanian: “Ernakulamas”
  • Malay: “Ernakulam”
  • Malayalam: “എറണാകുളം”
  • Marathi: “एर्नाकुलम”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ernakulam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ernakulam”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ernakulam”
  • Norwegian: “Ernakulam”
  • Pampanga: “Ernakulam”
  • Persian: “ارناکولام”
  • Polish: “Ernakulam”
  • Portuguese: “Ernakulam”
  • Romanian: “Ernakulam”
  • Russian: “Эрнакулам”
  • Sanskrit: “एरणाकुलम्-मण्डलम्”
  • Sinhala: “එර්නකුලම්”
  • Slovenian: “Ernakulam”
  • Spanish: “Ernakulam”
  • Swedish: “Ernakulam”
  • Tamil: “எர்ணாகுளம்”
  • Telugu: “ఎర్నాకులం”
  • Thai: “เออร์นาคูลัม”
  • Turkish: “Ernakulam”
  • Ukrainian: “Ернакулам”
  • Urdu: “ایرناکولم”
  • Vietnamese: “Ernakulam”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Ernakulam”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as BPCL Township and Bolgatty.

Ernakulam District: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Old Kochi, Aluva, Muvattupuzha, and Perumbavoor.

Explore These Curated Destinations

Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.
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 “Ernakulam”. Photo: Aswingopinath, CC0.